Why The File Size?

[Glowball]

I've been using PictureShow since version 1 and I used version 4 about a year ago without issues. Now I'm trying to create a show that has about 3.25GB of JPG files. The software is saying that it will need a 42.1GB DVD for that, and I don't seem to have one of those laying around.

Last year I burned a DVD of 6.5GB of files on a slideshow that worked flawlessly. I never include the files themselves on the DVD. What can I do? Why is it needing so much more room? It needs a ton of room for the hard disc options, too.

Help? Thanks!

[Glowball]

I did an experiment. I uninstalled PictureShow, rebooted, then reinstalled it. Then I applied the patch at http://www.ulead.com/tech/dps/dps_ftp.htm. I opened it up and started a new project and added two slideshows. One had 354 JPG files in it, the other had 63. I took the default template and didn't change any options.

The files are 196MB on my computer. Under the "Burn" tab I only have "Create DVD folders" checked. PictureShow says I need 3.71GB. Why so much?

If I then check "Record to Disc" it says I'll need 1.99GB for this DVD. For 196MB??? Why?

It seems like there is something wrong here.

[Glowball]

I was using a different template last year and when I found that one the DVD size went down to 3.56GB. That's better! I have no idea what was making it so much bigger, but my problem's solved.

I would delete this whole thread but I have no idea how to do that. Sorry for the time waster!

[sjj1805]

Glad to see you got it working. We will keep the thread though in case anyone else has the same problem and can benefit from your cure.