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Compression to large for 4.7 GB Dvd
I’ve tried a million different ways of compressing a wedding video in Premiere Pro (almost 2 hours long). I have even broken it up in pieces. But I need to fit it on a 4.7 GB dvd.
I’ve captured it and the resolution is 720 by 480(as Adobe Encore DVD software requires this size).
I’ve used cinepak to compress and many more options.I need leave the frame rate at 29.97 because:
1. Adobe Encore DVD software only burns it at the higher rates (24 FPS and more)
2. Unfortunately, the 24 FPS option leaves the audio and video out of sync.Is there a plugin or download i can use that will allow me to compress this maintaining good quality. It needs to look good on a dvd. Even an additional software to compress it would be great.
I’ve spent too much time on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
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4 Replies
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Why do you need to fit 2hrs on a 4.7(4.2gig really) why not use a double-layer DVD if you need a single disk,
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I apologize but I’m pretty green at this. I suspect a double layer dvd still may not fit the video unless I find a better way of compressing it.
Maybe I’ll see if I can find one tomorrow and try it. I’m willing to try anything.
Thanks!
Chris
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Try and use a standalone dvd software like Nero. Go to https://www.nero.com for a working demo
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Hi Chris,
From Premiere, use Adobe Media Encoder and choose MPEG-2 for DVD as the format, then choose a preset, such as NTSC High Quality, that matches your video. In the advanced settings, under the Video tab, you can manually adjust the video bitrate.
Adobe recommends a simple rule to determine the bitrate, which is 560/minutes, so a two-hour program would be 560/120=4.66 and just round down a bit, so 4.5 would be good. I recommend just using CBR encoding rather than VBR, has always worked well for me, having done countless 2-hour wedding and event DVDs.
Export the files, which will create an .m2v video file and a .wav audio file, both of which can be imported into Encore as Assets to create the DVD. You will notice that the audio file will be over 1GB, but by default, Encore should transcode the .wav file to Dolby AC-3, which will result in a much smaller file, leaving room on the DVD for the video (without transcoding it again).
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers
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