Using Movie Edit Pro 15. My movie ifs 4900mb. I cannot reduce it any more but need it to fit onto one disc. I have tried to shrink the file but when I am shrinking, it jams on 81% complete...any idea why? or how what I should do? Or any other way I cna get this movie onto one disc.
Any help appreciated...as I am very new to this.
janew,
The standard method of fitting a project to a disc is to use the 'Adapt bit rate' option in the 'Encoder settings...' part of the burn routine window. Lower bit rates does mean a reduction in quality but, depending on how close you are to fitting with your current settings, you might not detect any difference. When you say your movie is 4900mb, is that the size of an export of a DVD standard mpeg file? You will also need space on your DVD for the menu structure etc if it is to play on a DVD player.
Regards,
Carl
Hi,
Clearly 4.9 gigabytes (4900 MB) are not going to fit on a 4.7 gigabyte (4700 MB) DVD without some changes. As cpc000cpc suggested you need to make some changes in the bit rate to reduce the size but it will also reduce the quality. I have found that MEP does a decent job with burning DVDs that are well within normal limits. You may want to consider burning directly to your hard drive then using a burner such as ImgBurn to actualy make the changes to have it fit and burn to DVD. It is a free application and it does work very well. You can download it here http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download but don't click on any of the free scans or reccomended downloads.
You will then go to a download page like this depending on which mirror you selected.
Depending on which mirror you selected you may get a message when you go to install the application asking if you want the "reccomended" install or a choice to do a custome install, if you do, choose custom and unclick any toolbars that show up on the list for install. This applies to virtually anything you install from the web including free trials of products.
Good Luck
Hi
For me the question is how much quality do you want to lose? IIRC you need to get the video part down to below 4.2Gb to allow room for the menu files that are also added.
As George says you can burn an ISO image using the Image Recorder option instead of the DVD drive then use a third party program to do the burning.
Your other option - if your burner supports it - is to use double layer discs.
John