Is there a way to clip files in DVD Studio Pro?

Hi, I have a file that is 4.9gbs, 200 mbs over the max size for a dvd. I'm wondering if it's possible to clip/delete parts of a track (like in FCP) in dvd studio pro because I don't have time (took 9 hours to export). Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

If you are willing to lose either the front or the back of the clip, then place your cursor over the end of choice, wait for the bracket shape, and then drag the clip to the length you want. Make sure to do the same to audio.

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No...ProRes is a high quality format. Finishing format. Many TV networks take that as a final deliverable.
BUT...DVDs aren't high definition...they are SD. You cannot make a 720p60 DVD with DVD Studio Pro. Any DVD you make will be SD...720x480. The only HD DVD format out there is BluRay, and for that you need a BluRay burner.
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Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
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3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
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i have seen this files on the toshiba GUI but have not seen them with the blu-ray authroing compile.
also, i am going to have to say that if you are TRULY "Dealing in real HD situaiton." you wouldnt NEED DVDSP.
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Techincally you can create a link to take it to the file... but there are so many different software DVD players that it doesnt work with 90% of them so its pointless..
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Hello All,
I'm so dangerously close to having this whole thing down, that the challenges are becoming excrutiatingly painful.
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Hi
She can't play it on her PC, nor can I at home.
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Some threads in DVDSP forum about PC compatibility (USe the search feature and you'll find a lot of them):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6020916
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6095226
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6374894
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First, take a look at the manual.
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Importing vob files into dvd studio pro 4

hi
any help please ?
i have a project ,where i have a dvd already made and i now need to ad extra features to it,
with the original dvd i have only the video ts folder to go with.
i cant inport the vob files ,i changed the extensions to mpeg,mpg,mv2
all were not able to be imported,tried idvd no luck.
seeing that the vob files are mpeg2 i would expect that dont need to be converted ,but is it something to do with the audio files needing to be separated?
cheers
i find this forum wonderfully useful

The files do need to be demuxed/reconverted into a usable format.
There's a free program people tout all the time when people ask this question: MPEG Streamclip.
I use Cinematize as I feel it has more 'finessing' options: http://www.miraizon.com/products/products.html

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