Help! How can I extend the Premiere 6.5 timeline past 3hrs?

[Baddog38]

Hi,

I want the ability to extend the Premiere 6.5 or Pro timeline past the 3hr mark. I am editing a program that is 4 hrs long to be dumped to DVD via firewire.

Thanks!

BadDog38

 

[LRSmith]

I believe the time limit in 6.5 is 3 hours, but Pro's limit is 24 hours. I don't have Pro so I can't confirm this.

Do you have a way to splice your video to, say, 2 hours segments? You'll never get 4 hrs on a single DVD anyway, so you must intend to trim it down.

 

[Akribie]

If you have Premiere Pro, the max project length is 24 hours.

It was possoble to extend the timeline to 4 hours in Premiere 4, but 5 and 6 are limited to 3 hours.

 

[Baddog38]

Thanks for the replies! I have 6.5 and Pro and will make my final version in pro for the 4 hr mark.

As for fitting on DVD I'm a newbie to DVD burning but saw that burning on the computer is cumbersome with all the different formats and time requirements.

I cheat! I come out of my computer via firewire direct to my DVDR deck with IEEE input. With it I can extend the time to 4 hrs and record in realtime by playing the movie straight from the timeline.

Yeah I'm simply hitting the record button but It works. I dont get the nice menus screens but do get to make the titles.

Word of advise: Stay away from the DVDR-985 from Phillips!

If anyone knows any drawbacks of my method please let me know.