What's the largest size xvid that will fit on a cd-r?

[Topher5000]

I know you can make a (s)vcd larger than 700mb, what's the largest xvid that'll fit?
I imagine it'll be +/- 680mb on a 700mb & 780 on a 800mb cd-r.
I'm trying to to set up an htpc, & messing around with Gordian Knot to get the best acceptable quality, but it would be nice to get it to fit on a cd-r so I could play it on a divx capable dvd player.

[Craig Tucker]

With a 700MB CDR, 700MB or a bit more if you want to overburn.

[Topher5000]

Maybe I'll stick with 1gb file size & get a dvd burner.
If I burn a few to a dvd, will a stand-alone divx dvd player still play them?

Thanks.

[andyp1]

If I was going to buy a DVD Burner I would create DVDs that would play on any DVD player rather than discs loads of XVIDs that will only play on a pc or the Divx player.

Just my opinion , I'm not critisizing.

I haven't tried Gordian Knot but there are other progs like FairUse and DVDx that create Xvid and Divx AVI's with good quality below 700MB

[junkmalle]

Topher5000,

If I burn a few (XVID/DIVX files) to a dvd, will a stand-alone divx dvd player still play them?

I can't say for all XVID/DIVX DVD players but I have a Liteon LVD-2002 and it plays them just fine. Make sure you use an audio codec that the players understand. I usually use MP3 audio.

Regarding andyp1's comment about burning standard DVD format, he is ignoring the fact that you can fit several times (playing time) more XVID than MPG files.

[RabidDog]

More new dvd players will support mpeg4 (xvid/divx). Its a great way to store v. hi quality movies @ 4 to a disc. Will be my preferred method. 1gb per film will give great quality and it allows you to put the originals away in the cupboard and reclaim that shelf space. mpeg4 now ratified for the next gen players by the dvd council so most new players will support it.

[Suntan]

In my opinion, 1 gig per movie is not enough to get "great quality". 1.5 to 2 gig yeah, but not 1 gig. Although the Xvid RCs are giving great results.

But as always, if it looks good to you then burn it.

[eas]

I know you can make a (s)vcd larger than 700mb, what's the largest xvid that'll fit?
... but it would be nice to get it to fit on a cd-r so I could play it on a divx capable dvd player.

Both VCD and SVCD write the video data to disk as a more or less raw bitstream (eliminating the error correction and other overhead associated with creating a filesystem.) This is how they squeeze higher than stated capacity out of CD-R disks without resorting to overburn.

I'm pretty sure that DIVX-enabled players only work with vid burned as files in a filesystem, so you are going to be limited to the nominal capacity of the disk.