burning dl dvds in edius

[jimstamos]

have a client that wants to put a project on one dvd. the finished piece is 2hr 46 min long.
a. can i burn a dvd off the timeline onto a dual layer dvd as i do with regular ones?
b. do i have to have a different type of burner?currently using a pioneer 112.
c. will they play in standard dvd players.
d. sizewise theyre 9.4 gigs?
input appreciated

[STORMDAVE]

Size wise it is about 7.8GB as far as I remember...it's not 4.3GBx2.
Not sure if the DVD writer in Edius supports DL discs. I would use Encore for that.

[Mr Bill]

Stormdave is right but if you don't have Encore, you can encode it to a VOB
(procoder express or export to DVD)
save it to a folder and use Nero to burn it. Nero burns DL well.

You Pioneer burner can burn DL.

Yes they play perfect in most DVD players.
I have heard that DVD+R DL it is more compatible than DVD-R DL.
I use Verbatim's DVD+R DL discs and never had a problem.

[jimstamos]

burning dual layer dvd

so you cant just burn it to a dvd off the timeline like you can a regulary dvd in procoder xpress?

[Mr Bill]

so you cant just burn it to a dvd off the timeline like you can a regulary dvd in procoder xpress?

It seems as if you can, (see picture)

I have used the 'Canopus DVD Creator' off the timeline only twice for 30min videos.
I normally use DVD Studio Pro for my proper menu DVDs.


Looking deeper into it now for you, I see you can burn a DL.

[GrassValley_KH]

Yes, DL is supported, but as far as I recall, you don't get to control the layer switch.

If I'm picky about a layer switch, I export the disc image (VIDEO_TS folder) and then burn using IMGBurn, which can offer some choices on where to add in the layer change...or at least, preview where it's going to happen.