Are there limits to how large a movie can be in i movie HD and still burn in idvd? I realize the capacity of a normal drive is 4.7GB. It doesn't take long with Mpegs, Audio and high res. pics to go beyond 4.7gb. Can I compress? any workarounds?
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I movie HD and IDVD size issues
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With an single-layer burner, you're limited to 90 minutes at better quality. With a dual-layer burner, I think you can fit 3 to 4 hours. Don't worry about the size of the video in iMovie--everything gets compressed when it's in iDVD.
Chris24 said:
Most definitely. Don't worry if your iMovie project shows up as 30GB or so - just make sure that it's under 1 hour (best quality) or 2 hours (lesser quality) and you'll be fine.
Obviously, the longer the movie, the less room you have on the DVD for slideshows, animated menus etc but iDVD is pretty good about telling you how much room you have left to play with.
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