Burn DVD with AVI file

OneBigNewbie · Post by **OneBigNewbie** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:14 am

I have a home-made movie which is about 710,000 KB in size, and it does not fit into a CD to make into a VCD. I therefore use a DVD, and hope that I can burn the movie either
(a) onto a DVD as a VCD, or
(b) onto a DVD as a DVD.

The movie plays perfectly on my computer.

When I use Ulead (Version 3 SE), I encountered the following problems.

In the case of burning the 710,000 KB AVI file onto a DVD as a VCD,
there is no 'Next" button shown after editing my simple menu (only 1 selection in the menu).

In the case of burning the 710,000 KB AVI file onto a DVD as a DVD, the movie becomes a 7.8 GB file - which does not fit into a 4.7 GB DVD.

What have I done wrong to get into situations like these ?

What are the correct procedures ?

I appreciate your help.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:31 am

How long is the movie (minutes)? And what are the movie attributes (codec of video and audio and bitrates and resolution, etc...)

Regards,
George

OneBigNewbie · Post by **OneBigNewbie** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:03 pm

Here are the attributes which I get by display "Properties" of the AVI file on my computer (running Win XP-Home):

Audio:
Duration : 1 hour 40 minutes
Bit Rate : 138 kbps
Audio format : MP3

Image: 576 pixels x 320 pixels

Video:
Frame Rate : 23 frames/second
Data rate : 117 kbps
Video sample size : 24 bits
Video compression : XVID

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:43 pm

You can fit a 1:40 movie on a DVD if you use a bitrate of about 4000kbps. (You can change the bitrate in the Project Settings window.)

FYI - Xvid (and MP3) seem to cause a lot of trouble. Sometimes it takes a day to convert them to MPEG-2/DVD... Sometimes they don't convert at all.

Also, when you transcode from one "lossy" format to another "lossy" format (Xvid to MPEG-2), you loose some quality. In your case it might not be noticable, because you are starting-out with a low-quality format (Your Xvid bitrate is very low.)

In the case of burning the 710,000 KB AVI file onto a DVD as a DVD, the movie becomes a 7.8 GB file - which does not fit into a 4.7 GB DVD.

If you're already done... If you have already made VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS on your hard drive, you can use DVDshrink (RFEE !!!!) to make a new set of folders that exactly fit on a DVD.