Maximum video duration exceeded

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:50 pm

Hi,
We are trying to produce an unusually large video, consisting of several clips, with an overall duration of approximately 11 hours.
Inserting the clips stops at 9:25, and VideoStudio claims that the maximum allowed video size has been exceeded.
This does not seem to be a filesystem problem, as we are using NTFS. Is there any way to circumvent this? It would be a shame to have to split it in two just because one measley hour. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Pekka

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:03 pm

One measely hour - you're already up to 9!!!

I never new there was a time limit - I guess you found it.

It may not necessarily have to do with NTFS, but with the available space on your computer.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:18 pm

What were you planning to do with an 11 hour video in any case???

It would never fit on a standard video DVD, even with pretty abysmal quality settings, so you would have to make cuts at some stage in that is your intention.

Using one of the highly compressed formats, such as DivX, which can be burned to a DVD and recognised by an increasing number of stand-alone DVD players, might be a possibility.

But if you have some other target in mind, please let us know and perhaps someone might have useful suggestions.

I too have never seen an upper limit of what VS can handle, but then again, I have never had a project which goes to even a fifth the size of yours!!!

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:25 am

11 hours? !!!

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:42 am

Change your project settings.
A single layer dvd can hold 15+ hours of mpeg2 dvd compliant video.
Don't ask about losing video quality or you wouldn't want to put 11hours on a dvd in the first place. But it is possible.
Learn how VS works, read the tutorials. Going over 2 hours of video per dvd usually isn't recommended. 11 hours is advanced. Usually done on security systems viewed on small screens.

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:23 pm

Folks,
thanks for your replies! We didn't find a way around it, so we just split it in two. It definitely was a limitation built into VideoStudio, and not a disk space or file system problem.
The video in question was a book reading. And as it is a huge book...

Thanks anyway!

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:09 pm

I think that you could have used just the "Create Disk" module to make the video using dvd compliant mpeg2 video files.
Just found out that VS timeline itself has a limitation of 10 hours as far as i can tell.

tommytucker · Post by **tommytucker** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:25 am

what total size of files can you put on the timeline for one hour of quality video? I have added files and then when I get to the share burn stage, the timeline THEN notifies me of how far over or under it will run. I would like to know up front how much video data I can put on the timeline for one hour.

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:24 am

tommytucker,
Please don't double post. The reason no one has replied to answer your question would require a very lengthy reply.

A short answer is No real file size limitation for the timeline but a limitation of 4.370 gigs on a single layer dvd..
The limitation or size of your project or dvd is determined by the length of your video and the combination of the video & audio bit-rates.

You can use a bit-rate calculator to do this.

I deleted your other double post.

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