How can I tell the TRUE MPG file size? Will it fit?

[mr_seth_enslow]

I have an MPG1 encoded file.
Looking at it through Windows Explorer (XP Pro):
- Status Bar description says 793 MB
- File properties says something like
763,013,898 bytes (815,653,054 bytes used)

When I tried to burn this thing to an 80 min CD using VCDEasy, it came up WAY short. Burning stopped at around 813 MB out of 915 MB.
I have no idea why VCDEasy decided to make it so much bigger.

How can I REALLY tell how big the encoded MPG is, and whether or not it will fit onto a 700 MB blank?

P.s. Nero wouldn't even start the burning process. Even when I allowed overburn, it still told me that there wasn't enough space on the CD.
(Nero wouldn't even start a burn - whereas VCDEasy started and burnt right to the edge, then failed.)

[mr_seth_enslow]

yada yada

[setagames]

hmmm vcdeasy always over estimates the amout of space my files will use
umm no idea :D

[mr_seth_enslow]

This site tells me I can put 800MB on a 700MB blank...

My question is, 800MB according to what?
Windows Explorer?
DOS?

Depending on where you look, file size is displayed differently.

[vitualis]

Remember to take this into account:
1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
10 4 megabytes = 1 gigabyte

Thus, 800 Mb = 838 860 800 bytes.

As for your problem with VCD Easy, it may be that VCDImager is padding your video which will lead to inflated filesizes. The reasons it does this is because the pack size is incorrect on your video file.

You should correct this first by remultiplexing your video with TMPGEnc on the setting of "MPEG-1 Video-CD" for standard VCD or "MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)" for XVCD.

Regards.