Different sizes reported for same file

[Richkut]

After rendering a program edited on Vegas to a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 file, I proceeded to author it in DVD MoviFactory 6.0 and was warned that it was larger than a single-sided DVD would accommodate. Importing it into DVD Shrink to attempt to compress it, Shrink reported that it was well within the 4.38/4.7 gig limit and would not compress the file. So what do I do? Should I just try to record it to a DVD? If it fails (too big??), other than going to a dual layer DVD is there any other way to compress it without re-rendering it to a lower bitrate? What is an acceptable bitrate for a 2 hour program (equivalent to an SP speed) that will be sold and distributed?

[Baldrick]

How big is the video_ts folder?

And this is not any advanced conversion issue....more a dvd authoring issue I guess. Moving you.

[guns1inger]

It is more likely that for some reason Movie Factory is trying to re-encode your video, but with a higher bitrate, and therefore creating larger video files.

1. Make sure that the video you have created out of Vegas is in fact DVD compliant

2. Make sure Movie Factory isn't re-encoding compliant files. There is usually a flag to set to stop this from happening.

3. Check that the files from Vegas are the size you believe they are. It only takes a small typo in a bitrate to get oversize files (been there, done that)

[MysticE]

So what do I do? Should I just try to record it to a DVD? If it fails (too big??)

Try burning it, most apps, Nero, DVDDecrypter, ImgBurn etc., will warn you if it's too big to fit on a disc, they don't just 'fail'. You could also just save it uncompressed from DVDShrink as an ISO and burn that with ImgBurn.