First DVD

[deb]

Hi,
I am getting ready to burn my first DVD - I have an avi file about 19 GB that I edited in Pinnacle Studio (from a movie abut 1 hour and 31 minutes). I have DVDit and Pinnacle Express available for rendering and burning. I'd like to add a few chapters, if possible. Will this fit on one DVD?

Do I need to break the file into smaller AVI's or can I imort a large one like this one? I noticed my commercial dvd's have several smaller files. My goal is to play it in my stand alond DVD player - do they require files of a certain size?

Are either of the programs I have OK to use, or do I need to use either TMPGenc and NERO for good quality?

Also, my DVD recorder (Pioneer DVR-A04) came with PowerDVD and PrimoDVD, but no documentation. What are these? I'd like to find out before installing them.

Thanks for any help and hints!!

Deb

[JamieBecks23]

Dude, you cant burn a 19GB file onto a DVD, the limit is 4.7GB, also PowerDVD and PrimoDVD are DVD Players, install them and you can watch DVDs on your PC, plus for a DVD you need a mpg file not avi, download TMPGEnc. And selct the DVD Template. Are you a newbie?

[deb]

Definitely a Newbie, DarthBooker. Am I posting in thje wrong place - should I post under Newbies?

I thought that when I converted the file to MPEG2, that it would be made smaller and it would fit. Also that a DVD-r would handle an hour and a half of video.

I guess I'll repost under Newbies.