mulitple full length movies on on cd

[jirrah]

i have seen a standard cd, with 3 full length movies compressed in mp3 format ( as the owner said), which runs on computer only, i wonder what type is this and how to make it?

[BJ_M]

3 full movies on a cd? not likely ,,, certainly not with mp3 as it is an audio only format - unless you mean 3 full movies audio only ..

[mark845]

i have seen a standard cd, with 3 full length movies compressed in mp3 format ( as the owner said), which runs on computer only, i wonder what type is this and how to make it?

r u sure it wasnt on a dvdr disc

[jirrah]

yes i am absolutely sure about 3 movies on one cd, only for computers, i am not sure they are in mp3 or mpeg format, but commonly they are known as mp3 videos, picture quality is not very good, especially on full screen but voice is ok... infact they are very popular to keep a good collection of movies......any ideas

[BJ_M]

no such thing as mp3 videos .

prob. a mpeg4 type -- you can use either windows media encoder ver. 9 or divx ..

guides on the left ..

full movies (2 hours each) would require a little tiny screen size and really small bit rate --

in other words would look like crap .. 6 hours on 1 cd video and audio

maybe our definition of "full movie" is diff.

anyway -- still no such thing as a mp3 video (for all practical purposes)

[SaSi]

Actually, it's not impossible. Fitting 3 movies on a CD, that is.

Since the average movie is not 2 hours - most tend to be in the 90~100 minutes each, with a 700 Mb CD you need 233Mb for each movie. (266Mb with an 800Mb CD).

Encoding into DivX 352 x 288 with MP3 sound at 64kbps I've seen episodes turn into 120~150Mb with very decent quality. Dropping the quality just a bit, you can achieve this. The new Divx (5.03) with multiple pass VBR option is very suitable for this game.

Of course it all depends on movie content as well. I've compressed Armagedon and it takes 4 CDs with good quality while Panic Room only needs 1 (at 720x576 x 25fps with 128kbps MP3 audio).

Furthermore, once you don't care about standards, one can drop frames and convert a 25fps movie into a 12.5fps stream. The PC will happily playback the movie and this gives 50% extra bitrate to compensate for quality. You should try this!

[BJ_M]

well like i said - my idea of full movie is full dvd quality or darn close to it .. otherwise i dont see the point .. then again this is my opinion only and others have thier own ..

[vhelp]

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yes, unfortunately, this makes sense. Quality.. well, you know what you're
gettin. But, I do understand that you can jimmy the frame rate (fps) a bit
lower thanusual, IF you can figure out HOW to get it as smooth play as
possible, then this IS possible to get 3 movies on one CD but realise
the quality will not be all that great, though to most (key word) newbie's,
this will look great to them. Heck, I have a friend who gave me a CDR that
he got from another friend, and this disk has 2 movies on it..
* Shrek
* Planet of the Apes

The above disk must'ev ben popular, because I received another copy
elsewhere's some time later. So, it may have ben from the same source.

Anyways..

I've ben messing around w/ DV home footage, and found that I can convert
the frame rate to 24 fps (though not tested on TV viewer [yet] ) but that
got me to thinking, if I can do 24.. then, how about adding a 3:2 pulldown
and make it look Film'ish utilizing an AR of 16:9 while I'm at it. Well, I'm
working on this. And, ta think, that some time ago, I was arguing that this
is NOT possible, yet, I'm proving MYSELF wrong !! hehe..

Anyways..

while I'm at it, and since I've gotten this far, I might as well do some more
messing around w/ the fps and test that 12.5 fps too, just to see (out of
curiosity) how it would look. I ended up buying another (replacement) to
my Canon ZR-10 w/ a Sony TRV-22 (very good quality vs. my old ZR-10)
Big difference.. Anyways.. this one has differnt frame rate setting, but not
the usual like my ZR-10. I had to re-learn a few new things out on this toy.

Anyways.. Back to topic..

I think that it's all quite possible, but..
* quality will never approach DVD, as BJ_M pointed out, and is right!
...not when you're talking 3 movies on one cdr.
* frame rate can be reduced to increate quality some, but at expense of
...video smoothness
* anything else ta add here.

Just my TWO cents worth.. and that's it for me.
-vhelp

[Cecilio]

Ever heard of Downloaded Movies uhh each movie may be about 200 megabytes 200*3=600 MB

[alpha314]

I had few CD, each CD has 3 to 4 full movies. Those CD I bought from Hong Kong. Those movies make with MP4.
Now I want know which software can make movies with MP4, then copy to CD ?

[BJ_M]

mp4 = mpeg4

which type ? divx , xvid, windows media 9 , qt (some) and 264 are all mpeg4 types

you can encode to mpeg4 using virtualdub or many other apps ...

see guides to the left

[jirrah]

yes, i agree with alpha, these movie cds come from hongkong,
i have virtualdub, so how can avi be converted to mpeg4, and do you nees specal player for mpeg4,

3 movies on one cd is really interesting thing for me.....

[BJ_M]

the avi may altready BE a mpeg4 type

[jirrah]

i am a beginner, just guide me know how can i make such compressed mpeg4 movies, i am trying to put few home movies on a cd.. will appreciate

[BJ_M]

divx is a compressed mpeg4 type .. prob. the easiest way is to just get dr. divx http://www.divx.com/divx/drdivx/ and follow the guides it comes with

or

you can follow this guide here https://www.videohelp.com/avi2divx.htm

[jirrah]

can anyone can guide me in bit more detail, i know how to convert to standard vcd format but how about this supercompressed mpeg4 type

[nerdboy69]

can anyone can guide me in bit more detail, i know how to convert to standard vcd format but how about this supercompressed mpeg4 type

Dude. Seriously. If the guides BJ_M pointed you to seem too complex, then give up this idea. It is obviously well beyond you. Do some more reading and gain more experience and then come back to it.

Don't take this the wrong way. I am not trying to sound superior or anything, but really, you won't find much simpler instructions than on these guides.