Authoring Prob

[JamieBecks23]

I authored a 2 hour film at 192kbps audio and 9200kbps. this is a 10gig file. what i wanted to do was to load this into tmpgenc dvd author and then into dvd shrink. i encoded it at the highest setting i could and hoped dvd shrink would do the rest. unfortuatly, tmpgenc author wont write anything over 8 gigs. i get an error. wat shud i do.

[Baldrick]

Encode using a lower video bitrate so it will fit for best video quality.

[Forum Troll]

When I capture a movie with my Hauppauge 250, I use the tool on this page:

https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

Works perfectly every time.

[JamieBecks23]

no, i encoded at the highest on purpose. i wanted to author this file and shrink using dvdshrink. i dont want to encode at a lower rate, i want dvdshrink to do it. the problem is tmpgenc dvd author wont make a dvd folder on my harddrive over 8 gig

[jimmalenko]

no, i encoded at the highest on purpose. i wanted to author this file and shrink using dvdshrink. i dont want to encode at a lower rate, i want dvdshrink to do it. the problem is tmpgenc dvd author wont make a dvd folder on my harddrive over 8 gig

Well if TMPGenc DVD Author won't output greater than 8GB, I'd say you're SOL

[mats.hogberg]

Use some other authoring app then.

/Mats

[winifreid]

Why? You would get better results if you encode to the correct bitrate first, rather than have Shrink transcode.

[mats.hogberg]

...but that was obviously not what Jamie wanted to hear, right?
(Even if you're correct in your observation.)

/Mats

[JamieBecks23]

cos i want it to go into shrink at the best quailty possilbe

[winifreid]

Isn't the point for it come out the best quality possible? Therefore it is better to encode to bitrate that will fit your project in the first place. This would also save time.

[mats.hogberg]

Yes, how many times does it have to be said:
Encoding at the right bit rate to begin with, gives you higher quality than encoding at a bit rate too high to fit the media, then transcoding (shrinking) it down to fit.

/Mats

[jimmalenko]

That's 5 for 5 ATM ...

[guns1inger]

The settings you have chosen are too large to fit on a DVD9, which is why tmpgenc won't let you author it. Even studio releases aren't encoded like this.

As you have been told over and over, encode at the correct rate first (I would encode as 2 pass VBR), as this will give you much better results than shrink.