using iDVD with large files?

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gutterball321

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I have worked with SD until now and have just burned all my dvds with iDVD. I am doing a couple weddings for friends and just started using a GH2. If I export the video full quality it will be over 30gigs and wont fit on a dvd. I have been shown how to use compressor to compress the video with the DVD settings, but this gives you 2 files which I dont think works in iDVD. So is there a compressor setting that will give me good quality video I can use for iDVD?



I trid to research and this info was shown in the FAQ:

DVD-Video disc:
DVD operates on the Mpeg-2 video standard, and either PCM or Dolby Digital (AC-3) standard. To make the best use out of the disc's space you'll want to do a 2-pass Mpeg-2 video encode, and use Dolby Digital for the audio.

Quick settings:

  • Highest Quality: 2-pass VBR Video low 1.5mbps, video avg 7mbps, video peak 9.0 mbps, Audio Dolby Digital at 384kbps. This will yield about 1.2 hours on a single layer DVD.
  • If you are encoding DV material, set your fields to Lower (or Odd).
  • Always keep the source framerate. 23.976 is 24P, 29.976 is DV standard. (see "what framerate do I use?" section)
Free software: HCenc




---Should I download and use HCenc? Should I use one of the Mpeg-2 streaming options in compressor?

Thanks for the help guys!
 
I believe you are missing an important principle in DVD authoring.

The size of the unencoded video is not a factor on whether it will fit on a standard DVD.

It's the total length of the video in minutes.

what is the length of your video?
 
its 3 videos... they are 35 minutes, 6 minutes and 12 minutes total... So if i just export from FCP full quality and drop them into idvd they will all fit?
 
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