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Video won’t fit on DVD
Hi there,
I’m new to Vegas and I’m working on a very simple project. I edited a talking head I need to burn to a DVD. I trimmed the time line down to 2 hours, rendered it at as MPEG2, opened it in DVD Architect to burn a DVD and got a message the the file was to big to burn. So I went back to Vegas and cut the file down to 1 hour 45 min., still to large, went back again and cut it down to 1 hour 35 min., still to large. I’ve got it down to 5.1 GB. I need some ideas on what I’m doing wrong with this process. Is there a way in Vegas to check the size of the file before I waste the time to render every time. I thought that 2 hours on the Vegas time-line would equate to one DVD. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
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8 Replies
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I know 2 hr. will fit because I just finished 2of them today.
You need to use a bitrate calculator and adjust the bitrate in Vegas accordingly.
Grab Vol. 1 #7 of Edward Troxel’s newsletters.
The entire issue is devoted to DVD Architect and should answer all your questions. -
The default bitrate will only hold about 80 to 85 minutes. After choosing MPEG2 and picking the preset, you have to go to “Custom” and change the bitrate to be appropriate for the actual length of your video. The issue of my newsletters tha Mike mentioned has the proper procedure and a bitrate chart in it.
If you’re using DVD Architect, you’ll need to proceed differently as the “Custom” button won’t be available to you.
Edward Troxel
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As Ed and Mike says, you have to adjust the bitrate. This is a bitrate calculator you can use, and it says that for two hours of video, you can use a bitrate of 4853 kbits/s.
Switch to a dual layer disk and you can use a bitrate of 9030.
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Another suggestion is to encode to AVI in Vegas and bring it into DVDA, then click the Fit-to-Disk button on the optimizing window and let DVDA figure it out. I’ve always had good luck doing it that way on longer movies ie: 2 hours. I got a 2h05m video on 1 DVD and it came out really good.
Allen
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Hi All,
Mike and Ed are right, make life simple and do what Allen has just stated. Have DVDA work for you.
Ralph Hajik
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Bear in mind that by rendering to a DV avi first, you’re not only increasing render time, you’re also losing a fair amount of quality/chroma information.
Douglas Spotted Eagle
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Hi Spot,
Thanks for the Info.
Ralph
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Spot has often said before that DVDA does NOT render an mpg2 file the same or as well as Vegas.
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