Less than 2 GB of MPEG4s won’t burn on a 4.7 GB DVD and "Start / Stop" chapter markers question

Sailor Guy

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Oct 19, 2013 21:26

Okay, I’m confused. I want to burn a DVD with three separate video files (chapters). I’ve captured a VHS Disney Movie tape and created (3) individual MPEG4 files:

• Cover jacket artwork (Cover.MP4, 5.62 MB, 20 second run-time)
• The movie (Movie.MP4, 1.75 GB, 1 hr 38 min run-time)
• An extra video feature (Feature.MP4, 93.5 MB, 5 min run-time).

Collectively, the (3) MPEG4 files are 1.85 GB in disk size, but when I go to burn a DVD (to either a folder or a physical DVD), PD12 says required space is “6640 MB” and “The size of the imported files exceeds the amount of the available disc space.” My DVD is a standard 4700 MB DVD and my hard drive has 250 GB of available space.

By the way, the reason I created (3) individual video files rather than one production with (3) chapter markers is because when I click a chapter thumbnail on the DVD menu, I want the playback to stop at the end of the chapter and not continue with the next video sequence. Right now, if I have a single video production with the cover jacket artwork, then the movie, then the video feature in a back-to-back timeline, if I click the cover jacket chapter link, the video plays the cover artwork, but goes right on and plays the movie and then the feature. The behavior I want is for each chapter to stop playing when it reaches the next chapter marker. But I don’t believe PD12 works that way – chapter markers are really just “jump points” to a particular location in a single video timeline. They aren’t start/end demarcations.

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks as usual!
Sailor Guy
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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Oct 20, 2013 09:16

Hello, Salior Guy,

The capacity of DVDs is based on the length of the videos.
MP4 video will be converted to MPEG2 HQ video because of the DVD standard.

A Single Layer (4.7 GB) DVD will hold about one hour of MPEG2 HQ video.
A Double Layer (8.5 GB) will hold about two hours of MPEG2 HQ video.

Your Movie is one hour and 38 minutes, which would fit on a Double Layer DVD. It will not fit on a Single Layer Disk (4.7 GB).
Your extra is only 5 minutes and 20 seconds. Not a significant increase in time, all should fit on a Double Layer (8.5 GB) disk.

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stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Oct 20, 2013 10:28

Carl is correct.

Additionally you are correct when you are talking about chapters. They are like chapters in a book. You can select where to start but you don't automatically go tot the first chapter when you reach the end of that chapter.

For the action you want, you must use "Titles". They are essentially "books" when you finish one, you can go to the next one or back to the menu (library).

Does that help?
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Sailor Guy

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Oct 20, 2013 13:59

Carl123,

Thanks for the explanation. So I just need to buy some DL DVDs and try again. Simple enough.

SteveD,

Thanks for the distinction between chapters and titles. I'll give the titles a try.

Regards,

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Sailor Guy

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Oct 20, 2013 21:27

So I went out and bought some DVD+R DL double layer 8 GB DVDs and tried to burn a double layer DVD with PD12. But I received the same “available disc space exceeded” message when I tried to burn the DVD. I’ve included screenshots that shows that PD12 didn’t recognize the DL DVD 8 GB capacity (see the DVD capacity information on the last line of the screenshot: 6640 MB / 4700 MB). That’s the same message I received when I tried a single layer DVD.

So just to make sure my Sony AD-7260S DVD writer worked with DL DVDs, I used Roxio Creator to burn almost 8 GB of data onto the same DVD that PD12 didn’t recognize as a DL. It worked great – no problems. I could see and access all the files on the DL DVD.

I’ve included some screenshots of the Roxio program showing it correctly recognizes the 8 GB DL DVD.

So this appears to be a PD12 configuration issue. Any idea why PD12 doesn’t recognize the DL drive capacity?

Thanks,

Sailor Guy

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Carl312

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Oct 20, 2013 21:58

You still have 4.7 GB single layer disk selected.

You must make the 8.5 GB selection in Disk preferences.

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Sailor Guy

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Oct 22, 2013 10:29

Duh! Sure enough - I found the setting. I should have found that one myself!

Thanks, Carl312!

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