Massive files

[Tarq]

Hi guys, I have been been burning movies to CD for ages and always overcome my problems, but this one is confusing me. I have a movie split into 2 AVI files. Its ALOT bigger than normal. Each avi is 600meg. When I convert to VCD, I end up with 2 MPEG files which are 1700meg EACH. I need to know how to convert them to much smaller files so I can burn as VCDs. The AVI files are excellent quality, but the quality does not justify files of that size. Any help would be apreciated.

Thanks in advance
James

[CrazyMck@home]

That is odd that you are getting bigger file after converting to a lesser quality format?? Can't to here what one of the resident experts have to say about this one.

[flaninacupboard]

blah blah, bitrate, blah blah, quality over quantity, blah blah. read the instructions on this website.

[Vejita-sama]

I'm going to assume that you are using TMPGenc and using it's standard VCD template. The important point is that the size of your source has ZERO affect on the size on your encoded MPEG. The size of your encoded MPEG is 100% dependant on the bitrate you use.

For the standard VCD template: video=1150kbit/s & audio=224kbit/s. Notice it's kbit/s, so the source runtime and bitrate determine size.

For the standard VCD template this works out to 1min=10MB. So a 56min source -> 560MB MPEG. A 74min CDR will hold 740MB (or 74min) and an 80min CDR will hold 800MB (or 80min) of VCD.

So the first question is did you load a template? because a 1700MB file means a source runtime of 170min. If your source runtime is 170min you have two choices put it on 3 CDRs, or lower the bitrate and put it on 2 CDRs.

Use the VCDHelp.com bitrate calculator (click on Tools to the left) to determine the correct bitrate. I'd start by lowering the audio bitrate from 224kbit/s -> 128kbit/s, then determine the needed video bitrate.

Do a search on how to make xVCDs (here's a link to another post I made about this):

https://www.videohelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=70887&forum=3

[RipTide]

Here's my guess: you're using the new TMPEnc 2.50. I am experiencing the same thing with the large file size. It looks like they may have changed the Templates. The super video CD one i used looks like this: Super Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CBR 2520kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps). I went back to the old TMPEnc (v2.02) and the file size returned to normal. It had these settings: Super Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CQ 65, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps). Hope that helps.