DVD Authoring

HeMan_3

Hi all, I have built a video editing PC and began making a video. It is 20 mins long at 25 fps (avi file). When I have gone to mpeg2 code it, the file turns into a massive 9.4 GBs.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I am puzzled as a normal DVD can hold a film plus extras, but my file which is 20mins long takes up 9.4??


Any help would be welcome, thanks,


G.

(p.s I am using AVItoDVD)

rogerramjet

Use nero it not a bad bit of kit plus gives you a 30 day evaluation

http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/eng/index.html

link to downloads

http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/nero-prog.html

Forgot to add avi2dvd does things like that :P

drlight_2

I think 9.4 gig is a estimate of disk space needed during conversion process (AVI - mpeg - dvd).
It will be smaller but you'll need space for extracted audio, video, mpeg coversion & dvd conversion, the last two doubling the size of dvd. It sounds like a guess cause 9.4 is double the size of a full dvd so the final dvd will be upto 4.7gig, but like you say it's only 20mins so it won't use up a full dvd.

chrislee765

try http://www.videohelp.com/ for help on dvd related stuff they are one of the best!

HeMan_3

Thanks, I used avi to DVD and it worked like a charm!!