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by: Vito Di Vita
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Burning DVD over 2-hours.... a possibility?
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Feb 15, 2006 12:27 PM
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Hi I already read most of the other topics in the forum but didn't find exactly the answers that I was looking for (I might not be looking at the right place... sorry). I've got a movie that I've made in FCP HD and it runs approximately 2.5 hours. Thing is I want to burn it to a single disk... I own toast as well but not sure if it will work... Do I need to have dual layer DVDs or another type of special media to be able to burn this long or is there some type of compression tool that won't affect size and quality of the image, but allow for longer burn periods... THANKS
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Re: Burning DVD over 2-hours.... a possibility?
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Feb 15, 2006 1:34 PM
in response to: Valerie Chartier
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Valerie,
If you want to keep the quality and still keep it on a single disc, you'll need a dual layer disc (DVD-9). Lowering the bit rate may allow you to squeeze it on a single layer disc (DVD-5), but the quality will suffer.
-DH
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Re: Burning DVD over 2-hours.... a possibility?
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Feb 15, 2006 2:13 PM
in response to: Valerie Chartier
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Can you compress your audio down? That is the best way I've found to try and squeeze more time into a one layered disc. You can do it through Compressor or A.Pack if your running older programs. Get your audio file into and AC3 format.
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Re: Burning DVD over 2-hours.... a possibility?
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Feb 15, 2006 2:30 PM
in response to: Joel Clough
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Just did a DVD that was about 2 hours and 20 minutes of material and had to use a DVD-9. Even at a VERY modest bit rate and using AC3 audio I was still a little over 6 gigs. Oh yeah- then there were the menus.
You probably want to look into DVD-9's.
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Re: Burning DVD over 2-hours.... a possibility?
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Feb 15, 2006 5:52 PM
in response to: Valerie Chartier
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That sounds just right, you are doing some HEAVY compression by squeezing 2 1/2 hours worth of video onto a DVD (that is not even dual-layered). I'd play around with the bit rate, something under 3.5 mbps.
Also, I'd just let it compress/burn all night if takes that long...
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