Compressing a movie to fit on a standard 80 minute disc

[funkymonk]

Don't know what forum this question would be in. How do you compress a 120 minute movie, so it would fit on a 80 minute disc? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[tweedledee]

Have a look in Tools (on the left) for SUPER . that should do it.

[redwudz]

That would depend on what you want to play it on. It would be easy enough with a high compression codec like Xvid, Divx, RM or WMV, to mention a few. But you would need a player that would work with those codecs. This is easy with a PC, but standalone players need compliant MPEG or Divx type video formats, depending on the player.

If you wanted it to play on a regular MPEG DVD player, then a two hour MPEG-2 or 1 video at 700MB will look pretty bad. That would be VCD quality at best.

For a Divx/Xvid type standalone player, not so hard. The quality would be a bit better, depending on the encoding settings. There are many movies on the net compressed to fit on a 700MB CD that look decent. Not DVD quality, but good enough for many of us. Using MPEG-2 or 1 formats, it's very difficult to get near that quality.