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Just upgraded to version 2 (PRO) as I had a 4 hour concert tape to re-author to DVD. Old version wouldn't let me render an edited file bigger than 8.5 gig, so I needed the assumed extra capacity that would oome with the Dual Layer support and the new "shrink" capability. However, my prefernce would still be to render a full 12 gig file and then run it through an external program like DVDShrink (which also does some very nifty sharpening in the same process). No such luck - TDA directed me to the built in transcoder since it didn't like my resultant 12 gig project file. So, OK let's see how well it does. Told the tool to shut down afterwards, and toddled off to bed. Got up this morning and guess what? New ISO file was 23.7 gig. and TDA burn tool wouldn't accept it. Go figure.
Now this was an interesting problem with the old version too. I often wound up with files twice the size of the intended 4.7 gb, but it was no big deal as I would run them through DVDShrink and they would be recognized as regular size immediately, and recoded in about ten minutes. No big deal.
Bottom line? Great editing program for tape to DVD. Not sure if it will satisfy the amateur movie maker who needs more features, but ease of use makes it still invaluable to me personally. However, upgrade was a waste of money if they can't fix such a basic problem. I still have to run the transcoded file through DVDShrink to resize it to less than 8.5 gb. (which incidentally it immediately recognized as the smaller size file that it was intended to be). So where in gods name did the 23.7 gb file size come from? |
