converting to dvd...to big

[TweetyPie]

Hi i am trying to convert an avi with tmpgenc to dvd..BUT..the resulting file is way to big to go onto dvd its like 8 gig...I dont want to split it either..i want it on one disk i know it can be done but how???
And yes my disks are only 4.7gig ones
Please help ty

[kush]

Bitrate, bitrate, bitrate..Simple as that...Lower it..I use VideoCalc for my bitrate caluculations when doing conversions (too lazy to do the math myself ). And if your video has PCM/Wav audio, try AC3...MP2 audio would also work in PAL land.

[unclebud]

Before you re-encode try authoring and use DVDShrink to reduce the size. If it's not good enough then you'll need to re-encode with a lover birate. You can find a bitrate calculater in the tools section.
Or if you know the length of the video, I usually use the average of 8k for 1 hour, 6k for 1.5 hour's, 4k for 2 hour's, you get the picture, the longer the video the worse the quality will be.

[guns1inger]

what is the running time of your avi ?

[TweetyPie]

it is 1 and a half hours long