I'm still learning more about video, encoding, and compression so you'll have to excuse me if this sounds elementary. I've rendered a bunch of videos in Premiere Pro and put them into a folder. When I imported the videos into Encore and put them in a timeline, I've noticed that they use up far more space than what the sum of their sizes would suggest. The videos total about 1.98 GB in the folder but when I put the Encore settings to Blu Ray, 50 GB dual layer disc, it says I am using over 5 GB of space. Is there a way to shrink/compress this or am I just stuck?
First, look at the project panel, and the transcode status and settings, both DVD and Bluray. This tells you whether Encore is accepting your file for at least one of the formats. If it is not, it needs to be transcoded, and those settings determine what size it will end up.