I'm fairly new to this - and have no issues with editing, burning, etc - however I am now trying to just make a 1 for 1 exact copy of a Digital 8 tape - with a 1:56 Minute play time. I can capture with no issue - and import into DVD Workshop 2.0 - the burning process starts, and continues throughout the process - comes to the end of the disk - and reports an error indicating that there is not enough room on the disk - AKA "Coaster". I'm selecting the template that allows for 2 hours of playback (I believe this is "Standard" quality). If a DVD in this setting cannot actually hold 2 hours - how much can it hold? Has anyone figured out the correct settings to get a successful 2 hour disk?
Thank you.
1:56 Minute Capture Is Not Fitting onto a standard DVD-R...
Double check your set-up, then try DVDshrink.
These quality-time settings are approximate estimates.
Go to EDIT -> VIDEO and make sure that "Convert to Disc Template" is checked.
Make sure you are using AC3 too. EDIT -> AUDIO "Convert to Disc Template". AC3 takes about one third as much space as LPCM. (AC3 won't work with the trial version.)
Author it to your hard disk first! (I always do this.) Then, you can check the file size before burning. (Workshop's copy function will warn you if the file is too big.)
If you can't get the video to fit. Download DVDshrink (FREE!). It will shrink the authored DVD files (i.e. VIDEO_TS) on your hard drive just-enough to fill-up a DVD. Another nice feature of DVDshrink is that it will tell you if you really have AC3 audio... A couple of times I only thought I did. I'm sure that the re-coding process is lower quality than selecting the "correct" amount of compression in the first place, but I've had acceptable results. I use DVDshrink alot!
These quality-time settings are approximate estimates.
Go to EDIT -> VIDEO and make sure that "Convert to Disc Template" is checked.
Make sure you are using AC3 too. EDIT -> AUDIO "Convert to Disc Template". AC3 takes about one third as much space as LPCM. (AC3 won't work with the trial version.)
Author it to your hard disk first! (I always do this.) Then, you can check the file size before burning. (Workshop's copy function will warn you if the file is too big.)
If you can't get the video to fit. Download DVDshrink (FREE!). It will shrink the authored DVD files (i.e. VIDEO_TS) on your hard drive just-enough to fill-up a DVD. Another nice feature of DVDshrink is that it will tell you if you really have AC3 audio... A couple of times I only thought I did. I'm sure that the re-coding process is lower quality than selecting the "correct" amount of compression in the first place, but I've had acceptable results. I use DVDshrink alot!
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gjlutz
- thanks again!-
mario1978
getting nearly 2 hours on DVD will cost some quality
The list of standard templates should give you a good starting point for the bitrate settings to squeeze 1 hour, 1.5 hours, or more on the DVD. The usual rule of thumb is that 90 minutes or less is easy. More than that gets into progressively more tradeoffs. Start with one of the standard templates and adjust the bitrate until you can fit your video (but common advice is to leave 5% space to spare -- the outer edge of the DVD can have error problems). Then watch the results with a very critical eye to see if you the quality is satisfactory to you. I don't believe you're going to get nearly two hours of Digital8 quality video onto a DVD without giving up a little quality compared to the original.