- Trying to convert my first movie
- Posted by Chirashi on January 22nd, 2004
Hey Guys
I am having so much problem with burning AVI and MPG
file to DVD. I have a TDK 840G DVD burner, and when I try to use Nero or
Roxio I get errors such as the disk is to big. I am wondering how can a MPG
movie with the size of 786 meg can't fit into a 4.7 DVD media even after the
conversion or a 532 avi movie can't fit into a DVD-R. When I try to burn
these files and look on the bottom they both tell me it won't fit and on the
bottom it clear says it over 4.7 gig. I was wondering what am I doing
wrong, also would it be easier to convert it to a VOB files. I don't have
any issues burning VOB files. Thanks.
- Posted by Tony on January 22nd, 2004
Its proably decided that a recode is needed, and that will be too big
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- Posted by HaZ on January 22nd, 2004
Sure you not trying to create a cd session rather than a dvd session?
HaZ
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- Posted by Chirashi on January 22nd, 2004
Nope because on the bottom it says 4.7 gigs, unless I am forgetting
something?
Is recoding really necessary?
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- Posted by Clay on January 22nd, 2004
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:28:05 -0500, "Chirashi"
<chirashi@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
I have a similar problem. I'm trying to re-encode a divx movie back
to dvd using NeroVision Express 2. The final size after encoding is
4.28 gig, but when I insert the blank dvd into drive, I'm informed
that there is not enough space on disk. I know that the limit is
about 4.3 gig, and if project size would not fit, Nero should have
informed me of this. I am using DVD-Video and TDK 2x disks.
Right now I'm saving the project to hard drive, and will try using
dvd shrink to see if I can make it fit that way, but perhaps someone
can shed some light on this. CAN Nero encode a divx file back to dvd
if I have the codecs?
TIA
- Posted by Skid on January 22nd, 2004
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First, this is not the group to post these questions.
What you need to do is read the .avi to DVDconversion guides at
www.dvdrhelp.com
I'm not familiar with Roxio, but in Nero there is a way to change the
settings to fit the disk. You'll find the info you need at the site above.
- Posted by Al Bundy on January 22nd, 2004
Roxio sometimes interfers with other apps...I would uninstall Roxio. I
would also convert the mpgs to .vob files...just load the mpg into
windows media player and re-save it as a .vob file. Then use nero
express to design your DVD. Recode...a part of Nero Express...will fit
the material to the disk.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:26:34 -0500, "Chirashi"
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- Posted by JamesMason on January 22nd, 2004
Chirashi,
What converted the AVI file to MPG? Chances are the 786-MEG MPEG
you're looking at is MPEG-1 encoded. This means it has to be encoded
again to MPEG-2 to meet DVD standards. My guess is that the DVD
burning software you're using is reconizing the video file as MPEG-1
and is estimating what the resulting MPEG-2 encoded version of that
file will be (which probably exceeds or comes in really close to
4.7-Gig mark), if this is happening the burning software is capable of
performing the reencode for you, but it's preventing it from
happening.
I still find this odd, MPEG-2 encoded video requires more hard drive
space (from my experience), but 4x as much? That doesn't sound right.
Some questions I have would be:
1. What version of Roxio are you using? I've never used their
software, but I've heard negative things, I suggest downloading the
latest trial version of Nero 6.3 and attempt the burn using that
software.
2. How long is the video clip? DVD video is marked in grades (sort of
like VHS) depending on quality vs compression. HQ 60-minutes, SP
120-minutes, LP 180-minutes, EP 240-minutes. The software you're using
may not be compressing the MPEG tight enough to fit. Using Nero, I
believe it selects the highest quality output based on the length of
the video being burned. I've never tried to change this setting.
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