Exporting Feature to DVD - please help

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Smithhouse

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When I go to export my feature film (1 hour 46 min) to DVD in ppro 1.5... it says it need 4.6 gigs of space... and it says that there is only 4.3 gibs of space available... I thought a dvd holds 4.7 gigs... What am I missing here, and what can I do?... I have to get this movie onto a dvd...

I'm desperate,

SmithHouse
 
It's a math thing in computing the actual available space. Without going into a lengthy explanation, suffice it say the actual available space on a 4.7 disc is 4.2.

You should have no problem getting 1:43 on a disc. However you may have to lower your bitrate - in the neighborhood of 5-6Mbps (5000-6000). Be sure not to encode with PCM audio as this will waste valuable space. At the least you should have 2 ch Dolby AC3 available to you in Premiere.
 
Hey preston, thanks for the response...

I've seen several threads talk about PCM vs. AC3, but I don't see an option in premiere to choose the one that would take up less space... Can you help me out with that? How do I go about doing it. My feature is premiering on the 16th of Feb. So I'm desperate to get this thing dialed in.

SmithHouse
 
I'm not sitting at my NLE so I may miss some details but basically, whether you're exporting to DVD direct from the timeline or using Adobe Media Encoder (included) and then authoring elsewhere, you can set up your own DVD encoding preset. Don't bother with any of the canned presets. You can start with one as a template, but customize and save it for use later.

When the Media Encoder dialog pops up, there are a number of options on the left side of the box that you can select and then change. You should find "Video" and "Audio" there. In "Video" check and/or set your options for frame rate, aspect ratio, and data rate. I estimate you maximum data rate with AC3 audio to be about 5.5mbps. (CBR) - so set the video to 5.0 or 5.2. You could also select VBR, set the variables, and so forth, but it will take longer to encode. VBR is used to squeeze the most quality out of your "bit budget." I rarely use it 'cause my projects aren't that long.

Click on "Audio" and select "Dolby 2.0" (or something to this effect - it's 2 channel Dolby stereo) from the drop down. The default rate is 224, which is fine.

This should get you started. If you get hung up, let me know, and I'll outline it in detail when I'm back at the NLE.

I believe, when you export direct to DVD from the timeline, a different dialog box pops up that can take you to the Media Encoder and give you an option to "maximize the data rate" which could take some of the math and guesswork out of it.

It sounds like you're trying to export direct to DVD - but let me know for sure so I can be more specific.
 
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