How do I make a 700MB+ video file to a 700MB video file?

[riahc3]

Hey

I have a video file thats a bit over 700MB (715MB) and I want to put it on a CD. Whats the best way to make it to a 700MB without (or with min) quality lost?

[Baldrick]

You can

Cut it with avidemux.

Shrink it/reconvert it with avi recomp.

or just shrink the audio using avidemux, under video choose copy and audio choose for example mp3 and lower bitrate.

[manono]

But if it's really a 715,000 KB file, it's already only 700 MB (698 MB, actually).

[leghorn]

most movies end with credits. so if yours does too, you might want to cut them off, e.g. with AviDemux like Baldrick said. that's the easiest way, imho. and no quality loss...

[retpyrc]

try getting 4 x 8cm CD (210 Mb each), shove them all in you CD drive stacked (you may need a solvant between the drives, I use Ben & Jerry's ice cream) and burn as normal. Any respectable burning software will instintivly know that you wish to burn accross the 4 CDs and will litterally infuse them together, creating one massive 840 CD. Works every time.

(WARNING: I may be high right now)

[guns1inger]

Have you actually tried to burn this to a standard CD ?

[tomlee59]

try getting 4 x 8cm CD (210 Mb each), shove them all in you CD drive stacked (you may need a solvant between the drives, I use Ben & Jerry's ice cream) and burn as normal. Any respectable burning software will instintivly know that you wish to burn accross the 4 CDs and will litterally infuse them together, creating one massive 840 CD. Works every time.

(WARNING: I may be high right now)

This is very bad advice, and would likely damage a burner/laptop if followed. Maybe the mods should consider deleting your post.

[Noahtuck]

try getting 4 x 8cm CD (210 Mb each), shove them all in you CD drive stacked (you may need a solvant between the drives, I use Ben & Jerry's ice cream) and burn as normal. Any respectable burning software will instintivly know that you wish to burn accross the 4 CDs and will litterally infuse them together, creating one massive 840 CD. Works every time.

(WARNING: I may be high right now)

This is very bad advice, and would likely damage a burner/laptop if followed. Maybe the mods should consider deleting your post.

Yeah, like anyone with half a brain would actually try it, espc. with ice cream

And if you think it should be deleted, why would you reproduce the post ?

[El Heggunte]

Hey

I have a video file thats a bit over 700MB (715MB) and I want to put it on a CD. Whats the best way to make it to a 700MB without (or with min) quality lost?

Two options:

1) Try overburning (703MB + 15MB = 718MB, which is greater than 715MB);

2) Use a DVD-R instead of a CD-R.

[riahc3]

Great I cut off all the credits and now it fits perfectly as 630MB. And I believe no quality lost (Just selected the frames to deleted, press delete and saved it as a AVI)

Thanks.

[jman98]

Another option that no one suggested would be to buy 90 minute CD-Rs and burn it to one of them. TDK makes them for sale in Europe. If you ever try to burn to a 90 minute CD-R, burn it at the lowest speed possible for your burner for the best results. 90 minute CD-Rs violate the standards for CD-Rs, but many burners can burn them correctly and most devices can play them correctly.

[AlanHK]

I have a video file thats a bit over 700MB (715MB) and I want to put it on a CD. Whats the best way to make it to a 700MB without (or with min) quality lost?

It would almost certainly fit as-is on a "80 minute" CDR.
Depends on whether you're measuring in binary or decimal MB, but you see below that "700 MB/80 min" CDR, the most common capacity now, actually holds 737 MB (decimal).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM

Capacities of Compact Disc types
Type	(MB)	(MiB) 	(min)
650 MB	681	650	74
700 MB	737	703	80
800 MB	829	791	90
900 MB	912	870	99

I fretted about this when I had a 720MB ISO and was trying to find a larger capacity CDR, until I worked this out, and just burnt it to a "700 MB" CDR without any problem.

[riahc3]

AlanHK there is a difference between a ISO (which has dummy files that just make it bigger than 700MB so they cant be burned) and a video file which is as-is the size it says.

And only 650 and 700 CD-Rs are standard. I had a 800MB and a 900MB CD-R and both gave errors at the end when they got burned so (and of course were not usable/viewable)

[AlanHK]

AlanHK there is a difference between a ISO (which has dummy files that just make it bigger than 700MB so they cant be burned) and a video file which is as-is the size it says.

Dummy files? This was a Linux bootable distro. Not some copy protection. It was designed to pack as much as possible in to the standard CDR. (And for the same reason, that is why video files have 700 MB as a standard size.)

Anyway, it was just an example: the main point is that "MB" can be 1,000,000 bytes (decimal MB), or 1,048,576 (binary MB or MiB) depending on context. Which were your "715 MB", or just how many bytes?

And only 650 and 700 CD-Rs are standard. I had a 800MB and a 900MB CD-R and both gave errors at the end when they got burned so (and of course were not usable/viewable)

And on the other hand, I've used both without any problem. Made some oversized VCDs that played fine.

But also irrelevant, as above, I think there's a good chance your "715 MB" file would fit on a "700".
You could chance a 20 cent CDR and try it.

[riahc3]

Well AlanHK I already did it so it doesnt make much difference now.

[AlanHK]

Well AlanHK I already did it so it doesnt make much difference now.

But you still had to say I was wrong, without bothering to check.
All you had to do was run "dir" on the file.

[riahc3]

Well AlanHK I already did it so it doesnt make much difference now.

But you still had to say I was wrong, without bothering to check.
All you had to do was run "dir" on the file.

747,270,144 bytes is the original file.

[Noahtuck]

AlanHK there is a difference between a ISO (which has dummy files that just make it bigger than 700MB so they cant be burned) and a video file which is as-is the size it says.

And only 650 and 700 CD-Rs are standard. I had a 800MB and a 900MB CD-R and both gave errors at the end when they got burned so (and of course were not usable/viewable)

The ISO comment first... maybe i am misunderstanding your comment but an ISO is just a container that holds whatever you choose to put in it, it does not just automatically put in dummy files or anything else you don't put in it yourself

And i also have used close to a couple hundred oversized cd-rs with no issues.

[jman98]

And only 650 and 700 CD-Rs are standard. I had a 800MB and a 900MB CD-R and both gave errors at the end when they got burned so (and of course were not usable/viewable)

And on the other hand, I've used both without any problem. Made some oversized VCDs that played fine.

The only errors I ever got when burning to 800 MB (90 minute) CD-Rs were for 2 audio CDs I made. One actually had 90 minutes and maybe 30 seconds of music. The final track will NOT play on anything. Everything prior to it is fine. I learned then NOT to try to overburn on 90 minute CD-Rs. The other is a compilation I made of various songs and it is about 88 minutes in length, but it gave an "error" at the end of the burn. It plays flawlessly. So "errors" may not necessarily ruin your 90 minute CD-Rs.

[riahc3]

Tried playing it. It wouldnt work.
(90 min CD)

[AlanHK]

747,270,144 bytes is the original file.

Okay, my guess was wrong. Won't fit on a 700/80min CDR.

[riahc3]

747,270,144 bytes is the original file.

Okay, my guess was wrong. Won't fit on a 700/80min CDR.

Like I originally posted but you insisted....

[G)-(OST]

Great I cut off all the credits and now it fits perfectly as 630MB. And I believe no quality lost (Just selected the frames to deleted, press delete and saved it as a AVI)

Thanks.

I would have done the same, if you are happy with that, then that is all that matters.

[AlanHK]

747,270,144 bytes is the original file.

Okay, my guess was wrong. Won't fit on a 700/80min CDR.

Like I originally posted but you insisted....

Short memory.

Hey
I have a video file thats a bit over 700MB (715MB) and I want to put it on a CD. Whats the best way to make it to a 700MB without (or with min) quality lost?

715,000,000 would fit.
THAT was why I asked.

[riahc3]

747,270,144 bytes is the original file.

Okay, my guess was wrong. Won't fit on a 700/80min CDR.

Like I originally posted but you insisted....

Short memory.

Hey
I have a video file thats a bit over 700MB (715MB) and I want to put it on a CD. Whats the best way to make it to a 700MB without (or with min) quality lost?

715,000,000 would fit.
THAT was why I asked.

Most of us know what MegaBytes (MB) and Megabits (Mb) are.

[AlanHK]

Most of us know what MegaBytes (MB) and Megabits (Mb) are.

I have no idea why you think that's relevant.
(Seems as off the wall as you imagining that my ISO had "dummy files".)

At this point I have no further interest in anything you say.

[manono]

But if it's really a 715,000 KB file, it's already only 700 MB (698 MB, actually).

In Alan's defense, I made a similar remark early in the thread. And got no response from you that you already knew the difference, or a posting of the byte size (until much later in the thread) or anything else.

Most of us know what MegaBytes (MB) and Megabits (Mb) are.

Boy do I ever disagree with that. As a mod on a different video forum I've seen this very question come up many times and more often than not the OP doesn't know the difference and thinks 715,000 KB or 715,000,000 bytes means it's oversized. Their wasn't any indication from you for a very long time that you knew the difference. Rather than hammering on Alan, I think you should apologize for being vague.