Big Mpeg Files

[greenblueredblue]

hi

I am trying to make a dvd of a whole series which consists of 9 episodes when i encode the videos to mpeg format they are all over 1GB each does anybody know of a way to cutt the size down so i can fit a whole series on one dvd.

cheers

Jamie

[DRfrankenpimp]

does your burner support dual layer burning, could you encode the files with a slightly lower bit rate? you should be able to get close to 9gb on a dual layer disc.

[johns0]

You can only get 7.9 gb on a dual layer dvd,best to split the project onto 2 dvds and shrink it a bit if necessary.If you want you can reduce the bitrate and encode to 352x480/576 but since you have given any info on the actual files being encoded its hard to say whats the best size to encode to.

[DRfrankenpimp]

i meant close to 8gb..oops

[jimmalenko]

does anybody know of a way to cutt the size down so i can fit a whole series on one dvd.

A number of options:

• Use a bitrate calculator to calculate the correct bitrate to use when encoding
• Use rejig to transcode your current MPEGs
• Author a disc oversize on purpose then transcode using DVDShrink, DVD2One etc

IMHO if you truly MUST fit these on one DVDR, I think your best bet is to re-encode, but given the low bitrate you'll no doubt have to use, you'll probably need to lower the frame size ..... A LOT. For the price of a DVDR these days, I'd author one with 5 eps and use DVDShrink to pull it down to size, and then author one with 4 eps (which should be under 4.37GB, so no need to Shrink).

[Darth Paris]

IMHO if you truly MUST fit these on one DVDR, I think your best bet is to re-encode, but given the low bitrate you'll no doubt have to use, you'll probably need to lower the frame size ..... A LOT. For the price of a DVDR these days, I'd author one with 5 eps and use DVDShrink to pull it down to size, and then author one with 4 eps (which should be under 4.37GB, so no need to Shrink).

I suggest that as well. You will be better off putting it on two disks.

[hhhhbk]

see if your dvd player supports xvid or divx

if the episodes are 50 -60minute long then you can get 9 500mb episodes on one disk

500mb for an hour long episode ripped from a dvd is pretty high quality xvid

[greenblueredblue]

yeh it does support divx but how do i encode the videos to divx so that they are only 500 MBs each

[hhhhbk]

yeh it does support divx but how do i encode the videos to divx so that they are only 500 MBs each

use dvd decrypter to rip the files off the dvd to your hard drive
then use autogk and set file size to 500mb

check out the auto gk guides

its an incredibly easy program to use