718meg avi I want to play on a DVD disc - help needed please

[logopro]

Hi guys,

I have a good quality avi file that is 718 megs large.

I tried loading this into Sonic's MYDVD program, and after I do,
it tells me that I have 22.4 megs left after it imported the 718 meg video file.

I'm stumped ... if the disc is 4.7 gigs how come it is doing this ?

For my real question, I would like to know *how* I should be going about putting my avi movies onto DVD discs, should I be making a DATA disc instead as this would hold way more movies ?

My DVD player plays movies that are "dvd" quality in .mpg format, but does NOT see movies that are in .avi format.

Anyway I'm stumped and would really appreciate some help.

thanks in advance.

[poerschr]

Tell you cd burning problem to burn DVDs not CDs, something is set in the program to CDs...

Furthermore, use Nero...forget about Sonic, whatever...

Only a very few DVD players will recognize avi DVDs, you probably do not have one...Check the forums about making a avi DVD...If you make a avi DVD it will only play on the computer, unless you buy one the few DVD players....

Search the forums....

[mats.hogberg]

Probably MyDVD is trying to create a Video DVD - not a data DVD. If I'm correct in this assumption, the length of the AVI together with the DVD bitrate determines what space it will occupy. AVI file size has nothing to do with it.

/Mats

[Ziffelpig]

I have always used TMPGenc Plus, to convert avi to mpeg2, CCE personal edition is another good option as it's not as pricey as the original CCE.

Baldrick has a good guide here for converting to DVD with TMPGenc

https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgencdvd.htm

[neomaine]

logopro,

For someone with 42 posts, seems like a strange question. There are a number of guides, as someone pointed out, that will help you converting your .avi to an MPEG2 mpeg for DVD....if that's what you want to do. Here are the choices I believe you're looking at:

Keeping it in AVI format:
- You should be able to burn this to a normal 80min/740mg CDR/W and still be able to play it with your favorite avi player on your computer.
- Same can be said with DVDR/W, just more room to play with.
- Very (very very) few standalone DVD players with play this format.

Converting the AVI to MPEG1/2:
- First, your AVI file size has NOTHING to do with your final MPEG1/2 file size. That size is specific to the needs of the codecs being used to create the avi.
- For VCD (MPEG1), use your favorite encoder to convert the AVI to MPEG1 at VCD standards. Expect to use about 10meg per minute of movie. Therefore anything over 1hr 10 mins will go to two CDs. Split accordingly. Unless you go with some xVCD variant.
- For DVD (MPEG2), pretty much the same. Except, you'll want to use a bitrate calculator that will help you determine the bitrate (based on length of movie and number of frames) to fit it on a single DVDR/W to keep the best possible quality. For size, plan on 3-6 times your AVI size.

The second option is what Sonic is trying to do, converting your AVI to a DVD compliant MPEG2.

That's it in a nut shell. Just keep in mind that I was very generic in the approach and use of time and CD/DVD space required. I'm simply setting some expectations which you've seemed to lack.

Everything you have asked is readily available in the HOW-TO section. Everything. In detail.