A dumb question about DVD Capacity.
I want to create as high as quality DVD as possible from my iMove (5.02) project using iDVD (5.01). I've started off using DVD+R disks and I'm now considering using Dual Layer DVD's.
The actual iMovie file size of my project is 12Gig at about 60 minutes. It's the same size when I SHARE as a full quality QT file. However when I create an iDVD Project from either the QT file or directly out of iMovie, my DVD Capacity reading is approx. 2.1 of 8Gig.
Now my question is this: What exactly am I reading here? I was under the impression that the DVD Capacity indicated the size of the movie. Obviously a 12Gig movie isn't going to fit onto a DVD, so I assumed that this reading related to the compressed size, but am I wrong? I can't understand why a 12Gig movie would need to be compressed so much. If this is the compressed size, then how can I get iDVD to not compress it so much? I've tried using Best Performance as the encoded setting, but would expect something up in the 6-7Gig range.
If I use a dual layer disk, am I only going to be writing a 2Gig file to it?
The actual iMovie file size of my project is 12Gig at about 60 minutes. It's the same size when I SHARE as a full quality QT file. However when I create an iDVD Project from either the QT file or directly out of iMovie, my DVD Capacity reading is approx. 2.1 of 8Gig.
Now my question is this: What exactly am I reading here? I was under the impression that the DVD Capacity indicated the size of the movie. Obviously a 12Gig movie isn't going to fit onto a DVD, so I assumed that this reading related to the compressed size, but am I wrong? I can't understand why a 12Gig movie would need to be compressed so much. If this is the compressed size, then how can I get iDVD to not compress it so much? I've tried using Best Performance as the encoded setting, but would expect something up in the 6-7Gig range.
If I use a dual layer disk, am I only going to be writing a 2Gig file to it?
iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.2)