Hard Drive Requirements

Storage requirements for a DVD project are a minimum of twice the size of the target DVD volume plus the original asset file size. This is more than 14 GB for the full capacity of a typical single-sided, single-layer disc:

The above minimal disk space requirements, furthermore, are possible only when you have instructed ReelDVD to delete both the Temporary Files and DVD Video Files directories, which ReelDVD does by default. The option to delete these directories appears in the Project Settings dialog box (see Project Settings Dialog).

The DVD Video Files and Temporary Files directories each require the same amount of disk space as the Disc Image directory. If you output a full 4.7 GB project and choose not to delete the DVD Video Files and Temporary Files directories, you will need over 18 GB of disk space.

Note: Keep in mind that you can locate each directory on a separate hard drive. Therefore, three 5 GB hard drives will work just as well as a single 15 GB drive.