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Starting a new project – DVD full
I had just finished a project and started a new one. When I noticed that the DVD (checking the status) was full. How could this be when I have only put into the new project approx 500 megs ? It seems that residue of the old project is merging with the new project yet there this is a completly (file->new) project?
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7 Replies
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What are the properties of your source file? How long is it, and what are its video and audio properties?
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I know that there codec is Xvid or DivX. There length varies between :30 min and a hour and a half approx, audio is PCM audio.
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That’s your reason — DivX and XVid are heavily compressed. They are not DVD-Compliant, and so DVDA is telling you how much space will be needed after re-encoding them to dvd-compliant mpeg. The space is roughly your total video duration times your video+audio bitrates (assuming single angle video).
Regards,
George -
So is there a way I could make it DVD-Compliant ? They’re more then just one video. I did one just earlier and well they were all quicktime and it worked fine.
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at the top left corner at videohelp.com, there is a link to “WHAT IS” (and select the DVD Link). that will give you some ideas on valid resolutions/bitrates for DVD.
You can also use Vegas to render out dvd-compliant mpegs (using the appropriate dvd template).
There’s also a bitrate calculator at videohelp.com that helps you determine proper bitrates to use based on your video duration.
Regards,
George -
If anyone please can help 🙂
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DVDA will make the video DVD compliant, what George is saying is that when it does, it will increase the size of your video compared to DivX. What matters is how long your video is, and not how big it is. A regular DVD can hold some 1-2 hours of decent quality video, depending on your bitrate. So, if you have a full 1 1/2 hour DivX video, which often can be around 700M or so, it will fill up your DVD when converted to MPEG-2.
You can go to google and search for “bitrate calculator” these will tell you how large your MPEG-2 encoded video will be depending on what bitrate you chose and how long the video is.
Please note that PCM audio takes a lot more space on your DVD than AC-3, so I’d recommend you recode your audio too (DVDA can do that for you).
Thirdly, you will be sorely dissappointed with the quality of your DVD (IMHO) when you burn DivX to DVD. The highly compressed video, when converted to MPEG-2, typically doesn’t look very good. If you want to put DivX on a DVD to watch on your TV, I’d rather recommend getting a DVD player that supports DivX.
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Terje A. Bergesen : https://terje.bergesen.info/
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