Thanks Jeff! I'm using Premiere 5.0. I'll let it compress and see what happens. I was just noticing file sizes and freaked when I saw 5 minutes came in as 1+ gig straight off my camera!
Cordell >From: "Jeff Schell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [AP] Video capture file size >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:40:24 -0700 > >If your goal is to make a DVD-movie disc that plays in a standard DVD >player >attached to your TV (like a Netflix movie), then your *only* choice is to >burn it as MPEG-2. This is the only format allowed in the DVD-movie >specifications. > >In fact, it's not as simple as copying a file to DVD if your goal is to >make >a movie disc. Use Premiere's built-in DVD burning capabilities, or use >another application to make the DVD movie disc. > >If you use another application, you should be able to leave your AVI as it >is, and that application will take the AVI and convert it for you, so you >don't have to do anything else. If you use Premiere, then it handles >burning >and changing format as well. So really, all you need to do is edit the >video >and leave it as AVI. > > > > Jeff Schell, Adobe Certified Expert ><http://www.jeffschell.com/images/atiny.jpg> > >Jeff Schell <http://www.jeffschell.com/> www.jeffschell.com >. Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) . Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) >. On-Site, Classroom Training for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, >Encore DVD, Photoshop >. Books: <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321397746> Premiere Pro 2 >Hands-On-Training . <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321293983> Premiere >Pro 1.5 H-O-T >. DVDs / Online Tutorials: ><http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?pid=60> Premiere Pro 2 >Essential Training at Lynda.com > > > _____ > > >5 minutes of video captured from my digital video camera is a 1+ gig >avi file -- what is the best format to render it to before burning to >DVD? I'm sure I can get great quality video to dvd, but not at this >size -- what works best? > > >. > ><http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=456415/grpspId=1708568768/msgId= >24711/stime=1176546658/nc1=4507179/nc2=4025302/nc3=3848643> > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Interest Rates Fall Again! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new payment http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-18679&moid=7581 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
