niktbj Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 i have made slideshow (usingDVD builder) of about 250 photos with a music sountrack in total it is about 25 minutes long and is about 300mb in size i burnt at 2x onto a datawrite DVD everything is good except ror the quality of the slides is there anything i am doing wrong or is this to do with the limitations of the program regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 i have made slideshow (usingDVD builder) of about 250 photos with a music sountrack in total it is about 25 minutes long and is about 300mb in size i burnt at 2x onto a datawrite DVD everything is good except ror the quality of the slides is there anything i am doing wrong or is this to do with the limitations of the program regards File size means nothing when creating DVDs, its the time length of your slideshow that is important. A standard 4.7GB DVD will hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. Since your slideshow is 25 minutes then at best quality the DVD should be almost half full. If you only have used 300mb then obviously you must have selected a very low quality output. Exactly what quality settings in DVDBuilder are you using to burn your DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niktbj Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 File size means nothing when creating DVDs, its the time length of your slideshow that is important. A standard 4.7GB DVD will hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. Since your slideshow is 25 minutes then at best quality the DVD should be almost half full. If you only have used 300mb then obviously you must have selected a very low quality output. Exactly what quality settings in DVDBuilder are you using to burn your DVD? hi walt thanks for your time the dvd is about half full as i remember the only settings i had access to were the write speed wich i set at 2x i don't recall seeing anything more (but this is the first time i have used ROXIO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 hi walt thanks for your time the dvd is about half full as i remember the only settings i had access to were the write speed wich i set at 2x i don't recall seeing anything more (but this is the first time i have used ROXIO) I am sorry I don't have version 6 installed so cannot give information on where the quality settings are. Hopefully someone will pop in and help you out. If it is there it should be somewhere on a popup window after you click burn. BTW, if you are using high resolution photos the quality will not be ratined when you create a slideshow since the resolution has to be "compressed" to 720x480 to be DVD compliant which of course causes a loss in quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I have v6 on one of my other computers, but I can't get to it today. I will try and check it out in the morning and reply to you then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niktbj Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I have v6 on one of my other computers, but I can't get to it today. I will try and check it out in the morning and reply to you then. thankyou for all of your help much appreciated dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 As I recall it is under File – Properties and not a single word regarding "Quality"… You must set it to Low Compression which will allow 60 minutes with a maximum Est Project Size of 3.385gb. It sounds like you had it set to High Compression although a DVD Movie can only be 720 X 480 which may not look that good on a high res TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Yes, that is right, Jim. Sorry I couldn't get back faster. Just that kind of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Yes, that is right, Jim. Sorry I couldn't get back faster. Just that kind of day. At least my memory is still working, well mostly anyway… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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