Do I need to do anything special to burn a 8.5 dual layer DVD?

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Art,

How long is the video? You may not need a DL disc – might be as simple as lowering the bitrate. DL discs come with a lot of headaches, such as getting the Layer Break to work properly, compatibility issues with players, more expense, etc.

When manually encoding the MPEG-2 DVD file, use 560/minutes = bitrate, or find an online bitrate calculator app and plug in your specifics.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Art White]

Jeff,
Thanks. I did some looking and learned how to lower the bit rate in Adobe Media Encoder, which I’ve never used before. The video wasn’t that long but I experimented with 4 HD cameras this time for a pageant and it ended up being 6.6GB, something I’ve never experienced before. I bought a few DL DVD’s and you are right. They don’t give them away. I’m burning one now as a backup and learning experience in case I have to use them.

Thanks for the good contact,
Art

[Art White]

Actually, I can’t get the DL to burn with an error after ordering files, before building file systems, sorting I get the access denied. Never seen that one before

[Stan Jones]

Be sure you run “as administrator” (for PC). Not sure what you call it on Mac. This is different than running under an account with administrative rights.

Stan Jones

[Art White]

You mean right click on the Encore project and run as? I’ll try that in a bit

Artis White, Producer
Flex Media LLC
Studio:
4983 Sunset Drive
Perrinton, MI 48871
Office: 517 323 8375
flexmedia.tv

[Stan Jones]

Yes, “run as.” If that is it, you can set it to do that always. With Encore, it is a good idea whether doing du al layer or not. But it has been a deal breaker for dual layer.

Stan Jones

[Art White]

Good call Stan,
Burned just fine after that. Odd that was the problem but glad it was!
Thanks Much
Art

Artis White, Producer
Flex Media LLC
Studio:
4983 Sunset Drive
Perrinton, MI 48871
Office: 517 323 8375
flexmedia.tv

[Stan Jones]

Excellent!

Stan Jones