need ur suggestions...

[DLO604]

hmm since there are quite a few reviews of various programs
i was wondering what are some of the ones u guys recommand for converting .avi movie file to svcd?

my file is about 700mb long so do i have to spilt it when encoding it to svcd in the process?

thanks

[mats.hogberg]

AVI file size is totally irrelevant when reencoding to SVCD (or any other format). Length in time (and nothing else) is what counts.
As for suggestions, take a look here.

/Mats

[redwudz]

IMO, TMPGEnc Plus. Easy to learn, but still has plenty of adjustments for quality.

BTW, you can use a bitrate calculator to judge how big your finished MPEG will be. Look in 'Tools'. <<<<

If you are converting, say, a 700MB DIVX to MPEG, it may end up ~1.5GB. You would need 2 CDs, but that's normal for SVCD.

[DLO604]

so the program will split it in 2 cds for me when i encode the avi file?

hmm thanks i will try it out =)

[redwudz]

No, you would have to do the splits yourself although you can do it through the range adjustments.

If you plan on using the SVCD format, I would use DVD2SVCD. It's freeware and you can use TMPGEnc to do the encoding for it. I used it for a year or two with excellent results with SVCDs. It does all the splitting and makes the operation simple.

Still, with some odd AVI, XVID formats out there, you may have to run them through VirtualDub first and separate out the audio.

Any time you have a unknown video file you should run it through AVIcodec or Gspot to see what audio and video formats it has. Then you modify if needed.