Sony PCGA-DDRW1 - Manual (Page 38)

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• With Click to DVD you can use the following file formats. For details,
refer to the Click to DVD help.
Video files: DV-AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2
Picture files: Bitmap, JPEG, TIFF
To display “Click to DVD” help, click the [Start] button, point to [All
Programs] and select [Click to DVD Help] from [Click to DVD].
• Because data is temporarily stored on your notebook’s hard disk when
using “Click to DVD” to create a DVD video, there must be enough free
space on the hard disk. The amount of hard disk space required varies
according to the length of the video and the video bit rate, as listed
below. (The values listed are not applicable to “Click to DVD Automatic
Mode”.)
When creating a DVD video from MPEG files
Bit rate Long Play Standard Play High Quality
Time (4.6 Mbps) (6.4 Mbps) (8.1 Mbps)
60 minutes 5 GB 7 GB 10 GB
90 minutes 7 GB 10 GB –
120 minutes 10 GB – –
When creating a DVD video with video captured from a Digital Video
Camera Recorder
Bit rate Long Play Standard Play High Quality
Time (4.6 Mbps) (6.4 Mbps) (8.1 Mbps)
30 minutes 9.75 GB 11.4 GB 12.3 GB
60 minutes 19.5 GB 22.8 GB 24.6 GB
90 minutes 29.25 GB 34.2 GB 36.9 GB
• Generally, the length of video file you can record on a single disc
depends on the video bit rate, as shown below.
Bit rate Approximate maximum recording time
4 Mbps About 120 minutes
6 Mbps About 90 minutes
8 Mbps About 60 minutes