What size Video file will fit on a VCD

[BMzx]

Stupid questions but does the size of am MPG that will fin on a VCD go by the play length of the video or by the file size? Is there a way to tell in advance how much over or under the VCD will be ?

thanks

[vcdfreak]

If you are using TMPGEnc to encode your MPEG file, my settings always give me 10MB for every minute of my video. For example, 60 minutes of video will give me ~600MB of MPEG file size.

[vitualis]

Assuming you've made your MPEG file exactly to VCD specs, 1 minute of VCD video will fit on 1 minute on the CD.

That is, if you are using 74 min media, you can fit on 74 min of video (and ditto for 80 min media). Now, there is a little bit of overhead so you should allow for about 20-30 seconds worth from capacity if you don't want to overburn.

The corresponding filesizes are about 740MB for a 74min/650MB disc and about 796MB for an 80min/700MB disc.

Yes, those numbers are correct. If you don't know why you can fit more on a VCD compared to a CD-ROM, just do a search of the forums.

Regards.

[BerrantRyke]

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[vitualis]

Search for "CD FAQ" with Google then.

Regards.