>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)? > Add extra material until you've got more than 60 minutes. Then delete the extra material. -- Erica