Nero 7 will automatically fix that problem for you.

I think it is not available for mac

it is my bad... I'm on a very tight budget so I really can't afford to spend money in another software. Is there any way to tweak imovie? or an open source solution?

Thanks anyway

If you have iDVD, use this solution:

Okay, open up your iMovie project. Click "File------Share"

Click on Expert Settings. From the drop down pane, click "DV/DVCPRO" A list of options will then come up. Set the quality level to "Best", put the Aspect to 16:9, and set the ssan mode to Progressive.

Export your file. Open up iDVD, and then import that file into iDVD and you should be set.

I hope I helped.

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I just tried the above settings but I ended up with a 9 Gig file?xx(?

I never though this was so difficult, how do people compress more than 120 mins of HD into a DVD??????

I'm struggling with 62 mins,?V?

They don't. They down-convert it to SD. HD-DVDs hold 25GB I think.

So here's what you do. Import your film into FCP. Then render it out through Compressor, making the max file size whatever you want.

Could you explain what FCP is? and how do I render it through a compressor with a max file size?

Sorry for all the question?8)?

Thank you very much.?:)?

I'm using iMovie do I need to download anything?

FCP is Final Cut Pro.

Did you put your 10 gig file into iDVD? And did you burn it? It should work.

I've burned 20 gig files with iDVD, and it still came out with beautiful quality.

Just import your 10 gig file, and burn the DVD, and see what happens, it should work.

If you want even more better quality, I suggest using duel-layer DVDs, or HD-DVDs, or Blue-Ray disks.

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When the script writing is done, the work has just begun. When the filming is done, the work has just begun. When post-production is done, the work has just begun. When the distribution is done, you decide if the work is done.

I've burned large files of video in dvds. After the montage of your movie the .avi video is uncompressed so you have to compress it to dvd format(.vob files). Any good burning software like nero should do the job, after compiling the dvd it should start the conversion. Although it takes some hours on my computer to convert the files.

iMovie has crappy compression to avoid people copying DVDs and such and to promote you to buy iDVD which is a good product with decent compression. Your 10gs movie should be compressed by the program when you try to burn, that is one reason burning can take a long, long time.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA

I just did thie smae thing yesterday for a client. He wanted to see the raw camera footage - unedited - from a "behind-the-scenes" I did for a photo shoot. I have one 9GB Quicktime file (.mov) that runs 72 minutes. I just dragged it into iDVD and let it do it's thing.

It looks fine. I'm using iDVD 4. Do you have a self contained QuickTime file (.mov)?

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It worked!?:D?

Thanks guys.

I was trying to compress the movie before importing it to iDvd because the first time that I selected the export to iDVD from iMovie it gave me an error. But all I had to do was to open it directly from iDVD and then change to Best Quality in the preferences.

Good Job. Hope I helped in some way.

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When the script writing is done, the work has just begun. When the filming is done, the work has just begun. When post-production is done, the work has just begun. When the distribution is done, you decide if the work is done.