DVD imported into VS10

saswilson · Post by **saswilson** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:52 pm

Hello. Im a bit confused on trying to fit my movie onto a DVD 4gig.
All I have done is recorded my footage onto a DVD in my DVD Recorder. It is 1hr 55mins long and when played it reads at about 4000kbps. I imported the disc into VideoStudio 10 and click on Create Disc. I have made sure that "Do Not Convert compliant MPEG files" is selected, but the bar at the bottom goes over 4gb up to 6! Does anyone know why when a DVD imported into VS10 increases in size when you try and create a disc? Nothing has been added no menus etc. Any ideas?

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:30 pm

saswilson · Post by **saswilson** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:49 pm

Cheers it works now

By the way, if I edit the mpeg file and add transitions/titles etc and still keep "Do not convert mpeg files " selected, would it render the whole lot when I create the disc (which takes ages), or would it just render the added content? Thanks again for the help.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:42 am

There are two "opportunities" for re-coding-

Do Not Convert... prevents re-coding during the DVD creation process.

Smart Render will re-code only where required (i.e. for transitions) during the editing step. (I think the Smart Render check box is in the Save options window... But, I'll let you look that up in your User manual.

Note that Smart Render can sometimes cause (or contribute to) "lip sync" problems. If you get that problem, you'll have to go back to "dumb render"

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:11 am