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  • Need to Squeeze some more room out – Audio compression??

    Posted by Josh Evans on October 17, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    I have a DVD that I have managed to squueze down to 4.8 Gigs.

    The Aiff file is currently 48Khz and the file size is 900Meg, but when I bring it into DVD studio pro, it registers at around 1 gig.

    I cant compress the M2v file anymore, so can anyone recommend a compression setting for the aiff, that will still sound ok and work in DVD studio pro. I guess i gotta cut the size of that sucker in half to get the DVD down to 4.5 Gigs or so.

    Jaap Verdenius replied 17 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
  • 5 Replies
  • Jaap Verdenius

    October 17, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    Go for Dolby ac3 – much smaller.
    Encode via Compressor – look in Apple>DVD settings folder

    Jaap

  • Josh Evans

    October 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Actually i think there is something weird going on.

    When i bring the M2v file into DVD studio, it registers as 3.8 Gig, even though the file is only 3.4 gig.

    Then, even when i try bringing in a 71 MEG mp3 file for audio, it takes the total DVD up to 4.8 Gig.

    Whats going on, some kinda glitch?

    Also the little status dot next to the audio is always yellow. What does that mean?

  • Ernie Santella

    October 18, 2008 at 4:46 am

    Read this tutorial, it lays it out nice and simple. Try it this way and see what happens.

    https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/compressor2_custom_presets.html

    Ernie Santella
    Santella Productions Inc.
    http://www.santellaproductions.com

  • Josh Evans

    October 18, 2008 at 5:30 am

    thanks very much ill try that.

  • Jaap Verdenius

    October 18, 2008 at 6:39 am

    It means it’s going to encode your mp3 to something else that dvd players can handle – in this case something a lot bigger.
    That’s why I suggested Dolby ac3.

    Jaap

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