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PeteS

Newbie Location: Maryland, USA Joined: Oct 18, 2011 14:17 Messages: 27 Offline

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Feb 17, 2013 18:25

I have two clips, each 45 minutes long and when rendered produce files each about 1.2GB

a. I want to send these clips to friends in Europe so I rendered them in PAL. I got
a warning message that my input was 25 frames and I was asking for 29.7. Is Cyberlink
converting? After I burned the disc I tried playing it on my NTSC machine and I was
first, surprised it worked and secondly it seemed to play fine. Did I in fact burn a PAL
disk?

b. When I went to create the disk the icon in the left corner said I would have a
59xx GB output. Obviously, that would not fit on the 4.7 GB DVD. How did the total
get so large? Fortunately, Smart Fit solved the problem. What does smart fit do?

c. Similarily I have 3 clips of 40 minutes each that I recorded off the air on one DVD. How
come after I edit, even with smart fit, I can't get them to fit on one disk?

Is there a way to default the music selection to None?

Thanks

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Feb 17, 2013 19:08

b. The estimate is usually wrong. It's a known issue with PD.

C. Probably a higher bitrate making the file bigger than the original video file.

a. Many newer machines will play NTSC and PAL. Download media info (free program) and it will tell you the frame rate and resolution. __________________________________
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PeteS

Newbie Location: Maryland, USA Joined: Oct 18, 2011 14:17 Messages: 27 Offline

Feb 20, 2013 10:18

a. Using MediaInfo I find the files have a 29.97 (not 29.7) FPS even though I had selected PAL for the video format. Does that mean PD ignored the selection?

b. Unfortunately the program pay attention to that number and rejects the create disk attempt.

c. And I had selected the LP (minimum) quality too.