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Hello all,
I've been away a while. Back in July, I got an email from HQ suggesting to select 'burn project to DVD' and not to 'folder'.
On selecting this, I got a PD message saying my project was too big for the media, BUT....it allowed me to continue burning! Yay I thought, finally the answer (hmm, did this come with update 3022).
Alas, I was never able to burn my (in reality 6.4GB) project still, as I got a PD message in the menu stage of burning stating the usual 'not enough room to burn the project' (it messed my discs up too!)
After uninstalling my Roxio easy CD and any other media software that might interfere, and making loads of space on my HDD, I still wasn't able to burn onto disc.
So seven months on, I'm back to try again. Has anyone had this problem at this stage and any fix?
I still have an unused Dual Layer burner I bought for my project here and a pack of expensive Dual layer discs getting corrupted on each try.
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21st July 2010
received a reply from head office after posting my complaint to them. Just the same old. Getting very frustrated
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Hi James,
the project weights in at 9.2GB according to PD8 but is actually only 6.4GB.
Does anyone know why Cyberlink wouldn't disable the disc restriction message?
Matt
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Hi James,
I bought P2Go but it doesn't accept VOB files or PDS files into the section where you build your project and add a DVD menu.
My project has been edited and saved directly through the create option in PD8 as VOB files as these are by far the best quality.
I have thought about other ways to finish this. I'm not sure about IMGBurn (I'm just looking at it now and it reminds me of DVD shrink)
But James, it's the DVD project menu that's the sticking point here now. I've used PD8 to design my DVD menu which I'm impressed with and want to keep it. So I can see PD as being the only way to complete this project. I'm not aware of any other programs out there (for free) that will complete this project with all the materials I have gathered together.
Actually.. I'm wondering now!!!. Can I burn to folder a smartfit version complete with DVD menu, then discard the low resolution video project (keeping the menu files) and just insert the original HQ VOB back into the DVD folder, providing I keep the same VOB file names? Will the IFO and BUP file associations object to this? I'll have to try this.
Matt
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Just an update,
I have had my 5th response from technical support. Apparently the differences are due to the bitrates before and after burning. This still doesn't satisfy me as my project will definately fit on a DL disc.
I have requested again that they disable the disc restriction for which they have never acknowledged or commented on when I have asked them about it.
Matt 
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Touche Andrew
I asked the same thing only a few weeks back:
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/11279.page
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Hi Nicolas,
yes, I'm stuck finishing my holiday project because of this problem. Basically I have a finished project that PD8 says is 9.2GB but in reality (after tests and individual components) is around 6.4GB. I want to put it on one DL disc but can't.
I'm currently in ongoing chats with technical support about it. It's very slow 
Please join in and let technical support know.
Matt
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Hello all,
I've searched the forum but perhaps not the correct keywords. I'm confused!
When I'm ready to output my edited film (whether in DVD8.5 or DVD4.7), I make a menu and fill up the project with my films up to the limit PD8 will allow me in HQ. When I've run off the project on to disc, it is smaller in GBs than PD8 indicated.
I'm frustrated as I have a two hour film with menus that is slightly over 8.5GB in HQ and don't want to use smart fit. I'd like to keep this on one DL and feel it would be possible seeing these discrepancies but can't.
The fix in an earlier forum to be able to write a bluray to DVD folder was useful...I was wondering if there is a fix to write a DVD to folder without disc size restriction?
Thanks
Matt
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Thank you Barry.
That fixed it. Really pleased.
Matt
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Hello.
I was interested to find that my final project lasting 2 hours will fit on a DL disc at 5.77 GB with no menus created. Done in HQ output the resolution is 720x576
When I design a simple menu with a picture imported for the main menu and simple chapter scenes (quite a few ) that play a small preview window for each chapter, the final project comes out at 9.2 GB. So, too big for HQ output and I switch to smart fit mode.
On checking the produced DVD or DVD folder, I learn that the resolution of my film has reduced by half to 352x 576 but the DVD menus stay at 720x576.
I'd rather save the quality of my film and reduce the quality of the DVD menus and their associated chapter previews. Can this be done?
Also. Is there a way to get rid of these small chapter preview windows (in the modify stage for DVD menus) and just have titles? This will reduce the size the DVD menus in total will take up in the final project, yes?
I thought I had all this sussed when I tried to output to bluray setting in HQ mode so I could shrink down with perhaps DVD shrink instead. I don't have a bluray writer but the setting in PD doesn't allow to write to a DVD folder
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Afterword....
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PD8 will render a PAL output from NTSC projects in the CREATE menu by just selecting PAL in preferences
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Thanks Dafydd,
In the end, I managed to sort my problems out. I didn't need P2GO in the end but it's useful for the future and makes me a Silver Member !
Maybe I'm teaching Grandma to suck eggs here and many forum information can get confusing, but I found my best way of producing a stable DVD in PD8 for interlaced source files. Maybe it might be of use to others producing like me. PD8 forum 10985
Matt
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Just an update,
For a final production of an interlaced DVD for TV:
I've learned the best way to minimise crashes in create a DVD or folder:
1. load up a pds project into 'edit' and then 'create' it to a folder. No menu or title needed at this point. Try to keep the project below 1GB where the rendering will split the VOB if over 1GB there abouts (this causes crashes too sometimes)
2 Take the created VOB of that project and import it back into 'edit', then at create again, add menu and chapters. This appears much more stable and doesn't loose quality as the VOB is SVRT 100%
3 Adding multiple VOBs to a timeline will keep the project open in the 'edit' function while adding chapters helps break it all up.
4 I'm hoping that importing separate VOBs to the create stage will also be more stable.
The important thing seems to be 'No more than one pds project loaded up to do a render'. Having 2 or more pds projects in create stage causes problems.
Matt
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Hi, after a weekend of battling PD8 to try produce a DVD, I gave in to buying this P2GO on recommendation.
Can't P2GO import pds scripts?
Can't P2GO import VOBs produced in PD8 into the section 'DVD-Video disc' section ?
I'm just trying to get onto disc 1st generation work done on PD8 by producing directly from PD8 scripts. (that is...edited interlaced source material to interlaced output)
Thanks
Matt
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Thanks for the information above both.
I didn't buy power2go and decided to do some more work on the problem I posted. Learned 2 things,
1. When producing VOBs, create to hard drive wouldn't handle a 10 minute script in a batch of other scripts. Only way round this was to close the program and startup again and produce it singularily. There is no problem running off VOBs from scripts of less than 10 minutes.
2. Regarding my original post and project summary, I can produce a complete DVD with menus with NO MotionMenuGenerator.exe problem as long as I smartfit it to a 4.7 GB disc. Which isn't what I want. 
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Well that sounds wonderful Barry. I'll check this out. The wife wants this epic done and dusted and me OFF the computer.
Thanks
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Hi all,
I've searched through for posts about the generator.exe problems and it looks like things aren't resolved. I'm really not up for trying to sort this problem out.
In summary, I have a holiday edited into 13 separate scripts. Most scripts have a max of 3 chapters each. The whole lot (and a menu) comes to 2 hours/8200MB and is hot for burning onto a DL disc.
Now even with the basic menu or even no menu applied, it just keeps falling over at thebeginning. After two reinstalls I suspect PD8 just can't handle this?
I'm now running them off separately and creating a collection of 13 VOB files.
All I need now is are freeby DVD menu maker and authoring program. Anyone got any recommendations? I see loads out there.
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Yup. Thought so.
Thanks James
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Hello,
I want to produce a good quality finished DVD from my NTSC mpeg source files without converting them to PAL in the 'produce' stage.
So how can PD 8 do this when I want to import .pds script projects direct into the 'create' stage and have a finished PAL DVD?
Thanks,
Matt
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Peter,
it's the feature called 'video enhancer' in the fix/enhance tool box. When you have placed a video in the time line, you'll see this tool box link appear just above the timeline. This feature also contains stabilizer control and colour/contrast controls.
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