Advice on how to handle 4.7g .avi to .mpg conversion...

[misfits859]

Ok, I've converted several .avi files to mpg for DVD burning lately and have had no problems using TMPGEnc and Ulead MF. However I converted an avi last nite and it blossomed into a 4.7g mpg file. I understand I'm not going to be able to burn this to a single dvd. I suppose I could split the movie and put it on two DVDr's but I'd rather not if there is a way to get it on one.

I have checked the forums for nearly an hour looking for some help but I found nothing.

Any advice or pointers would be appreciated!

[ZippyP.]

DVDShrink.

[misfits859]

Zippy, I tried that actually and couldn't get the mpg to open. What am I not doing lol... I'm not even sure the DVDShrink can work with .mpg files..

Does the mpg need to be converted to a video_ts file?

[andkiich]

Re-encode with a smaller bitrate?

[rcb]

misfits859 -

you asked: Does the mpg need to be converted to a video_ts file?

for dvdshrink, yes.

[pijetro]

Since you've already used Ulead MF, I can assume you've created your VIDEO_TS folder.

If that's the case, then go to DVDShrink and open up the big button on top that says Open Files.

Pick the Video_ts.ifo file, and wait for 5 minutes for DVDShrink to do its' magic.
After that's done, click the Backup button, and create a new VIDEO_TS folder. This is the one you'll need for burning.....

Good luck!!

[dcsos]

Don't use shrink unless you want to reduce the quality of your VIDEOS along with the size

the obvious choice is to re-encode at a lower bitrate
here is a guide
http://www.games-realm.com/encoding/tmpgenc_quick.html

and Don Stevenson says:
In order to maximize the quality you will want to use a bitrate calculator to calculate the maximum bitrate requrired to fill up a 4.37GB blank DVD. Use the bitrate calculator. If you don't use a bitrate calculator you may create an MPEG2 file that is too large to fit onto one CD or it might be smaller than the capacity of the DVD and you will waste precious space that can be used for the movie. Use the infomation that you obtained from GSpot and enter it into the bitrate calculator in order to figure out the averge and maximum bitrates

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

bitrate calculator

also use

G-Spot