Trying to burn DVD but saying dvd does not have enough space

[slesniak123]

I just converted a divx movie to dvd using ulead dvd movie factory, and when i try to burn it, its telling me that the dvd does not have enough space to burn this, and i looked at the properties of the movie to see how big it was and it was only 4.3GB and a dvd holds 4.7GB so i don't understand why it would be telling me that.

Has any one else ever had this problem or know how to get around this?

Any help is very much appreciated.

[vric]

a DVD-R Hold 4.38Gb and not 4.7Gb

reencode your movie with less than 4 480meg (4350meg to be safe)

4 700 000 000 bytes = 4.38Gb

[slesniak123]

Thanks for your help, but how would i do that using ulead dvd movie factory?

[vric]

Thanks for your help, but how would i do that using ulead dvd movie factory?

can't help there sorry.

[eatin sammiches for lunch]

use DVDSHRINK..its free!!!

do a search for DVDSHRINK

off top of my head i think the website is www.dvdshrink.org

[vric]

use DVDSHRINK..its free!!!

do a search for DVDSHRINK

off top of my head i think the website is www.dvdshrink.org

I wanted to give the same awser, but since his DVD is very neer the good size, DVDSHrink will cut of at least 8% of the quality.

DVD2one would be better, but not free..

[andkiich]

Is the size you are quoting the movie only or the movie with all menus and chapter selctions and such?

if it is just the movie, then it might be a possibility that the menues and extras are pushing it over.

[FulciLives]

Hello

To get optimal quality using nothing other than Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 you need to start over.

This time after you import the DivX A/V file into MF2 "CLICK" on the CHECKMARK (Project Settings) which is in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

Now "CLICK" on CHANGE MPEG SETTINGS ...
There you have several settings to pick from based on the length (running time in minutes) of the DivX clip.

Just select the one that matches. Best to stick with one of the first 3 choices (High, Good, Fair). You can also adjust the bitrate yourself if the movie is inbetween. For instance, let us propose that your DivX file is exactly 105 minutes. You could pick the FAIR setting (which will fit up to 120 minutes) but to maximize quality you would want to first pick the FAIR setting then go to CUSTOMIZE and adjust the bitrate to 5000kbps which, as you can see, is a bitrate between the GOOD setting (6000kbps for 90 minutes) and the FAIR setting (4000kbps for 120 minutes) so doing the math that would be the proper bitrate.

However, you don't want to go TOO close to the desired file size since the DVD will need extra room for the design such as the MENU pages etc. So JUST to be safe I would pick (using our example) maybe 4750kpbs just to be safe.

There is a better way to convert DivX to DVD but that would require using a program like TMPGEnc or Cinema Craft Encoder (CCE) and neither of those are free. However you can download and then use TMPGEnc for 30 days before it locks up (then you will need to pay on-line and get a registration code to unlock it).

A well made good quality DivX with a decent resolution (a width of 640 is best and of course the height depends on it being widescreen or not) will translate rather well to the DVD format.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
Sorry about the bad news (it can take MF2 a long time to render a DivX to DVD) but the truth of the mater is your existing file is JUST over the size you need it to be. If you really care about quality you will do it over again rather than use any of the other compression tactics mentioned (such as DVD2ONE).

[mrbass]

dvdshrink sometimes will go over a DVD+R size
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdburn/

Blank DVD-R 4,489MB 4,706,074,624 bytes or 4.383GB
Blank DVD+R 4,483MB 4,700,372,992 bytes or 4.377GB