Dougal Westie
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Q: not enough free disc space for encoding remaining assets

I get this message when I try to print my DVD   "not enough free disc space for encoding remaining assets"

Does this mean I have too much videos and material on the computer.  I have tried to delete several but it does not seem to be making any difference.  Please help/explain...  Thank you!

 

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on May 2, 2015 1:43 PM

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You should have a minimum of 25 GB of free space when using iDVD.  It requires a lot of space for scratch files while encoding. If you free up that much space you should not see that warning any more.

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Posted on May 3, 2015 9:11 AM

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    Ziatron Ziatron May 2, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Dougal Westie
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    May 2, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Dougal Westie

    IDVD is limited by the duration of your movie and nothing else.

     

    A single layer DVD is good for about two hours.  A dual layer DVD is good for about three hours and 45 minutes.

     

    You do need a certain amount of free space to create DVDs.

     

    To burn your iDVD project to a single-layer DVD disc, you should have 8 to 10 gigabytes (GB) of free disk space on your hard disk, depending on the size of your project. For double-layer discs, you need 15 to 20 GB of free disk space. To check how much disk space you have, Control-click the hard disk icon on your desktop and choose Get Info. Then look next to Available to see how much space you have.

    The encoded DVD files remain on your hard disk inside your project’s folder. If you do not want to save the encoded files after you burn your project to a disc, you can delete them.

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    Old Toad Old Toad May 3, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Dougal Westie
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    May 3, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Dougal Westie

    You should have a minimum of 25 GB of free space when using iDVD.  It requires a lot of space for scratch files while encoding. If you free up that much space you should not see that warning any more.

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