Convert Mpeg-4 file to play in standard DVD player

[Leydeno]

Hello,

I would like to burn a file I have on my Mac which is currently in Mpeg-4 format. Unfortunately my external DVD player doesn't support this format (it's pretty basic). Could anyone please suggest a way of converting the file so that it's compatible with the DVD player?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Olly

 

[Eidorian]

iDVD or Toast 7 if you have a PowerPC Mac.

 

[Leydeno]

Thanks - however when I drag the file to iDVD, I'm told that the project is too big to fit. Is there any way around this?

 

[Eidorian]

How big/long is this MPEG-4 video?

 

[Leydeno]

1,015 MB. It's a feature film.

 

[Eidorian]

1,015 MB. It's a feature film.

It sounds like you're going to need a dual layer DVD for that if you're going to convert it via iDVD. Toast should size it to a single layer DVD but that is going to cost money. That being said a DVD player that'll play DivX/MPEG-4 is only about $70 at most.

 

[Leydeno]

OK - I'll have a look at Toast. Thanks for your help

 

[bootedbear]

1,015 MB. It's a feature film.

Size is irrelevant. All iDVD cares about is run length. So how long is the video?

 

[Leydeno]

It's a couple of hours long. I've now managed to drag the file into iDVD but when I try to burn it, the same error message pops up. I'm using a regular 4.7GB DVD-R

 

[quigleybc]

iDVD always tells me that what I'm trying to import is too long....I gave up on iDVD a long time ago...

What is the limit on iDVD anyway?

 

[disconap]

There's a method posted in another thread you might want to try:

download ffmpeg
convert mp4 to VOB files
creat disc image with VOB files
burn image to disc

Give it a shot, couldn't hurt!