I am trying to compress an hour and 19 min. video to be able to import into iDVD and then burn onto a DVD. However, when I compress the video with the "DVD" settings, I get 2 files and cannot put both into iDVD. When I try to export as an MPEG-2 file, I get a file that is to big to put on a DVD. What settings should I be exporting with?
Compressor, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
iDVD doesn't want the separate audio and MPEG-2 files that Comprssor creates for DVD Studio Pro. Instead, just drag your movie into iDVD and it will do all the encoding within the app.
Russ
Yes, but the file is 77.90 GB and I'm not sure why and that sure won't fit on a DVD.
Hi Sam.
Can you open your movie in Quicktime? If so, hit commamd i and let me know (or take a screen shot) what the information says about your file format.
Russ
Well, it is a pretty long movie and once you add menus and extras, iDVD may want a dual layer disk…but probably not. Give it a try and find out. My guess is that it will fit and you'll be pleased with the result.
Russ
okay, i'll start it and let it run through the night! thanks!
Ooops. Looks like >2 hours, not 1. May or may not fit.
If not you'll have two options: 2 disks or 1 dual layer for decent quality.
Russ
Do I have to let it encode before I will know? I just also realized that I HAVE TO export this one out of Compressor because I need chapter markers... What should I do?
Sam,
Whether IDVD can fit your content on a single layer dvd depends on the length of your video, not its size (not counting the menu and any "extras"). To verify this drag your big file into iDVD and see what happens…you won't have to do an encode to test this. Just open Project in menu bar.
Unfortunately I don't belive that iDVD will recognize chapter markers created in Compressor. What to do? If you If the menu functionality is not a priority, you could create the DVD dirctly from Compressor. If you know someone who has DVD Studio Pro ask them if they'll do you a favor and let you author it on their machine…same deal with Adobe Encore (although I'd check to see whether Encore reads the markers) Finally, you could buy third party software like Toast.
Good luck.
Russ
Can't compress a file small enough to burn to a DVD.
