Compressing File Size

I am building a video and have it completed. Just that now it is 4.93gb and using a 4.74 disk. Is there a way to compress the size down to fit on the video or change some settings so the total size goes down enough to fit on disk?

John,
If your Exported MPEG-2 (DVD-compliant) was > 4.7GB, you could have altered the bit-rate of the Export to end up with a smaller file.
Doing the Export, and letting Encore do the Transcode on Automatic will do the same thing. It will take your Duration and the disc capacity, and drop the bit-rate to match. Quality will suffer a bit, but as close as you are, depending on the bit-rate that you chose for your initial Export to MPEG-2, you will likely never notice this.
Good luck,
Hunt

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