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Burning assistant: Disc limitations
Note: For each disc format there are different limitations. For example, with many formats
animated menus are not possible or no menus and transitions at all are possible. You can
find an overview of these limitations in the PDF manual or in "Help" under "Appendix: Digital
videos and storage media ("Overview of the different disc types")“.
Memory
VCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 70 minutes
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DVD (approx. 4.7 GB) approx. 2 hours
G-2 encoder which is used for SVCDs, DVDs, and mini-DVDs (i.e.
to the movements in the picture. The required
memory depends on the film material; an action film would need more memory than a
If you cannot save your disc project on a blank CD, you will have to divide it up into different
sections.
A movie, for example, can be burned onto 3 SVCDs by creating three different
projects: Start, middle, and end are added and burned sequentially.
SVCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 30 - 40 minute
Mini-DVD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 20 minutes
Blu-ray Disc (approx. 25 GB/single-
layer or 50 GB/dual-layer)
approx. 4.5 hours
Especially with the MPE
on CD-ROMs written in DVD file format), it can be difficult to supply reliable information
relating to the required memory. If the “Variable bit rate” of the MPEG-2 encoder is
activated, encoding will occur according
drama, for instance.
Further information on MPEG compression and formats can be found in the chapter "Video
and data formats (view page 277)" of the PDF manual.
Test series with variable encoder settings
If you would like to know how much memory you will require for various encoder settin
then you should run some simulations before burning.
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To avoid wasting blank CDs while testing, you should activate the “Simulate first” option.
Then create, for example, a short (ca. 5 min.) disc project and simulate burning in multiple
mulation you can access the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file on the hard disk to
check how large the file has become.
h disc space your disc project will require from the simulation
results. The memory requirements of a 5-minute disc project would have to be multiplied by
20 in order to estimate the space required for a 100-minute movie. You should also add
buffer for the selection menu.
cycles with various settings.
After every si
You will discover how muc