Converting xvid/divx to vcd on 1 cd?

[noaht1980]

i will be getting a dvd player in a couple weeks that plays vcd and i wanna get some movies converted so i can make vcd to have when i get this dvd player so my question is as follows

can i convert say a 700-750mb xvid divx file to vcd and burn with nero and it all fit on one 80min/700mb cd-rw?

[mats.hogberg]

The size of the divx/xvid file has nothing (well not more than extremely little) to do with if it will fit on a CD or not. What matters are size of CD and length of movie as long as you want to make a VCD.
For a 74 min CD, you can fit roughly 1 hr 14 min movie
For 80 min CD, you get 1 hr 19 min movie
For 99 min CD you'll be able to fit 1 hr 38 min.
By increasing/decreasing the bitrates for audio and video streams, you can change how much (timewise) you can squeeze onto a CD. If you change the bitrates, you will in effect no longer be creating a VCD, but an XVCD, which may or may not work with your VCD capable DVD player.

/Mats