iMovie file size too large for one DVD

iDVD encodes (compresses) the video before burning the DVD, so there's no problem. Your iMovie project will fit.

The iDVD capacity is best expressed in time instead of size. iMovie 4/5 can include up to 2 hours of video. A little less, counting iDVD features.

Karl

iDVD encodes (compresses) the video before burning
the DVD, so there's no problem. Your iMovie project
will fit.

The iDVD capacity is best expressed in time instead
of size. iMovie 4/5 can include up to 2 hours of
video. A little less, counting iDVD features.

Karl

Hi Karl
I have an iMovie file that is 3hr and 10min long. I have a dual layer burner and dual layer DVD's to burn onto. Will this file fit onto the 8.5GB disc? or do I have to compress it somehow? If there is some software that will do this could you let me know?

The dual layer DVD's say they will fit 215 min of video on them, so why does it reject my file when starting iDVD?
Thanks for your help

iMovie file that is 3hr and 10min long. I have a dual layer burner and dual layer DVD's

iDVD 5 can burn up to 240 minutes to dual layer DVDs with its Best Quality setting.

I have an iMovie project that is also 3 hours, do I have to split iit up into two parts to burn it onto single sided DVDs? Can I do that by copy and paste? or do I have to reimport the raw video? thanks

my project is on an ouboard Firewire drive

I have an iMovie project that is also 3 hours, do I
have to split iit up into two parts to burn it onto
single sided DVDs?

Yup.

Can I do that by copy and paste?

Yup.

Just make sure that when you Copy and Paste clips, you Copy all the clips you want at the same time. If you Copy and Paste clips more than one time iMovie may copy the source file two or more times, making the project needlessly large.

Another solution is to use the Finder to duplicate the project. Edit one copy for DVD 1 and the other for DVD 2. That's simpler if you have complicated audio clips (which cannot be copied with video clips).

Karl

Same problem...

896MB file imports into iMovie hd as 22Gigs!!!

Done a simple drag of .mp4 file into iDVD, and the file baloons to 8 gigs!!!

I've fished through the prefs, but I'd like to keep the file size right for tv viewing.

Help!

Darren.

please, kids, keep calm...

iDVD cares for length, not size

Apple had done this for YOUR convenience... the length of a project is by far easier to estimate then its size....

and:
iMovie's, and iDVD's native format is "dv", not "any" mpeg codec!
any other fileformat needs to be converted to make iM/iDVD work...
mepgs are for playback, not for processing....

<me sad>

Good to know.

So that i understand you...take my mp4 document (QTime) and do a straight convert to dv, yes? can that be done in imovie, or quicktime, or another prog? thanks for the info...i think im getting close to a resolution (i smell blood in the water).

Darren.

Hi sharky,

where do you want to go today...? 😉

iM works with dv
iDVD works with dv
hit iDVD in iM - you're done... no need for any knowledge of codecs, bitrates, mpegs, whatever...

why mp4? where does it come from? why could this source not offer dv?

yepp, QTpro converts mp4 into dv, and some mp4 can be imported directly into iDVD - as long it plays under 120minutes!....................

<my name is Nemo>

Ah yes, there's the rub!

The mp4's are dvd rips using handbrake. There...I said it. I'm trying to copy them to dvd, so that I don't have to keep renting them over and over (and over). I could just copy them to tape the old fashioned way, but where's the fun in that? I also tried dvd2pod. Neither of them seem to have an 'import to dv' function...it's all mp4.

Do you know of any progs that rip to dv? That said, what are the options for a mp4 to dv conversion?

Blood fading away in the ocean, fearing I've missed my chance at bait! 🙂
Darren.