Disk Space Problem with plenty of disk space.

Klingenfelter20854

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Jul 15, 2011 12:38

Brand new upgrade to PowerDirector 9.0

When attempting to burn a DVD to a hard drive folder when I click burn I get this message.

"The size of the imported files exceeds the amount of available disk space"

The amount actual disk space far exceeds the size of the DVD, the disk has over 500 gbytes available. I am attempting to burn the DVD to a folder on a drive other than the drive where the program is located.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks Keith

James1

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Jul 15, 2011 12:44

I think that message refers to the DVD size NOT the hard drive size. I could be wrong tho' LOL. what size DVD did you choose for the final transfer to DVD/BD?
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Klingenfelter20854

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Jul 15, 2011 13:12

I've got burn to disk turned off and I am only attempting to burn to a hard drive folder.

James1

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Jul 15, 2011 13:24

Ok ..but I still think that it refers to disk size...my own opinion mind you..
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Klingenfelter20854

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Jul 15, 2011 13:32

I didn't have a DVD-RW in the burn drive at all. I put a blank DVD in the drive and it would accept it but warned me that it didn't still think I had enough disk space again. However, it allowed me to proceed burning the disk. I have Create Folder checked so I hope it puts the VOB files on the hard drive as previuos versions do. I seems that this version assumes you plan to burn a disk and forces you to load one. I burn all my DVD's in hard drive folders and read them to the TV through a connected PC. Anyway is seems to work but I must put a blank disk in whether I want to or not.

I checked the hard drive folder and indeed VOB files are showing up so I think this works. I'll just erase the DVD when done. I burn DVD's to the hard drive rather than just use MPEG's as I can get menus with the hard drive movies with the VOB format.

Keith

James1

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Jul 15, 2011 14:06

Hi,
these were my own opinions, and I also am new to PD9 Ultra, but if you have selected a 4.8 DVD as the target DVD size and your project is close to that size or over you get may be getting that message, and I believe if you are writng to DVD RW disk it is 4.8 size and double layer are 8.??
Jim
p.s. Like I say I am guessing at this... Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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Carl312

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

Jul 15, 2011 20:28

The simple solution is to select 8.5 GB DVD in disk preferences of the Create Disk Module.

That applies even if you are burning to a folder only. PowerDirector uses that disk size to determine if the video will fit. And PD uses that size for the burn a folder also.

Once the folder is created, you can then look at the actual size of the My Video folder. The files for the DVD may be smaller than the estimate PD gave.

The point is change the Disk Size so that PD is happy, then you can go on about your business of burning the DVD. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.