Movie duration in WMM

I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to burn
60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some videos I
am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way I can
burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
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Many Thanks

Trevor

Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
for a full quality video.
-Wojo

"Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
>I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
> creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
> burn
> 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
> videos I
> am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way I
> can
> burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
> --
> Many Thanks
>
> Trevor

Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through WMM
after capturing.

Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the movie and
then burn to DVD?

--
Many Thanks

Trevor


"Wojo" wrote:

> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
> for a full quality video.
> -Wojo
>
> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
> >I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
> > creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
> > burn
> > 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
> > videos I
> > am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way I
> > can
> > burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
> > --
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Trevor
>
>
>

You can since you apparently have the "Burn to DVD" option that only comes
with Media Edition computers but you have no settings for fitting more than
an hour on a DVD doing it through WMM. If you instead save it to your hard
drive and then import it into Sonic MyDVD (that is really all that saving to
DVD direct from Movie Maker is doing anyway) you can then adjust settings to
fit more video on the DVD if you wish.
-Wojo

"Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4BD94E8D-4946-419B-818C-1538D929543B@microsoft.com...
> Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through WMM
> after capturing.
>
> Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the movie
> and
> then burn to DVD?
>
> --
> Many Thanks
>
> Trevor
>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
>> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
>> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
>> for a full quality video.
>> -Wojo
>>
>> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
>> >I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD.
>> >After
>> > creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
>> > burn
>> > 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
>> > videos I
>> > am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way
>> > I
>> > can
>> > burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
>> > --
>> > Many Thanks
>> >
>> > Trevor
>>
>>
>>

I just have a weird question in your response.
If it is so that only one hour is the usual, how is it that you can
rent/buy movies that are more than 2 hours long. are those dvd's a special
length.
Just asking! thanks

--
Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
news:fKwuf.19927$z45.15241@trnddc02...
> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
> for a full quality video.
> -Wojo
>
> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
>>I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
>> creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
>> burn
>> 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
>> videos I
>> am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way I
>> can
>> burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
>> --
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Trevor
>
>

If i then import it into Sonic, does that then mean I have to edit it in
Sonic as well? At the moment i only have the version of sonic that was
installed with my PC and it doesn't allow me to edit movies unless i upgrade
--
Many Thanks

Trevor


"Wojo" wrote:

> You can since you apparently have the "Burn to DVD" option that only comes
> with Media Edition computers but you have no settings for fitting more than
> an hour on a DVD doing it through WMM. If you instead save it to your hard
> drive and then import it into Sonic MyDVD (that is really all that saving to
> DVD direct from Movie Maker is doing anyway) you can then adjust settings to
> fit more video on the DVD if you wish.
> -Wojo
>
> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4BD94E8D-4946-419B-818C-1538D929543B@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through WMM
> > after capturing.
> >
> > Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the movie
> > and
> > then burn to DVD?
> >
> > --
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Trevor
> >
> >
> > "Wojo" wrote:
> >
> >> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
> >> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
> >> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
> >> for a full quality video.
> >> -Wojo
> >>
> >> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD.
> >> >After
> >> > creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
> >> > burn
> >> > 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
> >> > videos I
> >> > am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way
> >> > I
> >> > can
> >> > burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
> >> > --
> >> > Many Thanks
> >> >
> >> > Trevor
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

No you do all your editing in WMM and import the final movie into Sonic. All
Sonic is going to do is create a basic DVD menu for you, convert the files,
and burn your DVD.
-Wojo

"Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B1F201B-2EF5-4351-B724-644AB49E7477@microsoft.com...
> If i then import it into Sonic, does that then mean I have to edit it in
> Sonic as well? At the moment i only have the version of sonic that was
> installed with my PC and it doesn't allow me to edit movies unless i
> upgrade
> --
> Many Thanks
>
> Trevor
>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> You can since you apparently have the "Burn to DVD" option that only
>> comes
>> with Media Edition computers but you have no settings for fitting more
>> than
>> an hour on a DVD doing it through WMM. If you instead save it to your
>> hard
>> drive and then import it into Sonic MyDVD (that is really all that saving
>> to
>> DVD direct from Movie Maker is doing anyway) you can then adjust settings
>> to
>> fit more video on the DVD if you wish.
>> -Wojo
>>
>> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4BD94E8D-4946-419B-818C-1538D929543B@microsoft.com...
>> > Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through
>> > WMM
>> > after capturing.
>> >
>> > Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the
>> > movie
>> > and
>> > then burn to DVD?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Many Thanks
>> >
>> > Trevor
>> >
>> >
>> > "Wojo" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import
>> >> it
>> >> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
>> >> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the
>> >> standard
>> >> for a full quality video.
>> >> -Wojo
>> >>
>> >> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD.
>> >> >After
>> >> > creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me
>> >> > to
>> >> > burn
>> >> > 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
>> >> > videos I
>> >> > am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any
>> >> > way
>> >> > I
>> >> > can
>> >> > burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
>> >> > --
>> >> > Many Thanks
>> >> >
>> >> > Trevor
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Yes in most cases those are dual layered disks plus they do compress them
more to fit more on a DVD.
1 hour is the standard for FULL quality. I can actually fit 6 hours of video
on a DVD using Ulead DVD Workshop but the quality is horrible.
-Wojo

"Marcy" <RM@RMcom> wrote in message
news:%23D1uEXWEGHA.1424@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I just have a weird question in your response.
> If it is so that only one hour is the usual, how is it that you can
> rent/buy movies that are more than 2 hours long. are those dvd's a special
> length.
> Just asking! thanks
>
> --
> Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
> "Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:fKwuf.19927$z45.15241@trnddc02...
>> Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
>> into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
>> settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
>> for a full quality video.
>> -Wojo
>>
>> "Trevor" <Trevor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E96A00C4-098A-4890-8CC5-EC85F1A79F6E@microsoft.com...
>>>I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
>>> creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to
>>> burn
>>> 60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some
>>> videos I
>>> am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way
>>> I can
>>> burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?
>>> --
>>> Many Thanks
>>>
>>> Trevor
>>
>>
>
>