Can you fit an entire DVD on ONE CDR as a VCD?????

[spankey]

I use CladDVD to rip my dvds to my HD. I end up with as most of you know a 4 to 5 gig VOB file....I choose the entire movie to rip instead of breaking it apart....

Can I take this file and compress it to fit on one cdr disk without loosing to much quality? or is it impossible?????

If so what steps should I follow to do this???

Thanks

Spankey

[Macros746]

I really depends on the length of the movie and what you consider to be acceptable quality. If you are talking about 'VCD' in the standard sense of the word...no it isn't possible. But, using SEFY's templates, I have fit 90 minutes of video footage onto one CD quite successfully. I doubt very seriously that it would play on a stand alone DVD player. But on my computer and on my laptop it looks great. You may also want to look into Divx as an option. I personally don't like the format that much but many people swear by it's quality. And you can fit two hours or more onto some divx discs....

Macros746

[resnullius]

sefy's template does work on some settop player but it's not standard vcd standard vcd is about 74-80 minutes per cd(depending on the cd you are using)

[xzarkad]

Another option:

there are also 90 and 99 minutes CDR's. So, in standard VCD format you can get 99 minutes on 1 CDR.
You just have to make sure stat your CD burner supports this format. This can be read in a standalone DVD player.

[resnullius]

alot of players have a hard time with 99mins cds tho, they tend to stop reading at 89 or so mins

[sych0]

if you want stuff on one cd...buy the dvd

[revjake]

Kwag has some nice TMPGenc templates at [link=http://www.kvcd.net]his site[/link] that seem to work miracles for getting 120 minutes (or more) on a 80 minute VCD, at pretty good quality.

Of course, your mileage may vary. Works well enough for me, however.