Encoding .mov to mpg gives me a SPLIT file!

[LFFG]

I am using ffmpegX 0.0.9h to convert some QT .mov files to mpg files.
I am using the "VCD" quick Preset.

For some reason, as a result I get 2 seperate files, sort of a partA and partB.
Part B is always very small file so I figured ffmepx had a 5meg limit.
So I went to great lengths to lower the sizeof my original .mov file to under 5mb. This didn't stop the split file thing.

Then I decided it was a clip "run time" issue so I shortened all my clips to 30 seconds or less. This seemed to work the other day but NOT today.

Today I am trying to convert a 4mb, 26 second .mov file and as a result I get an 18 sec 3mb file and the rest of the clip in an 8mb 8 sec file.

Can anyone tell me how to undo what ever limit seems to have gotten hold of my ffmpegX

Thanks,
Gary

[major]

Can you email me a link to download a test clip so as I can repeat your issue. My email is major4@mac.com

[LFFG]

Thanks.
I have e-mailed the links to you.
Please let me know if the e-mail doesn't get to you.

Gary

[LFFG]

I have not gotten an answer on this issue yet but I can see that it has had quite a few folks read the original post so I wanted to say that if anyone has an idea or has encountered this issue as well, please let us know.

Thanks
Gary

[major]

There is no issue here.

When you set very low bitrates ("red") and eg. set "Size" to 3MB, the resulting movie size will almost certainly be greater than 3MB, and it will get split in 3MB chunks, conforming to the "Size" value.

So you should simply set "Size" to 1000 or something, so your 4MB movie will not get split, or better, disable the "Split as" checkbox in the Tools tab.

[LFFG]

First of all, let me say thanks for the input.

<<When you set very low bitrates ("red") and eg. set "Size" to 3MB, the resulting movie size will almost certainly be greater than 3MB, and it will get split in 3MB chunks, conforming to the "Size" value.>>

In my case I did NOT set the "Size" to 3mb. I adjusted the bitrate and let ffmpegX itself set the "Size".
I had a client ask for an mpeg file of "around" 4mb so I kept entering lower and lower bit rates until ffmpegX itself showed me the number in the "Size" to be 3mb.

What is the best value to adjust when you know what you want the target "Size" to be?

Thanks agian.
Gary

[major]

When you're in "red" bitrates, it is like driving without oil, but you can still get a smaller file by lowering bitrate, or/and increasing the qmin value (Options tab) which controls the compression, or/and setting qmatrix to "kvcd", or/and decreasing the audio bitrate, or/and decreasing the image size.

To avoid splitting, you should simply disable the "Split" checkbox.

[LFFG]

Thanks a ton.
That's great info. Don't know why I couldn't find that "split" chekbox before but that's the ticket!

Gary