Filesize limitation, not enough memory

MFS wrote on 11/1/2007, 9:22 PM
I attempted to burn a DVD with a 50-minute mpeg2 file with a filesize of 2.1 GB (rendered with VegasPro8a). DVD Architect Pro 4.5a says that there isn't enough memory in the temporary folder (even though the folder has 10GB free). I realized that 2.1 GB might be too big of a size for single media file. I've since cut up the file and re-rendered it as two ~1.1 GB files and DVDApro burned it fine.

Am I correct in that there appears to be a limitation in the filesize that can be included in a DVD? If so, how do I make sure and/or determine before rendering that my file will be within the limits.

Any solutions and recommendations out there? Many thanks.

Comments

bStro wrote on 11/2/2007, 7:34 AM
Am I correct in that there appears to be a limitation in the filesize that can be included in a DVD?

Yes, and no.

There is a 1GB limit for files *on* the DVD, but there is no limit on the size for files you put into your project. The authoring app (in this case, DVD Architect) splits them up for you when it turns everything into VOBs. I've given DVDA files up to around 4GB without issue. Others with dual-layer burners have given it even larger files.

Generally, when DVDA says there's not enough space in the temporary folder, it simply means that whatever harddrive you have set up for temporary space (the default is C:\) is low on free space. How many drives do you have, and which is the one you say has 10GB free? And are your drives formatted as NTFS or FAT32?

Rob
ScottW wrote on 11/2/2007, 7:35 AM
Yes and no. You can have files up to the size of your target media (roughly); DVDA should break the large file up into smaller files of roughly 1GB in size automatically.

Verify the location of your temp folder - you can change the location in the DVDA preferences, but the default is on the C drive, so if your C drive is short on space this could be causing you issues.
MFS wrote on 11/2/2007, 10:02 AM
Thank you both bStro and and ScottW. I have 3 hard drives (2 internal and 1 USB external 500GB). I've tried setting up the temporary folder on several destinations to ensure that there's enough free space -- it didn't solve it. (all but a 15 GB section of the first drive is NTFS).

I will give it a try again on a different computer which definitely has >100GB free.
update: I tried to experiment and yes it worked. So it must have been some temp folder somewhere that was holding it up and I can attempt to correct that. Thanks again.

Oh. FYI, I have DVDA pro 4.5a on a Vista Home Premium computer and it preps and burns DVD's fine. (I read a lot of complaints here about how DVDA doesn't work well on Vista).