file too large to burn

bayovolf · Post by **bayovolf** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:25 pm

I don't understand this - 5 half hour episodes that I recorded in long play creates too large of a file to record to disc. On my previous computer, I was able to record 6 episodes easily, but now I can't? I'm using MF3. I did the update that was supposed to correct a size problem, but that didn't seem to make any difference at all. Any suggestions? I must be missing something.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:36 pm

What audio format are you using? AC3 will leave more space for video.

Or, you can "burn" the "DVD" to your hard drive, and then use DVDshrink.

bayovolf · Post by **bayovolf** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:04 pm

I'm not sure what audio format it is, where would I find that out? And, how would I change it to what you mentioned?

Thaks for the link, I may have to try that.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:29 pm

How do you capture? What settings do you use? Software used? etc.

bayovolf · Post by **bayovolf** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:05 am

I am using theWinTV PVR USB2 with movie factory 3 se. I've been using movie factory to capture from tv. I go into 'Create video disc', select either new or existing in dvd, then from the add media I select 'capture video from video device'. My source is the hauppague wintv pvr usb2 encoder, fixed duration, for format I select dvd long play. From there I click on capture, go thru that process, and once it goes back to the editing screens, that's where it shows the 30 min episode as taking up 1.57 (1.46) GB. I can only fit 2 episodes like that on one disc, and I know that can't be right. And once I edit out commercials, it only goes down 1 GB.

bayovolf · Post by **bayovolf** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:39 pm

Well, I figured out how to shrink the file, and my first test burn worked. Then I figured since there was now lots of room, I'd work on adding pictures to the menus and a small (maybe 20 second) intro clip to the beginning. The size didn't change - it says 3.65 (3.40) GB and the required says 4.70 (4.38 ) GB - so this should fit right? Well, when it goes to burn, it says the dvd is too small. I had it set on standard play, then decided to switch to long play. That worked, but will now only play on my computer and ps2, but not my actual dvd player. Any suggestions? I am completely baffled.

Also, the images get really blocky (not sure if that's the right term) during fast action type scenes, but looks pretty good otherwise. Any ideas on how to correct this problem as well?

I have several discs worth to burn, and would like to get these of my computer. *sigh* help! LOL!

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:22 pm

In the burning creation screen under advanced or options for burning
make sure that "Archive slideshow pictures" is checked OFF.

MF may be defaulting to saving the pictures on the dvd as a backup.
This can take up alot of room if you've used scanned images.

Hope this helps,

MD

bayovolf · Post by **bayovolf** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:32 am

I checked, but it is not selected - it's in grey instead of black, so I have no choice there. The pictures are just screen caps from the show. I resaved them as jpg to make them smaller, but that didn't seem to make any difference at all. Any other thoughts?