File Size limitations with PixeDV for Mac?

[stembridge]

I have captured a 1 hour 47 minute video twice now on my instant DVD for Mac device, using CaptyDVD "twice" with Capture settings: Normal and High, creatng a file size of 3.18 GB for normal, and 3.95 for high. When I open the PixeDVD software to create the DVD, and inport the movie file, I get the following error message: "Size limit exceeded. could not add file." I did to 45 minute videos earlier, and I can add both of these with no problems. I have always though that up to 2 hours would fit on a DVD.
Please advise.
Thanks!
David Stembridge

[Frobozz]

Your post is a little confusing because it is PixeDV that does the capturing and CaptyDVD that does the authoring. I think you have that backward.

Anyway, did you create a New Project when you started CaptyDVD? It sounds like you might be adding your longer video to the project that has one or both of the smaller ones.

I'm not certain of the absolute maximum PixeDV-created MPEG that CaptyDVD will accept, but it is somewhere around 4 GB.

[AntnyMD]

If in CaptyDVD you told it to convert the captured audio to PCM, that would put your project size over 4gb.

[mhar4]

I haven't really used the CaptyDVD software, but I have capture files bigger than 3.95GB. I use Sizzle to create burnable disk images and it doesn't have a problem using larger files.

[stembridge]

Hey,
This was it!
I was opting the PCM audio, rather than MPEG audio.
Will this affect quality on the video end? or just the audio end, and how much?

Thanks again for catching this oversight!

If in CaptyDVD you told it to convert the captured audio to PCM, that would put your project size over 4gb.

[Frobozz]

The PixeDV audio already is MPEG so there is no change in quality by using that setting in CaptyDVD. It has no bearing at all on video quality either.

The problem with MPEG audio (other than being compressed audio) is some standalone DVD players either won't play the sound or need to have their audio setup changed to play the sound. PCM sound is compatible with essentially every DVD player that plays user-recorded DVDs. But PCM's audio file is several times larger than MPEG.

[AntnyMD]

I think it's a good rule of thumb that if your DVD player can play VCDs it will play DVDs with MPEG audio.

[brett]

ot -- i have used captydvd alot, and i believe it reencodes into .mp2 audio even if the source audio is .mp2 -- tho thankfully it does not touch the video if it's already mpeg2. anyone care to confirm or deny my belief?