Re: Burning a final project

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Sure she could do that. Although I got a little dizzy just reading it. :-)

"dickmr" <dickmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hmmm....if Leanne has 7 projects to make up the 118 minutes of video and
> they
> are still available from all the source files.....could she not delete the
> 23
> gig full movie and first replace it with, say, the first 4 projects and
> render a 12 gig movie to burn on the first dvd with increased hard drive
> space. And then delete that movie, and render the last 3 projects as
> the
> second half of the movie and burn the second dvd.
>
> If you want to keep the movie on your computer, you could then delete the
> second half, and pull in your projects to MM2 and save them in high
> quality
> ntsc rather than dv-avi for a much smaller size file..... just an
> idea.....make sure you have your projects before you start deleting
> anything
> though.....or you'll learn the hard way!! ha ha ha
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> No 14GB is not likely to be nearly enough space to convert and create a
>> DVD.
>> Spending more money may not be something you want to do but hard drives
>> are
>> really inexpensive these days and a 55GB hard drive simply won't go very
>> far
>> if your at all serious about video editing. I personally have dual 160GB
>> drives which is more than sufficient for most people and even overkill
>> for
>> many. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. you could defrag to free up some
>> space but that still isn't going to be enough I'm afraid.
>> --
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>> Also Please visit.....
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher/
>> Dedicated in loving memory of our son Christopher Lee
>>
>>
>> "Leanne" <Leanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:DEB3145B-F9B9-4380-BAB3-5FFEB5ABB5B1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Thanks Wojo,
>> > I have another question now. (I finally figured out that I can search
>> > in
>> > this newsgroup, and it has been a big help.) But after this research, I
>> > am
>> > now worried about my...hard drive space?? while I try to burn these
>> > DVD's.
>> > My
>> > computer only has 14GB of free space left (my videos took up 23.9GB
>> > just
>> > by
>> > themselves - I only have 55.8GB capacity) Is this going to be enough to
>> > convert (?) these files and burn them. I am planning on splitting up
>> > the
>> > movie and making 2 DVD's.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Leanne
>> >
>> >
>> > "Wojo" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Leanne. Thank you, you gave me an idea for the next How-To section
>> >> to
>> >> write up for my website (multiple DVD's).
>> >> As far as your question 118 minutes is really pushing it for a single
>> >> DVD
>> >> but you can make it fit and hopefully without too much quality loss,
>> >> you
>> >> simply need to adjust/lower the quality settings in your DVD software
>> >> until
>> >> it will fit. I can't tell you exactly how to do that since I no longer
>> >> have
>> >> Sonic installed on any of my computers and I don't know what version
>> >> your
>> >> using to begin with. I will say though that if you are putting that
>> >> much
>> >> video on one DVD then you really need to limit what you do with the
>> >> menu
>> >> as
>> >> that will take up space as well. I really would recommend either
>> >> splitting
>> >> your project onto two DVD's or, if your burner can do it, try using a
>> >> dual
>> >> layered DVD. If you try the dual layered DVD make one and test it in
>> >> your
>> >> DVD player before making any more as they are expensive and apparently
>> >> not
>> >> always reliable.
>> >>
>> >> As far as burning multiple copies of a DVD there are a couple options.
>> >> One is to wait until you have a day clear with nothing to do and
>> >> simply
>> >> do
>> >> them one at a time. The first DVD will take longer as that's when the
>> >> converting and menu creating will take place. After the first one you
>> >> should
>> >> have an option to make another disk. This and all the remaining disks
>> >> will
>> >> be created and burned much faster since the conversions etc... have
>> >> already
>> >> been done.
>> >> The 2nd option is for if you do not have the time to sit there and
>> >> create
>> >> all your DVD's in one sitting. Many of the higher quality DVD
>> >> authoring
>> >> programs give you an option of burning to a DVD or creating an ISO
>> >> file.
>> >> An
>> >> ISO file is basically a copy of your DVD compressed into one file that
>> >> the
>> >> DVD program is able to read and use to create a DVD. Once your ISO is
>> >> created you can open it with your DVD software and create however many
>> >> DVD's
>> >> you have time to do right then and you can always come back later and
>> >> open
>> >> the ISO file again later to make more. As above once the ISO is
>> >> created
>> >> making a DVD doesn't take as long. I hope this helps, give me a week
>> >> or
>> >> so
>> >> and I will try to get a detailed How-To up on my site.
>> >> --
>> >> Wojo's Place:
>> >> http://wojos-web.tk
>> >> Also Please visit.....
>> >> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher/
>> >> Dedicated in loving memory of our son Christopher Lee
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Leanne" <Leanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:80101117-B387-4E54-87C2-AE34251729F6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I have been doing a lot of research on burning DVD's and most of the
>> >> > information I have come across seems quite confusing. My finished
>> >> > projects
>> >> > will be about 118 minutes long. I have purchased a Iomega DVD
>> >> > burner,
>> >> > and
>> >> > it
>> >> > comes with Sonic MyDVD software. I have saved my 7 projects (which I
>> >> > hope
>> >> > to
>> >> > burn onto 1 DVD) as DV-AVI files (which have taken up a lot of space
>> >> > on
>> >> > my
>> >> > computer). I now need to know if it will be possible to 1. burn them
>> >> > all
>> >> > onto
>> >> > 1 DVD, and as I will be making about 13 copies, 2. the simplest way
>> >> > to
>> >> > burn
>> >> > this many of them. Any help or links to websites that speak to me in
>> >> > simple,
>> >> > beginner-comptuer language would be great. Thanks in advance,
>> >> > --
>> >> > Leanne
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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