avi to vcd, then fit on 1 cd, for mac

[digiprep]

clueless!!! i know this answer is already here, i just can't understand the terms used, need really basic instructions, help. [/b]

[jchansen]

We need more info. What is the problem? What is your OS? What software are you using?

Here's one way:
1. Buy Toast
2. Select 'video cd' in toast
3. Drop the AVI onto toast. If it can't understand the format, try updating your quicktime software.
4. Burn the CD.

If the problem is fitting it onto one CD, then you have to reencode at a lower bitrate, and you won't be making a standard VCD. Are you sure your player will play non-standard VCDs?

If you are using OS X, then download mediapipe from mediapipe.sf.net, and use that. Download MissingMpegTools from homepage.mac.com/rnc (Hey Ross, are you jumping the .Mac ship?) and use that to author your MPEG movie into a VCD.

Wherein does the problem lie, specifically?

[Macnewbie]

Yeah, like he said. When you install Toast, you'll get a new export option in QT for Toast Video CD (you'll need QT pro). Just open the AVI up in QT Pro, export it to Toast VCD. Then open Toast up, select the VCD option, then add the MPEG file that QT created when you exported the AVI. Then burn.

[hirez]

I have tried the export to Toast VCD option several times. Each time it starts to convert the file but quits "unexpectedly" half way through. I have been using OSX 10.2 and Toast 5.1.4 I don't know if the recent update to 5.2 will help.