Ulead and Sonic make files too big to fit dvd

[dnix71]

I have a divx4 movie that I converted to mpg for a friend who wanted it to play on a tabletop dvd player. When authoring the disc both Ulead and Sonic insisted on expanding the muxed mpg(mp2) to a size that would not quite fit on a dvd, but the same mpg authored in Toast6Titanium(on my eMac) to a disc without changing the file size. Toast just made the ifo, bup and vob's with a menu without expanding the file. Is there some way I can force Ulead or Sonic to author without blowing up the mpg? Do Ulead and Sonic do this for the sake of playability on older players? I haven't tried the disc on a tabletop player yet, but it plays well in "disc mode" in PowerDVD on my pc. PowerDVD is usually picky about file structure, so if it plays there I don't expect problems elsewhere.

[lenti_75]

looks like you need to play with the encoding bitrate....go for a lower bitrate.

8000=1hr
6000=1,5hr
4000=2hr.

something like this.....for a full 720/480

[dnix71]

The bitrate was a constant 3000. That made a 1.7GB dvd including the vob's and menu(on the eMac). But, for some reason Ulead and Sonic insisted on expanding the mp2 to almost 5GB. My pc is running WinME, so not only will that not fit a dvd, but FAT32 can't deal with anything over 4gig anyway. I'm recoding now at 5000 constant. I'm hoping it will lessen the fuzzy appearance of the movie. The disc did play in a standalone, at a friend's house yesterday, so I may just have to stick to the Mac for burning the discs.

[indolikaa]

It sounds like it took your audio file and transcoded it to PCM Audio.


This is a normal function of the trial and special edition versions of the software. They automatically transcode to PCM for maximum compatibility. And at 1536 kbps, PCM is huge.

[dnix71]

Your probably right about the audio recode. Next time I get a divX, I'll recode the audio as PCM. I did the transcode from divX to mp2 together this time to lessen the chance for out of sync audio, and to save time. It took 6 1/2 hours to recode a 575MB divX to 1.7GB, and 10 1/2 to make the 2.8GB at 5000kbs. I don't leave my 'puters running or even plugged in when I'm away at work since the thunderstorm season just started here in south Florida.