Can't get file size short enough to burn

Beth Ann

Newbie Joined: Mar 20, 2018 16:26 Messages: 2 Offline

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Mar 20, 2018 16:52

Help! I've always used Wondershare products to make DVDs out of video clips/photos in the past and they haven't given me any trouble. I just got a new camcorder that records at 60fps and I used it to record my son's school musical. When using my Wondershare programs, the audio and video were out of sync which I'm pretty sure was caused by a lot of dropped frames (understandable with the higher quality). I downloaded this program and it seems to suit my needs perfectly, BUT when I attempt to burn the .iso, it won't allow me because the file size is too large. I planned on using DVDShrink to shrink it down to fit on a disc, but it absolutely won't allow me to export it. I produced it as an MP4, and opened a new project importing the MP4 and adding a menu, but the file size is still too large. When I look at the MP4 in the output folder, it says the file size is only 2.6 GB, but when I add it into a new project it's still showing as too large to burn, no matter what output filetype I select. Am I doing something wrong? It seems to me that there should be an option to override that file size warning, but I can't find one. Obviously I realize I'm not going to get 60fps quality on the DVD, but at this rate, I'm not figuring out how to get it onto a DVD at all. Sorry if any part of that was confusing; I've been working at this for 3 days now and my brain is fried...

ETA: I have no clue how I posted this heading twice, with one just saying "help", but can't seem to delete the other one. Like I said, brain is fried after 3 days of working on this and hitting brick wall after brick wall.
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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Mar 20, 2018 17:31

If you are going to create a DVD-Video, forget about the original file size, based on your time.
In step, Creat Disc, after making mine or not, select, 2D Disc.
See the picture is set for HQ 720v480 .... in this option will fit about 1 hour on the 4.7Gb DVD.
If the video has more time, select in this box, Smart Fit.
This option will make PD16 adjust the video to the size of the DVD.

If it still does not fit the disk, an option I use.
I create the DVD 9 saved in a folder in HD.
Then I use DVDShrink to compress DVD9 to DVD 4.7 because some DVD Player has difficulty reading DVD-DL (DVD8.5Gb.) Here in my region.


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Beth Ann

Newbie Joined: Mar 20, 2018 16:26 Messages: 2 Offline

Mar 22, 2018 11:07

Quote If you are going to create a DVD-Video, forget about the original file size, based on your time.
In step, Creat Disc, after making mine or not, select, 2D Disc.
See the picture is set for HQ 720v480 .... in this option will fit about 1 hour on the 4.7Gb DVD.
If the video has more time, select in this box, Smart Fit.
This option will make PD16 adjust the video to the size of the DVD.

If it still does not fit the disk, an option I use.
I create the DVD 9 saved in a folder in HD.
Then I use DVDShrink to compress DVD9 to DVD 4.7 because some DVD Player has difficulty reading DVD-DL (DVD8.5Gb.) Here in my region.

Thank you so much!! This solved my problem perfectly. I changed the DVD settings to dual layer and then used Smart Fit, saved the DVD files, shrunk them using DVD Shrink and then burned with DVD Decrypter. The quality is higher than I thought it may be, and definitely better than the ones I've done using Wondershare's products. Thanks again!