Video project too long for 4.7 GB DVD..... HELP

[coreldb]

Hi! I am currently using VSX9 -- I have been using Video Studio for many years (for travel DVDs), but am not an expert like so many of you. Most of my projects have been about an hour. I recently made one that was 30 minutes which turned out with a much better resolution on the tv/computer than my others, so I realized it must be due to the settings I chose when I burned it...

---Please tell me what to do so that I can get the hour long projects to fit on ONE 4.7 GB DVD and still have good resolution -- is this possible??? OR do I need to split the project into TWO parts and burn each part on one DVD (and therefore need to "change disks" part way through the presentation). [I don't have a dual layer burner]

---I tried looking through this forum, but couldn't find this issue. Please tell me the best method to burn at the highest resolution -- please be specific, including the settings and the process. (Or tell me if I've just been using the wrong settings all along!)

Thanks so much! db

using Windows 10

[asik1]

It's very simple, if you output your project as DVD-VIDEO than it will be SD, as such it will not do justice to your HD travel shoots on your 50" screen.
If you want to enjoy your HD's clips, you better dump DVD-VIDEO at all and go for HD mp4's files and play them from USB DOK on your screen.

[Davidk]

First of all, DVD usually means an mpeg2 setting when burning. And whilst there may be some variation in resolution between files, in that format it isn't likely to to be breathtakingly obvious from one disk to another. And you can't burn more clarity aka resolution into a rendered file on disk than is in the source material. So a simple change of burn settings during disk creation may be a consequence rather than the reason for the increased clarity you remark on.
Second, A standard 4.7gb (mpeg2) DVD should be able to get between 60 and 90 minutes play time for mpg files on the disk. The disk bundle ads probably say up to 120 minutes, but that's stretching it. It may vary a bit depending on how you set the menus up, which typically will add about 200mb to the files sizes to be burned to the disk.
Third, for the resolution change to be so 'obvious' then, I'd suggest you used HD clip files (which will give a much better resolution - basically 4x Mpg2) and an AVCHD burn setting for the project you commented on. A standard DVD disk/player will burn an AVCHD format, but because the file structures are essentially those that Blu-ray uses, you will only be able to play that disk on a blu-ray player that typically home entertainment systems use now. And an AVCHD disk (a 5in DVD platter formatted for AVCHD) will give you about 45 minutes of play time, simply because the files for HD are so much bigger.

So, queries for you
- what file format does your camcorder record in? and thus what resolution are the source clips that you are working with. The camera should tell you, or alternatively, load a clip into VS, select it, rt clk and choose properties from the list.
- what were your VS project properties for the project that had so much better resolution?
and
- since you think a change of burn setup gave a much better result, what were the burn settings that you used for the 'better' project?