nero multi session am i right?

[TomKatt]

In nero sometimes if you have a movie thats longer than the disk size, say 800 mgs

it says something about multi session, dose that then mean that i burn it with muilti session then it burns and fills up the 1st cd then asks for anotherone to complete the job?

or how to do split it to do that?


anyone know?

[jyn999]

Multi-session allows you to partially fill up a disc during one session and resume burning additional data at a later session.

It is mostly useful for data discs not movie.

[jyn999]

Multi-session allows you to partially fill up a disc during one session and resume burning additional data at a later session.

It is mostly useful for data discs not movie.

[TomKatt]

Ok thanks

how can you spilt a movie onto 2 vcd's is there a that can be used for that?

[TomKatt]

i also forgot to say if its dvix or avi

[AlecWest]

In nero sometimes if you have a movie thats longer than the disk size, say 800 mgs

I'm assuming you're trying to burn a video CD (VCD) on a CDR disk ... correct?

it says something about multi session, dose that then mean that i burn it with muilti session then it burns and fills up the 1st cd then asks for anotherone to complete the job?

jyn999 gave the correct definition of "multisession." Basically, every time you burn a CD, Nero will "finalize" the disk (making further burns to the same disk impossible) unless you tell Nero otherwise.

or how to do split it to do that?

To split a large VCD file into more than one file (2, 3, etc. files), it's probably best to use TMPGEnc (free for MPEG-1 files, aka VCD files). I could be wrong but don't think there is any utility to "shrink" MPEG-1 data to fit on a VCD. Also, if burning a VCD, it's best to be concerned about the timelength of the video than the filesize. Most CDR disks sold today, except for "extended play" CDRs, say 80 minutes, 700 megs on them. But, you can burn, say, a 79-minute VCD even if the filesize exceeds 700 megs. There are extended-play CDRs that can hold 99 minutes ... but you need to make darn sure that your burner can handle them. If you try to burn one with an incompatible burner, it might damage your burner in the attempt.

Good luck.

[AlecWest]

i also forgot to say if its dvix or avi

All VCDs are MPEG-1 "MPG" files. DivX and AVI files must be converted into the MPG format before a VCD can be burned. BTW, if you have an AVI file that's 800 megs in size (just guessing here), it's quite likely you'll have a much larger (and longer, view-time-wise) MPG ... requiring 2, 3 or more VCDs to burn it. TMPGEnc will only cut MPG files, BTW.

[TomKatt]

Hi Alec,

I have tried that TMPGEnc b4 but its realy slow it takes something like 15 hours or more to do things is there anything faster around?

[AlecWest]

I have tried that TMPGEnc b4 but its realy slow it takes something like 15 hours or more to do things is there anything faster around?

Click Here for a number of guides to do VCD conversion. There are a lot of different methods to convert DivX/AVI files to VCD. Problem is, many of them cost $$. But, you may find a free way in there somewhere. I only used TMPGEnc during my VCD days.