size of a 680meg avi file after vcd conversion

[markexon]

anybody know what sort of size a 680 meg avi file will be after conversion to a vcd mpeg1 file.

thanx for any help

[Truman]

It depends on the playing time of the avi.

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[markexon]

its about 1hr and 50 mins

[zeppage2]

I say closer to 3 minutes- as 1000 mg avi equals 4.5 minutes;680 mg would be 2/3 of that or approximately 3 minutes?

[Truman]

110 minutes encoded as VCD compliant MPEG-1 is about 1100MB.
1 minute @ 1150+224kbps=10MB

[markexon]

so 1100meg is about 1 1/2 disks then. how will i be able to split the film then to go onto both disks.

thanx for your help. I am newbie to VCD burning.

[v.m.a.n]

use the program virtualdub it will split your avi file. its simple ok

[markexon]

will it split so it fits exactly on a 74min disk?

[markexon]

also, will i split the disk when its an AVI or after converting to MPEG

[hitechjunkie]

AND, if you'd like to experiment a little, try some non-VCD-standard settings, such as CQ_VBR 0-1150 quality 50, and audio of 44.1khz and 64kbps. you'll find you can squeeze the same movie into a much smaller sized mpeg. depends on what your final objective is, though, strict compliance or one disc, "playable" (depends on your player, PC or standalone) movies.

as a reference, i just encoded the 93 minute movie "Double Take", 352x240, CQ_VBR 0-1350, audio 44.1khz/64kbps, 29.97fps, to a 768 Mbyte MPEG file, which fit/burned on one 80 min disc and plays flawlessly on my JVC standalone. looks better than a standard 1150 VCD, too!

[El_Mero_Zooter]

mark...
it's so much easier to split/cut the avi first, then afterwards as mpg. use virtualdub to cut into two halves, then encode both halves individually. could also create a batch/project if you're using tmpgenc to encode. cue it up walk away , come back a few hours after and it'd be ready to burn.

ztr

[markexon]

thanx guys for all your help. i'm just converting it to MPEG, and when I was previewing the file in TMPGEnc, I didnt hear no sound, but on reading the help, that is correct. i am only supposed to view video....lol
anyway, converting to MPEG, and will be ready in 7 hours, so will report back then.
once again, thanx to all for the help
Cheers

[hitechjunkie]

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mark...
it's so much easier to split/cut the avi first,
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i disagree - i think it is most easiest to feed the whole avi to tmpgenc and, using the source range filter, batch encode each half to separate MPEGs.

[markexon]

ok, will it be possible to split it into 2 MPEG files after conversion?

[hitechjunkie]

that's the beauty of it, you encode the first half of the movie to one mpeg, then the other half of the movie to another mpeg. when completed, you've already got two mpegs, split at exactly the frame you designate.

[markexon]

ok, but can i split the entire MPEG after its been encoded?

[msfox]

Yes, you can. Use TMPGEnc, file->Mpeg tools, Merge & cut.

[markexon]

great thanx