Flie To Large

[Rich2Putt]

After using VS8 for a year I have a challenge I can’t seem to understand.

The complete video file is 1hr 32mins long with transitions & titles. After rendering (which took a long, long time) the file was 5.7gig. To large to fit on a 4.7 gig DVD.

My issue is, I have completed videos up to 2 hrs in length (3.9 gig) with similar transitions and titles and the entire project fit on one DVD. In both instances the settings were identical 6000dps.

As an example, if I capture one hour of video to VS8 and after cropping use only 30 mins of the footage, does the rendering do all of the “one hour capture” or just the “30 mins of footage”? The purpose of this question would answer the issue I am encountering.
Thanks

[rwindeyer]

Bitrate has a huge influence on file size. My guess is that the bitrate for the last project was a bit higher for some reason. Did you just Create a Video File - mpeg? If so, right-click on the file and check its properties. Check the sound also - if you used LPCM instead of AC-3 that will blow out the file size somewhat.

For background information look at this recent thread.

(If you are burning to DVD) Check the Project Settings (little cogwheel lower left of the burn screen) and make sure they are what you want. Also the space available indicator at the bottom will tell you how you are going for space.

Doesn't matter how much video you capture - when you render to a video file, VS8 will take the edited and trimmed stuff in the timeline and make a video out of it. Only the selected video will be processed.

[Rich2Putt]

Ron,

Thanks for the input. This evening I will look at all my settings and hopefully solve this issue.
Rich

[thecoalman]

Use the bitrate calculator here: http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

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