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bStro wrote on 11/26/2006, 6:41 AM
The files haven't grown. DVDA just does't do math very well.

Go to File -> Optimize DVD. So long as you see green checkmarks (particularly in the video column), you should be fine. If DVDA indicates that your video files have to be recompressed, then there's a problem with how your files were encoded.

Rob
fixler wrote on 11/26/2006, 4:44 PM
I have ticks for video under Optimize but when I go to burn the disc it refuses! Not only that, DVDA prepares files for the burn that are in total 5.16GB.

I can't figure this out for the life of me...
fixler wrote on 11/26/2006, 6:53 PM
The three files I want to place on the disc without menus are, according to File Properites in Windows Explorer:

382, 146KB + 2,361,932KB + 1,692,068KB = 4,436,146KB

However, I get a DVD that is 5.19GB...?? Go figure!

I need to get this project out quick so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, fixler.
ScottW wrote on 11/27/2006, 5:45 AM
DId you use a DVDA template in Vegas when you rendered the files? If not, that's likely your problem.
Paul Mead wrote on 11/27/2006, 6:47 AM
Is there any chance that you created some other files or folders in your prepare folder? For example, if you were planning on creating a data folder accessible from a PC you may have created another folder in the prepare directory to store those files. DVDA seems to calculate the space required based on what you have told it to burn, but it tallies all the files in the prepare folder, including sub-folders, when deciding if things will actually fit.
Dach wrote on 11/30/2006, 5:20 PM
I am currently working on this problem. I have a DVD created that is truelly within the DVD capacity. I have rerendered these files to several different formats but DVDA continues to think that the project is over 6 GB.

I am trying every work around with no succes. Very frustrating.

Chad
cbrillow wrote on 12/1/2006, 3:42 AM
You might ake a look at the settings for all of your media files. I noticed the other night that there's a "reduce interlace flicker" switch for all media, not just media used for menus. I accidentally set the switch on one of my media files, and the DVD-A estimate grew considerably.
GeorgeW wrote on 12/1/2006, 5:54 AM
It looks like you went to File/Optimize DVD, and for each asset it said RECOMPRESS = NO (make sure you check both VIDEO and AUDIO tabs on the right side for each asset).

Also, have you burned the DVD to your hard drive to see how large the resulting disc will be?