Trouble Burning To A DVD

[SaintIves]

I have a similar issue that I hope can be resolved. I'm using EMC 9 and I converted an MPG file to MP4 to save disk space, yet when I try to create the DVD it says that I'm overrunning the capacity by 45 mins. The video is 3 hours long and I'm presuming that there is a more suitable format, but I also tried the same file as an AVI (even smaller file size) with the same results - overrun by 45 mins.

 

All I want to do is play the video on my DVD player with a simple launch button menu (no chapters or chapter menus). Will I have to resort to the double capacity DVD's or is there a way to fit the file on a 4.7 GB disk with just the simple menu I described?

 

Thank you.

[bimicher]

I have a similar issue that I hope can be resolved. I'm using EMC 9 and I converted an MPG file to MP4 to save disk space, yet when I try to create the DVD it says that I'm overrunning the capacity by 45 mins. The video is 3 hours long and I'm presuming that there is a more suitable format, but I also tried the same file as an AVI (even smaller file size) with the same results - overrun by 45 mins.

 

All I want to do is play the video on my DVD player with a simple launch button menu (no chapters or chapter menus). Will I have to resort to the double capacity DVD's or is there a way to fit the file on a 4.7 GB disk with just the simple menu I described?

 

Thank you.

 

A standard 4.7GB DVD (that can be played on a stand alone DVD player) can only hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. To put more on the video has to be compressed with a resulting loss of quality. I would not even try to squeeze 3 hours on the DVD, it might not be watchable. Your best option would be to split the video into 90 minute sections, burn to 2 iso image files (or Video_TS folders) and then use DiscCopier to burn each file or folder to a DVD.