avi files to vcd

[skinflint]

what software will write avi files direct to vcd or svcd

i've tried nero5590 but sometimes the sound is out of sync
and sometimes its OK

the avi files play ok on mediaplayer


tanx

[CogoSWSDS]

In a word, you can't. And you probably wouldn't want to. I captured a 13-minute video of my daughter's 6th birthday and as an .AVI file it was over 2 gig. The capacity of a 74 minute CD-R is much less than 2 gig so if I'd tried to burn the .AVI to a CD it wouldn't have fit nearly all of it.

VCDs use a file format called MPEG-1 (file extension is usually .mpg or .mpeg). You can't just rename the .AVI file to .MPG and expect to be able to burn a VCD that way - the extension might have changed but the internal structure of the file would still be .AVI.

I'd suggest getting a copy of TMPGEnc and using that to convert the file to MPEG-1, then use VCDEasy to burn the VCD.

CogoSWSDS

[kamaaina]

I would also recommend TMPGEnc but not necessarily for the same reason. If you convert it with TMPGEnc first, you could play it back to see if the sound is in sync. You could also convert to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 depending on which you prefer. Better yet, you can also find out if it will fit on a CD or not. If it doesn't, you can select a range to convert that will fit on a CD. It's just much more versatile this way.

On the negative side, you will need additional hard drive space to store the MPEG that you convert to. With the price of hard drives nowdays, that is a small price to pay in my opinion.

Once you have converted to MPEG, you can use your Nero to burn to VCD or SVCD. Since it doesn't normally need to do any conversion, this part is pretty fast depending on your writer.

Just my opinion.

[KingJohn]

In a word, you can't. And you probably wouldn't want to. I captured a 13-minute video of my daughter's 6th birthday and as an .AVI file it was over 2 gig. The capacity of a 74 minute CD-R is much less than 2 gig so if I'd tried to burn the .AVI to a CD it wouldn't have fit nearly all of it.

VCDs use a file format called MPEG-1 (file extension is usually .mpg or .mpeg). You can't just rename the .AVI file to .MPG and expect to be able to burn a VCD that way - the extension might have changed but the internal structure of the file would still be .AVI.

I'd suggest getting a copy of TMPGEnc and using that to convert the file to MPEG-1, then use VCDEasy to burn the VCD.

CogoSWSDS

Quite easy to put that AVI into one CDR

Load into Vdub
Video > Full prosessing mode
Video > compression > codec > 3.11 Alpha (low motion) > bitrate 400

Audio > Full prosessing mode
Audio > compression > codec > MP3 > bitrate 128 ?

Save AVI

The AVI is now compressed, and will still have good quality, and is much smaller. Experiment with bit rates to fit on 1 CD

DVD rips are all around 700Mb for an full movie

A 13 Min movie could use a huge bitrate, you could fit that and a lot more onto 1 CDR 8)

[CogoSWSDS]

KingJohn,
I assume this would be a lossy compression though which may look crappy if I later re-encoded to MPEG??

CogoSWSDS

[KingJohn]

No it wont, you wont get lossy compression with these codec's, and you wont get that small size, if you want lossy compression use the huffy codec, but then it will be 2Gb +

However, if you keep that bit rate reasonable, then your further conversion later will be just fine, most DivX DVD rips at 700Mb always convert to mpeg 1 later and are high quality.

[offline]

No it wont, you wont get lossy compression with these codec's, and you wont get that small size, if you want lossy compression use the huffy codec, but then it will be 2Gb +

This is just a mistatement, right ? divix = lossy huffy = nonlossy

[KingJohn]

No it wont, you wont get lossy compression with these codec's, and you wont get that small size, if you want lossy compression use the huffy codec, but then it will be 2Gb +

This is just a mistatement, right ? divix = lossy huffy = nonlossy

You have a problem ready this ?, thats what I said

if you want lossy compression use the huffy

[banjazzer]

Quite easy to put that AVI into one CDR

Load into Vdub
Video > direct stream copy
Video > compression > codec > 3.11 Alpha (low motion) > bitrate 400

Audio > direct stream copy
Audio > compression > codec > MP3 > bitrate 128 ?

Save AVI

I don't think you mean direct stream copy.

[KingJohn]

Oh well,even KingJohn makes mistakes, but you would not be able to select compression in stream copy anyway

Load into Vdub
Video > Full prosessing mode
Video > compression > codec > 3.11 Alpha (low motion) > bitrate 400

Audio > Full prosessing mode
Audio > compression > codec > MP3 > bitrate 128 ?

Save AVI

However, that's beside the Point.. I guess I typed it too many times

Better go edit it ?