where is disc image recoreder?
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Larrycleve
where is disc image recoreder?
I installed disc image recorder from the content pack folder. It said it was installed successfully. I don't see it anywhere. Also I successfully saved a project as an mpg file. How can I convert it to dvd format? The file is also too big for a dvd. Can shrinkdvd work to get it to size or something else?
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Hi Larry! Good to see they named a city after you!!!
If you look in the main Windows menu entry for Ulead Video Studio, the disc image recorder is listed separately there. It is not part of Video Studio itself but a separate program.
We need more information about the rest of your post. Where did the original video come from? What were its properties (right click on a file within Video Studio and copy its properties here)? What steps did you take to 'save' the project as an mpeg and were the properties used different? See the top sticky post on this Board labelled 'Read this before posting' to see the sort of information we need.
Generally, though, if your intention is to produce a DVD, then when you are 'saving' a project as an mpg, you need to use properties which are DVD compliant. And to make sure it fits on a DVD disc, you not only need to use DVD compliant properties, but also a compression rate which ensures the file will fit on the disc.
As a rough guide, if your project is about an hour long, then you can use the high quality bitrate of 8000 kbps. And if you use one of the compressed audio formats like Dolby or mpeg layer (as opposed to the high quality but large standard LPCM format) you could probably squeeze another 10 to 15 minutes of video onto a single layer DVD. If your project is around 90 minutes, you would lower the bitrate to around 6000, and if it's 2 hours, then a bit rate of 4000 kbps. That should still give you reasonable quality, though below that, quality will fall off rapidly.
As to your final question, yes, you can use DVD Shrink to reduce the size of a final project so that it will fit on a DVD, and it usually gives good quality results. But you would need to produce a DVD Folder on the very last page of the VS burning module instead of selecting an actual disc as the burn target. This is the standard Video_TS folder you will find on commercial video DVDs. DVD Shrink can see such a folder and reduce it in size. Video Studio also has a built in unit to do the same job, but our experience here tells us that it only really works if your project is not too much oversize.
But prevention is better than cure, and it would be better to choose properties from the start of your project which will ensure a correct size.
If you look in the main Windows menu entry for Ulead Video Studio, the disc image recorder is listed separately there. It is not part of Video Studio itself but a separate program.
We need more information about the rest of your post. Where did the original video come from? What were its properties (right click on a file within Video Studio and copy its properties here)? What steps did you take to 'save' the project as an mpeg and were the properties used different? See the top sticky post on this Board labelled 'Read this before posting' to see the sort of information we need.
Generally, though, if your intention is to produce a DVD, then when you are 'saving' a project as an mpg, you need to use properties which are DVD compliant. And to make sure it fits on a DVD disc, you not only need to use DVD compliant properties, but also a compression rate which ensures the file will fit on the disc.
As a rough guide, if your project is about an hour long, then you can use the high quality bitrate of 8000 kbps. And if you use one of the compressed audio formats like Dolby or mpeg layer (as opposed to the high quality but large standard LPCM format) you could probably squeeze another 10 to 15 minutes of video onto a single layer DVD. If your project is around 90 minutes, you would lower the bitrate to around 6000, and if it's 2 hours, then a bit rate of 4000 kbps. That should still give you reasonable quality, though below that, quality will fall off rapidly.
As to your final question, yes, you can use DVD Shrink to reduce the size of a final project so that it will fit on a DVD, and it usually gives good quality results. But you would need to produce a DVD Folder on the very last page of the VS burning module instead of selecting an actual disc as the burn target. This is the standard Video_TS folder you will find on commercial video DVDs. DVD Shrink can see such a folder and reduce it in size. Video Studio also has a built in unit to do the same job, but our experience here tells us that it only really works if your project is not too much oversize.
But prevention is better than cure, and it would be better to choose properties from the start of your project which will ensure a correct size.
Ken Berry
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Larrycleve
Thanks for your answer. I see disc image recorder. I actually got this problem solved using nero vision which I also have. The original file was 2 hours. I imported the mpg file, nero vision shrunk the file to fit the dvd automatically and it burned perfectly. This project took a lot of twists and turns. I originally created it with nero vision. When trying to burn nero's proprietary project file it froze halfway through. I tried it 4 times and it kept doing it. Their forum said it was a known bug with nero vision. I had an old cd with an early version of videostudio lite from an old video card purchase. This qualified me for the videostudio 11+ upgrade. I redid the project from scratch with videostudio and it was easier than nero vision. The funny thing is why nero vision choked on its own file but had no trouble with the mpg file. 