on 1/11/04 2:41 PM, Macintosh Digital Video List at MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com was molecularly re-engineered thru the vastness of space and could only say: > I'm guessing they moved the encoding rate down to 4Mbps for the 2 > hour DVD. Currently in iDVD3, the rates are 8Mbps for 1 hour and > 5 Mbps for 90 minutes. > > Keep in mind that some players choke at the 1 hour 8Mbps rate, > so sometimes it helps to lower the bitrate when you burn your > DVDs. > > -- Erica If I'm using iDVD 3 to create my DVDs, how can I lower the bitrate to either: (a) improve player compatibility or (b) produce longer length DVDs (i.e. 90 minutes or greater)? -- Randy Clark hawkgx at planetkc.com Kansas City