burning a dowloaded mvoie???????

[salkam]

I just had one question ..if someone can help me please!!
HOW DO I...burn a movie to vcd IF it is downloaded from a file sharing program EX. Save the last dance 700 mb avi, when i converted it to mpg file it is 1.07gb..whast do i do??? IS there a way to compress any file you want of whatever length shorter?? CAn you tell me where i can find step by step instructions>? Will i have to use a dvd ripper? or go through the steps in the vcdhelp forum for "newbies guide to burning a movie onto one CD"?? i also want to burn it on one CD..i know how to do it on 2..but what about one???
I just dont know why i should have to use a dvd ripper when it IS NOT A DVD!!LOL..HELP!

[condone]

obviously your blind and can't see the menu to the left that says AUTHOR, CONVERT, or EDIT, or even the FAQ that explains why the MPEG file is 1.07GB (~10MB/min of the movie) so therefore i will avoid flaming you.

[slacker1441]

use TMPGEnc

[agzz]

either you reencode to low bitrate (700-750 or so) with is shitty.
or you reencode to standar vcd or XVCD at 1600+ and do it on to discs or you just cut the last 20 min of the mpg you have and burn it on one disc.
from the movie in question i would go with the last option, less work and less pain watching

[aguillon]

VCD format has a fixed bitrate. A VCD can take about 73 minutes of video (more for 80 minute CDs). Your movie is probably about 2 hours, in which case you need to cut it into 2 parts. You can use TMPGENC for this, under the File/MPEG Tools/Merge and Cut

Cheers

[keoni]

I believe salkam is saying that he converted the avi file into a mpeg and it will not fit on one cd. The only way to get it to fit on one cd is to encode the avi to an xvcd. A standard vcd must have a video bitrate of 1150 and an audio bitrate of 224. Anything else is non-standard (xvcd). To fit the movie on one cd you can lower the video bitrate but you will lose quality. Also, xvcd does not work on all standalone dvd players (doesn't work on mine but and xsvcd will)