DVR-MS file Size

[LiCal]

I used my Windows Media Center Edition 2004 to record one VHS tape into DVR-MS files. I am surprised by the large size of those files: a 5-minutes segment of the TaiChi VHS turned out to be 300MB in size; 70 minutes, 3.2Gb.

With large files like those, how is it possible to squeeze this 70-minute exercies video into a VCD?

If have to burn those DVR-MS files onto DVD, what are my next to-dos?
Do I need to convert those files into MPG format first?
Which programs I need to perform those functions?

Thanks.

[reboot]

They are already a proprietary mpg format, designed ONLY for playback on MCE.
There are ways of getting them into a standard mpeg, but they'll have to be re-encoded to (S)VCD if you want them that way. They come in full D1 res and bitrate designed for DVDR, not CDR.

[dkelly701]

TMPGEnc Express. Imports DVR-MS files and will encode to VCD. I have never done VCD so I don't know if this is a realistic amout for a VCD.

[LiCal]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I have now downloaded/used TMPGEnc Express to convert those DNR-MS files into MPG-2 files which are only slightly smallerin in size than the original DNV-MS files, resulting in a total of 3GB from the 50-minutes of VHS video.

What is the next for me to do to get all those files burnt into a VCD?

Or I just have to burn a DVD instead? as if I knew what to do it !!!

[Baldrick]

you should convert to vcd if you want vcd in tmpgenc express. then author to a vcd with vcdeasy or nero.

or burn the mpeg2 as dvd, use a dvd authoring tool like tmpgenc dvd author, add the mpeg2 and author and burn.

[LiCal]

1. Will TMPG express be able to put the currently
3.4GB DVR-MS or 3.1G MPG files (9) into one single VCD (650MB)?

2. Just wondering TMPG Express is not an one stop operation to burn the VCD from DNR-MS?

[dkelly701]

I think 50 minutes of video is max for VCD.

Do this all in one step. In TMPGEnc 3.0 express select Start New Project.
Click Source Wizard
Click Add Source recorded by MCE. After it finishes converting,
Make any needed changes under the tabs Clip Information, Cuts and Edits, and Filters.
Click Set Output.
Click Video-CD (I believe Super Video-CD is better if you have a compatible player) and correct format (NTSC or PAL)
A window will pop up giving you bitrate information and size of you file.
Click OK
The next window will allow you to choose between CBR and VBR. I always choose VBR. You can also select Motion Search Precision. In general, the higher the setting the better the end result but the longer the encode takes.
Click encode. Check to make sure the output path is what you want.
Click Start Encode.

This is the basics of using TMPGEnc 3.0 Express to do what you want. As you learn more, you can make more changes to the default settings to achieve your desired effect.

This will give you the proper mpg file. Now you will need software to author the VCD. As I said, I only do DVDs so others will need to walk you through this.