Posted by evenlater on 02/02/07 22:39

I used Windows Movie Maker to make a 90 minute video which is now
saved 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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