|  | Posted by evenlater on 02/02/07 22:39 
I used Windows Movie Maker to make a 90 minute video which is nowsaved as a .wmv. It "weighs" 1088 MB. I want to distribute this DVD to
 some 10 or so people, and I have no way of knowing what type of DVD
 players they have at their disposal.
 
 I have used Sonic MyDVD 7 to create a DVD from that file. The problem
 is, when I import my wmv into the DVD menu and attempt to burn a DVD-R
 disc, MyDVD tells me that I'm already over the 4.5 GB limit. In order
 to fit the movie on the DVD, I have to downgrade the video quality to
 LP, which is listed as VHS quality.
 
 Image quality is important with this project, so I am trying to find a
 way to produce an HQ quality disc. So I bought dual layer discs, which
 works very well -- except that it doesn't play on some DVD players.
 I've tried both DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL, and set-top playability seems
 impossible to predict. (I have the same problem with the lower quality
 single layer DVD-R and DVD-RW discs.)
 
 Any great ideas out there?  How can I get the highest quality video
 and offer a reliable finished product that can be used on most or all
 DVD players?
 
 I wonder if MyDVD is too low level a product for my purposes. Can I
 get maximum video quality on a single layer DVD if I buy something
 like Nero and set my own bit rate? (I'm not even very sure what that
 means.)
 
 Thanks!
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