Does trimming a video add to the size of the file?

[kurt]

I imported 2 separate video files, which totals about 6hr, 10 min.

So I edited out (using Mult-trim) enough commercials to get the length down to 5hr, 57 min. Now it should fit on a 4.7GB DVD>

But MovieFactory 3.5 thinks it needs 9.34 GB. Huh?

Thanks,
Kurt

[kurt]

I also noticed that a similar thing happens when I import the VIDEO_TS from a 6 hr DVD that I recorded on my standalone DVD recorder.

After the import, the length in time is shown as 6 hour 2 min.

But the space required to burn to a new dvd is 8.42 (7.84) GB. Ulead MF 3.5 clearly changes something from the original format, but what? How can I get the size down?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Kurt

[kurt]

I "think" I figured this out. I created a new custom MPEG setting that I called "SLP-6hr" with the Video Data Rate set to constant 2000. (Maybe I should have used variable 2000? I'm not sure.)

Now when I import a 6 hr DVD, the project size is 4.73 GB. Not sure where the extra 30 MB came from, since I set the menu motion to 1 sec, and told it to NOT write the project info to the disc.

But at least now it's workable.

Did I do this right?

Kurt

[Ron P.]

To get it to work? Yes, however with using a bitrate of 2000, the quality is going to be, well... horrible... The lowest quality that I would accept is one of VHS, which is generally around 4500 at the bottom end.

Do yourself a favor and don't try to cram 10 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound bag. Use more disks. You should split the 6 hrs up over 3 discs, and have a watchable, qualitiy DVD.

Then you could also try using DVD Shrink, http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html and shrink it down to a size that might (I doubt it though) fit onto a single layer disc.

Six hours of video is better burned onto dual layer discs.

[kurt]

Thanks, Ron.

The dvd's were originally created in 6hr mode because they're baseball games that were played during the day while I was at work, and the 6hr mode was the only way to capture two games on a single rewritable dvd. Now I'm trying to mix and match them together the way I want.

Will I really get better quality using a higher bitrate (given the way they were originally created)? If so, it sounds like I should/will split the capture, and put 1 game on a dvd.

Kurt

[maddrummer3301]

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