Posted by RS on 08/04/06 14:41

Jukka Aho wrote:
> Sailor wrote:
>
>> The wedding reception that I added the chapters to starts as a 3.8
>> mpg. The run time is 1hr, 58 min. When I go to burn the disk it is
>> showing that the required disk space is 6.8 GB (much higher than the
>> 4.4 GB available on my blank dvd's). When I just go to burn the mpg
>> without chapters, it says the required space is 3.8 GB (which seems
>> correct). Is it normal for chapters to add so much to the overall
>> output file size?
>
> No. I wonder how you're adding the chapters. Ulead DVD Workshop 2 has a
> preview window for the video clips and menus. Directly below it, but
> above the play/stop/etc. buttons, there a timeline:
>
> <http://www.ixbt.com/divideo/authoring/snap17big.jpg>
>
> You add chapter points by moving the timeline cursor to the desired
> position and pressing the "add chapter" button (the first button to the
> right of the timeline - the one with the plus sign on it). The chapters
> you add get listed on the filmstrip which is located to the right of the
> preview window.
>
> Adding chapter points should not make any noticeable difference to the
> size of the clip or the project. As another poster noted, adding
> chapters _may_ add _some_ overhead if you're using animated, looping
> chapter menus, but only a very little - nowhere near twice the size of
> the original clip!
>

Perhaps unrelated but once in Dvd-lab, I managed to create chapter menu
that has actually duplicated my video. IE: One version without chapters
and one with, so of course when I tried to create the DVD, it gave me
the Oh-Oh, too huge warning.

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