4 Gig Problem

[bhoy]

I am using Movie Factory to author my movies to burn to dvd-r.

The problem I appear to have is that if I go anywhere near 4 gigs with 1 or 2 movies on a disc I have playback probs like freezing movie or the movie won't play on a standalone.

Is there any authoring progs out there that can handle these file sizes without the problems.

I can get scenarist, dvdit, maestro etc: , but which one can use the optimum disk space without the glitches.

If anyone has had these types of problems and found a way around it please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

[mats.hogberg]

What OS are you on? Fat32 (Windows 9X) can't handle big files all that well...

/Mats

[SLK001]

The problem is not with your authoring packages. The problem is with those cheap disks you thought that you would try. Bite the bullet and go buy some quality DVD-R's. Your problems will then disappear.

[bhoy]

I am using win xp and my file system is ntfs (I think thats the correct term).

I don't buy the cheapest disks like bulkpaq. But I buy a mid range dvd-r like Datasafe gen 3, FWS and have tried white label gen 4. Same problem with them all.

If you guys think that the disks are the problem then what disks do you advise. I'm sure everybody isn't using disks at £4 or £5 a go. If thats the case I may as well pack it in, I couldn't afford that.

Ok the disks may well have something to do with it, but the fact remains there are other posts about problems with large file sizes.

I appreciate the time people take to answer a post, but if you are going to critcise disk quality can you also be constructive and advise on disks from your personal experience.

Thanks again for yor time.

[cdtplug]

chances are its the discs,i bought 90 bulkpaq gen3 and the first 20 were great then after that they were shit.i sent 40 back to get whitelable gen 3. i have played these in 4 dvd players and PS2 without any probs. i record about 4-4.1 gig on them. work for me every time. try www.blankdiscshop.co.uk

[Acolonx]

www.bigpockets.co.uk do a trial set of dvd-r and on dvd-rw at a very reasonable price try it u will find something that won't cost the earth and works well in your standalone. If not go with the more expensive option old story u only get what u pay for.