[Francis]

My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?

[Steve]

how long is it??

"Francis" wrote:

> My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
> movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?

[Francis]

about 1 houir and 46 minutes long

"Steve" wrote:

> how long is it??
>
> "Francis" wrote:
>
> > My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
> > movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?

[eeyore]

Francis wrote:
> My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
> movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
You actually have a number of options that I know of (Note I use Nero so
it may be that some of the options are not available to you.
The key issues/questions you may need to think about are:
-a. Do I still have the sources (original footage and the project files
set up) or can I recreate them easily
-b. how much time do I have
-c. do I need the highest quality or can I compress (if it is only a
small amount of compression then there may be no issue - I have
compressed footage that was 15min too long and it is unnoticable on my
low def TV, but I ha
-d. If I can compress will my DVD tool compress or will it output to
disk rather than dvd.
Option are:
1. Split it at Authoring (ie in MM2) - this is probably the best as you
have good control on fades/messages('Change DVD Now') etc and reduce the
number of processing cycles(which can reduce movie quality)- of course
it means renedering again and it is obviously a long movie.
2. Some DVD burning allow reauthoring at the time of burning - but in
some cases this means another processing step and also can take a long
time rendering.
3. If your movie is only just too long you could Can you render the
movie at lower quality thre are two options for this:
-----Products like Nero have an option to compress footage - your tool
may do this
-----Some products will allow rendering to the disk - ie you can put the
dvd (vob etc files on the disk) You can then post process with a product
like dvdshrink and burn to disk from there.

Long winded I know but there are some options.
I personally would (and have) either:
-shrink using dvdshink if the movie is just too long
-reauthor in MM2 if it was a lot too long.


Rob

[eeyore]

Francis wrote:
> My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
> movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
I'll try that again in English:

You actually have a number of options that I know of (Note I use Nero so
it may be that some of the options are not available to you.
The key issues/questions you may need to think about are:
-a. Do I still have the sources (original footage and the project files
set up) or can I recreate them easily
-b. how much time do I have
-c. do I need the highest quality or can I compress (if it is only a
small amount of compression then there may be no issue - I have
compressed footage that was 15min too long and it is unnoticeable on my
low def TV, but I ha
-d. If I can compress, will my DVD tool compress or will it output to
disk rather than dvd.

Option are:
1. Split it at Authoring (ie in MM2) - this is probably the best option
as you have good control on fades/messages('Change DVD Now') etc and
reduce the number of processing cycles(which can reduce movie quality)-
It means rendering again and it is obviously a long movie.
2. Some DVD burning allow re authoring at the time of burning - but in
some cases this means another processing step and also can take a long
time rendering.
3. If your movie is only just too long you could render the movie at
lower quality there are two options for this:
-----Products like Nero have an option to compress footage - your tool
may do this - however you have less control over the quality and
compression levels
-----Some products will allow rendering to the disk - ie you can put the
dvd (vob etc files on the disk) You can then post process with a product
like dvdshrink and burn to disk from there.

Long winded I know but there are some options.
I personally would (and have) either:
-shrink using dvdshink if the movie is just too long
-re author in MM2 if it was a lot too long.

If you dont have DVDshrink - this seems to be the current link
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdshrink31-main.htm


Rob

[Alfred Trautweiler]

Why not burn it standard play (2 hrs)?

"Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8A9D25D-FE3B-4A56-A128-7BA8016868A9@microsoft.com...
> about 1 houir and 46 minutes long
>
> "Steve" wrote:
>
>> how long is it??
>>
>> "Francis" wrote:
>>
>> > My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split
>> > the
>> > movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?

[Wojo]

I don't know if Francis will get that or not but I did. Good job, very well
written.

"eeyore" <rob.pugh@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:42c085d6$0$16705$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> Francis wrote:
>> My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
>> movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
> I'll try that again in English:
>
> You actually have a number of options that I know of (Note I use Nero so
> it may be that some of the options are not available to you.
> The key issues/questions you may need to think about are:
> -a. Do I still have the sources (original footage and the project files
> set up) or can I recreate them easily
> -b. how much time do I have
> -c. do I need the highest quality or can I compress (if it is only a small
> amount of compression then there may be no issue - I have compressed
> footage that was 15min too long and it is unnoticeable on my low def TV,
> but I ha
> -d. If I can compress, will my DVD tool compress or will it output to disk
> rather than dvd.
>
> Option are:
> 1. Split it at Authoring (ie in MM2) - this is probably the best option as
> you have good control on fades/messages('Change DVD Now') etc and reduce
> the number of processing cycles(which can reduce movie quality)- It means
> rendering again and it is obviously a long movie.
> 2. Some DVD burning allow re authoring at the time of burning - but in
> some cases this means another processing step and also can take a long
> time rendering.
> 3. If your movie is only just too long you could render the movie at lower
> quality there are two options for this:
> -----Products like Nero have an option to compress footage - your tool may
> do this - however you have less control over the quality and compression
> levels
> -----Some products will allow rendering to the disk - ie you can put the
> dvd (vob etc files on the disk) You can then post process with a product
> like dvdshrink and burn to disk from there.
>
> Long winded I know but there are some options.
> I personally would (and have) either:
> -shrink using dvdshink if the movie is just too long
> -re author in MM2 if it was a lot too long.
>
> If you dont have DVDshrink - this seems to be the current link
> http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdshrink31-main.htm
>
>
> Rob