DVD authoring software balloons size!

[Bansaw]

I've just done a set of five separate videos to be burned in one DVD, and they total 4.4Gb. Just a nice size to fit on one DVD.

I am using Sony DVD Architect and it wants to expand this all out to 6Gb !!! (My front end animations are nothing really).

I have rendered these five videos at approx MPG2 720x576.

My question is: can I re-render these videos at a lower screen-size or bitrate (or something else) to reduce their size but, at the same time, maintain a certain quality so they can fit on one DVD?

Thanks.

[jagabo]

file size = bitrate * running time

[BJ_M]

what type of audio are you using ? ac3 ?

DVDA will not recompress the video if everything is proper (audio and video)

[trossin]

If you are using the cheap <$1000 version (about $60), I think it will always convert to LPCM which will blow up your file size just like you are seeing.

[guns1inger]

Make sure your project settings in DVDA match the format of the assets, or it will attempt to transcode.