.bin file much larger than mpeg

[r.kooijmans]

Hi,
started ripping dvd first time last week, managed to burn some goodlooking svcd,s using smartripper, dvd2avi and tmpegenc.
Now i would like to go further and add chapters using chapterx and vcdeasy. I think i did well but the resulting file is more than 10% larger
so it won,t fit on my 80min cdr. Is this normal or am i missing something?
I use nero for burning.
Thanx
r.kooijmans

[HillJack]

It is normal.

My most recent SVCD's .mpg is 759MB, while the resulting .bin/.cue from VCDEasy came out at 770MB, which includes a menu and the info for 7 chapters.

A way to check before attempting to burn, is to take the exact size in bytes of the .bin and divide it by 2352 (the Mode-2 block size). Most 80Min CD-R's have about 360,000 blocks for writing, so your division should come out to less that 360,000 for it to fit. Even if a burning app tells you it won't fit, it will.

You could even do the division on the actual .mpg file before wasting time creating the bin/cue. Allow yourself a little bit of cushion (about 5,000 blocks; the math should work out to less than 355,000 blocks) for the required files for an (S)VCD and you'll know beforehand.

[r.kooijmans]

Thanks for your response, but in my case the difference is >100mb
I want to make my mpeg with as high as possible bitrate and split in in two. when i chapter the files (<800mb) they come out >900mb!
I must be doing something wrong here, but what ?
Thanks for your help!
R.Kooijmans

[slopoke]

When using TMPGenc to split the file, make sure you have it set to mpeg-1 video cd or mpeg-2 super video cd and not the system automatic setting.
I had this same problem, but after re-splitting the file with the proper settings and using VCDeasy to create chapters the .bin was only 10mb larger.

Hope that helped.

[r.kooijmans]

Thanks,
found out that i did make a mistake, but don,t know what?!
I studied the guidelines on this site again and followed them exactly, and this time it worked out fine !
Thanks again
R.Kooijmans