I am a tech writer who has been told to produce a video demo for our company's product. I have never done this stuff before, so I am learning by trial and error.
I just sent a Dual Layer DVD for replication. I have been told that the "DDP Data exceeds normal length". I have also been told that the amount is very minimal, so maybe I just need to adjust the menu.
I will give you as much info as I can about this project:
-DVD8.5G chosen
-Length of project: 2 hours, 11 minutes, 58 seconds
-In lower bar at the bottom of Movie Factory, shows 4.13 (4.43) GB
-Here are my "MPEG Properties for file conversion" settings:
24 bits, 720x480, 29.97 fps
Frame-Based
(DVD-NTSC), 16:9
Video Data Rate: Variable (Max 7000 kbps)
Audio Data Rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L/R)
-When I looked at the "Video Save Options", I see that the compression was set at 90.
-The "two-pass encode" was not checked.
-The video is comprised mostly of screen shots, with a few motion video clips thrown in. The video was produced using Camtasia, and the files are all AVI, dropped into the Ulead DVD Movie Factory application.
-Here is my menu info:
Thumbnail menu
using jpg background and my own music file
Motion menu set to main menu only.
Main menu has motion thumbnails running for 20 seconds.
There is a moving path for the Main menu
The SUBMENU has no moving path and no motion menu.
Here are my questions:
1) What can I do here to decrease the size? Is there a way to adjust my menu slightly without losing these effects? What about my video/audio settings?
2) Are my file conversion settings right? Should I adjust these?
3) Should I select to do "two-pass encode" under my Video Settings?
4) Should I be trying to determine the layer breaks? I have no idea how to do this. I am hoping to make other adjustments and avoid having to adjust the layer breaks.
Thank you, I am in a real need for help!!!! Please help!!!!
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HELP with Project Settings: DDP Data exceeding normal length
I'm not sure what that means...DDP Data exceeding normal length
Are they expecting to make you single-layer copies? Assuming they are going to make "burned" copies, you are better-off staying with single-layer. It will save your company money and there will be fewer playback problems.
If that's the size of your VIDEO_TS folder, then you only need to decrease your bitrate slightly to bring it down to 4.35 GB, and it will fit onto a single-layer DVD. An average bitrate of 4000kbps should do it. (The maximum bitrate doesn't really help determine the file size.)-In lower bar at the bottom of Movie Factory, shows 4.13 (4.43) GB
Here's an online Bitrate Calculator. (The calculator assumes a slightly lower audio bitrate than you are using, so keep in mind that it's the combined audio & video bitrates that determine the file size.)
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DPP = "Disc Protection Protocol" or "Direct Data Placement".
In your case it sounds like the "Direct Data Placement"
You need DVD Mastering Software to do this such as:
Sony Vegas DVD Architech 4.5
Ulead had a product called DVD Workshop that did mastering, as far as I know it wrote to tape. It's been discontinued and not supported anymore.
The above software will create data files that you send to the master house. When it's mastering you will see DDP 2.10 being created for layer 0 etc.
You can still use the original dvd mpeg2 video files created by MF, just put the DVD you burnt into your dvd reader and use the Import DVD feature of MF. Click on the "Main Movie" to import the complete video. Then use that mpeg2 file in the other master application. The other master application can also create Masters from an existing VIDEO_TS dvd directory, I don't know how compatible this will be using VIDEO_TS files from another application, personally I wouldn't do this.
I would simply use the other authoring application, insert the mpeg2 file you made in MF, create new menu's & chapters, then create a Master sub-folder on your harddisk with the data files. Burn the data files to a dvd as data files, then send the data files to the replication house.
If I create a master for a single layer dvd I end up with 3 files on the computer that reside under a directory.
Example:
LAYER_0
...............\CONTROL.DAT
...............\DDPID
...............\IMAGE.DAT
BTW - In MF when you import a DVD the video(s) from the dvd are copied to your harddisk and reside in a folder called "Capture", the "Capture" folder resides directly under your assigned "Working Folder" setup in MF. In MF the assigned "Working Folder" is accessed under "Preferences" (the F6 Hotkey).
When you get to the videos imported in the Capture folder just rename them to a new name, MF will assign a very long filename to them.
Hope this helps
In your case it sounds like the "Direct Data Placement"
You need DVD Mastering Software to do this such as:
Sony Vegas DVD Architech 4.5
Ulead had a product called DVD Workshop that did mastering, as far as I know it wrote to tape. It's been discontinued and not supported anymore.
The above software will create data files that you send to the master house. When it's mastering you will see DDP 2.10 being created for layer 0 etc.
You can still use the original dvd mpeg2 video files created by MF, just put the DVD you burnt into your dvd reader and use the Import DVD feature of MF. Click on the "Main Movie" to import the complete video. Then use that mpeg2 file in the other master application. The other master application can also create Masters from an existing VIDEO_TS dvd directory, I don't know how compatible this will be using VIDEO_TS files from another application, personally I wouldn't do this.
I would simply use the other authoring application, insert the mpeg2 file you made in MF, create new menu's & chapters, then create a Master sub-folder on your harddisk with the data files. Burn the data files to a dvd as data files, then send the data files to the replication house.
If I create a master for a single layer dvd I end up with 3 files on the computer that reside under a directory.
Example:
LAYER_0
...............\CONTROL.DAT
...............\DDPID
...............\IMAGE.DAT
BTW - In MF when you import a DVD the video(s) from the dvd are copied to your harddisk and reside in a folder called "Capture", the "Capture" folder resides directly under your assigned "Working Folder" setup in MF. In MF the assigned "Working Folder" is accessed under "Preferences" (the F6 Hotkey).
When you get to the videos imported in the Capture folder just rename them to a new name, MF will assign a very long filename to them.
Hope this helps