Converting to one single vcd? Let me know how you do it.

[Bolognese66]

Hi, there.

I am doing the best that I can, but I always get two mpg files, no matter how I modify all the settings. Sometimes I don't care about great sound or video quality and don't want ot split a movie.

I use dvd2svcd in avi2vcd mode. I use c.c.e. as the encoder, because it is said to the fastest and the best. But meanwhile I am willing to change to a different program if you are succesful with it.

If anybody of you would teach me the trick please?

Thank you.

[Baldrick]

CCE is one of the best for mpeg2(SVCD,DVD) but not mpeg1(vcd).
And if you want 1 movie on 1 cd you must create xvcd, www.kvcd.net has some good templates for tmpgenc for just that.

[Bolognese66]

Thanks for the information.

Can you tell me this: if I decrease the video bitrate for VCD by 400 to 750, shouldn't I then become much smaller files like I do when I change the bitrates for my mp3?

[Gazorgan]

VCD is marginal at best. Lowering the bitrate makes it practically unwatchable.

There's nothing you can do to change the size of a VCD from the 80 minutes/CDR.

KVCD is another story, but it uses a different GOP among other things, to achieve more per CDR. It's also non-standard and may have an issue with your player.

[Hardcoreruss]

Eazy VCD is an easy one click program that can do what you want.

[Baldrick]

Eazy VCD is an easy one click program that can do what you want.

isn't it a "dvd to" only tool? or does it take avi??

[mgh]

Encode to mpg1 with 48000 kHz audio mpeglayer2-using TMPGenc or MainConcept to a single file.

Create DVD on HD with Ulead DVD MF- no menu-only chapters
Use DVDShrink to reduce total movie to less than 695 MB
Burn the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders to CD as data with Nero

You have a miniDVD of the movie on a single CD!!

Works quite well for upto 120 min movies without difficult to code parts.

[Baldrick]

Encode to mpg1 with 48000 kHz audio mpeglayer2-using TMPGenc or MainConcept to a single file.

Create DVD on HD with Ulead DVD MF- no menu-only chapters
Use DVDShrink to reduce total movie to less than 695 MB
Burn the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders to CD as data with Nero

You have a miniDVD of the movie on a single CD!!

Works quite well for upto 120 min movies without difficult to code parts.

but it doesn't work on most dvd players.

[Hardcoreruss]

Eazy VCD is an easy one click program that can do what you want.

isn't it a "dvd to" only tool? or does it take avi??

He did not specify that his original file was an avi, I took it as he was coming straight from a dvd.

No it does not take avi files.

[Bolognese66]

If I was meant, ik was trying to encode from a Divx.