"automatic" transcode settings is not filling my DVD capacity

I've put together four AVI files in Encore and every time I go through the "build" process 20 GB worth of material is reduced down to 720 MB (approx). I always thought that a great advantage in using Encore was that it filled your material to fit the medium. I'm using a DVD not CD giving me more than 4GB. How do I get "build" to maximize my project into a single DVD, or DVD image?
Thanks...

"What version of Encore?"   Encore cs4
"Do you have any material in the DVD-ROM content? (Look on the build tab.)" Yes, it indicates 526 KB used for DVD-ROM content.
" Is it "Untranscoded" and "Automatic"?"      Untranscoded.
"In the Project Settings, Advanced tab, what do you have set for the maximum Audio/Video Datarate?"   8.0 Mbps
As no changes were made from my original setup, my results are the same: Format: DVD; Output: DVD Image; Disc Info: 723.2 MB used, 3.96 GB free. My four AVI files total about 20 GB. Again, my original question, why doesn't Encore use up another 3 GB to maximize the data available which must produce a better running DVD video than information on a mere 723 MB?
I do thank you for your assistance. I'm sure that there must be something else I'm missing.
Howard

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So I have this feature film of a marriage 1h30m long that Encore refuses to generate an ISO of standard DVD size. The point is, for some reason this project in particular is generating a 6gb image, in the settings that even 2h10m fits standard DVD size. What am I doing wrong? What to do now?
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On an automatic transcode, Encore uses what you have already transcoded in the project plus menus, motion menus, etc, and uses settings to fit the rest on the disk. If you transcode some assets early, then others later, Encore will transcode the first ones at higher bitrates and not be able to go low enough to get the others to fit.
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Bill.
Try running a sort of "manual Bit-Budget" to see what the numbers say.
DVD5 = 37,600 Megabits.
DVD9 = 68,000 Megabits.
Ideally, we subtract an overhead of 4% to allow for variables.
This gives us the following values:
DVD5 = 36,000
DVD9 = 65,000.
Let us first subtract the Audio.
1.75 hours at 0.448Mb/sec = 2,882.4 Megabits
(0.448 (The data rate of DD 5.1) * 60 (seconds) *105 (minutes) )
This leaves us with (36000 - 3000) = 33,000 Megabits.
I do not know the running tome of the lead-in AVI clips, but let us assume 5 minutes in total.
This gives us 33,000 megabits to fit 110 Minutes of Video.
So.
110 minutes = 6,600 seconds.
33,000 / 6600 = 5 Megabits/second available for film.
This is under 6, so will be a VBR encode with an average bitrate of 5Mb/sec.
For DVD9.
Same Audio.
Same sums except the total megabits for video is larger, so we have
65,000 - 3000 = 62,000.
62,000 / 6600 = 9.3939 Mbits/second for the video is available.
Now, the highest possible allowed rate for DVD-Video - 10.08 for all combined.
For Audio & Video combined it is taken as 9.8 Mbits/second.
On a pressed, or replicated disc this is fine.
On written media we need to be more careful, so we set a peak video bitrate of 7Mb/sec - which although will not fill a DVD9, will present the highest possible compromise between playability on maximum number of players & highest quality.
You may experiment & go as high as 8Mb/sec, but I would generaly not recommend this to written media, DL especially.
There is a chance players will choke due to the higher error rate from the reduced reflectivity available with written media & DL media in particular.
It does give you almost a 50% increase in bitrate on your video.
Minimal is 40% gain in bits.
This will certainly make your film look better.
I think it is worthwhile going to DVD9.

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The footage is all ingested as CineForm codec, exported out as separate songs to MPEG2, then built in Encore, buttons etc. Minimal tweaks.
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For some reason i cannot pick different transcode settings. When I go to file>transcode>transcode settings everything is greyed out.
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>So does this mean I can transcode different sections of the DVD at different transcode settings?
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