Dvd making problem!

[venney]

im trying to make a dvd using "Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3 Disc Creator"
its very good, ive allready amde 1 dvd, no need 2 worrie bout codecs n all that it changes it for u. which ic cool. well heres my problem. my movie on the pc is .avi n is 1.4 gig. but.... when i load it into this program it says it will take up 8 gig n the lil dvd bar (that shows how full ya dvd is 4.7) goes compelty red. any body know y? liek ive said i done a film in the exzact same way b4. plz help. thanks,

[Cactus]

[venney]

[liljim]

It may work better as an mpeg.Going from 1.4 to 8 gigs is a big difference,im currently trying to get a 2.5 gig mpeg to a dvd using the same software but it totals out to 5.7 after the conversion.Let me know if you find a format that works.

[venney]

i changed it to Mpeg but the quality is very sketchy. not as good as it was plus when like people move and stuff the film goes a bit fuzzy. should i try compressing my file wiv a differnt compresser? write back please

[Kestrel]

when you selext the format to re-encode to i.e. MPEG2 for DVD, you should be able to set the bitrate you wish to use.. by default, this will be set around 8-9 Mbits/sec.. change this to around 4Mbit/s and you should find the final size is closer to 4GB.. much more appropriate for a DVDR