Problem converting TOO LARGE SVCD mpegs PLEASE READ!

[brykasch]

Okay here is the deal, I converted some sopranos episodes and some dr who episodes from dvd, well anyways, I should have had them the right size, but they ended up coming out to big, by a hundred or so megs. Well anyways I went to re-convert them down in tmpegenc, but it won't open em it says unsupported format. What can I do to fix this?

[Poplar]

Why not just cut them into two pieces and burn them on two CDRs and be
more accurate with bitrates next time?

Well, if you insist on re-encoding, here is how. TMPG doesn't support MPEG-2 input. You need DVD2AVI to frameserve into it. There you go. Another 13 hour encoding session If you haven't deleted original VOBs, you better use them to re-encode. If you already deleted them, you will lose a lot of quality by re-encoding from your own MPEG-2 file.

[brykasch]

I was caeful with the bitrates, I used the percentages exactly according to tmpegenc. I will try your metheod and see what happens. If I had the vobs, I wouldn't have asked the question

13 hours? What pc do you use to encode?

[bugster]

Yep, you need to re-encode, but dont trust the TmpGenc wizard bitrate calculator. Use this one instead:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/calc.htm

or one of the others listed in the tools section.

[DJRumpy]

A quick question, as this is often a common newbie mistake. What size are your MPEGs? If they are 800MB, (or a little over if your burner supports overburn), you should be able to burn them on an 80 Minute cd without a problem.