Re: File too big for DVD?

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From: Kenneth J. Harris (kharris_at_suffolk.lib.ny.us)
Date: 02/02/05


Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:33:52 -0500

I'm pretty new at this but I have Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 and when I
went to burn a video to DVD, a popup appeared that said it was too big,
did I want to shrink it to fit. I said OK and it burned it to the
single DVD. From what I understand, what it does is to compress the
video and record it at a lower resolution which may or may not be
noticeable. In my case, I was using VHS tapes as the source so the DVD
looks at least as good as the original tapes. Also, other software for
video editing/capture may offer the shrink options. Maybe Sonic
does--you could check their site for tech support or a help forum.

Ken

KevinM wrote:
> I captured an 80 minute video I filmed with my Sony HC30 MiniDV camcorder.
> I imported it to Movie Maker, made my titles, and then went to Sonic's MYDVD
> to try and burn the DVD. But no matter what format I capture and save it in,
> it still comes out 5.3 gig and is too big for a DVD.
>
> Is there any fix to this? It might be that this is just the way it is and
> an 80 minute MiniDV is just always too big. But if there's any way to fix
> this, I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks so much.



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