Movie "just" a bit too big...what can be done?

[Bahnzo]

I ripped and authored Signs, and the movie is like 13megs too large to burn. This is just the movie itself, and one audio track (no subs). In a situation like this, is there anything than can be done besides transcoding the m2v file?

Thanks

[hwoodwar]

If your burner supports "overburn" that should give you the extra space. On an 80 minute CD I have overburned up to about 25-30meg extra.

[Bahnzo]

I have a Sony DRU500A, which I'm pretty sure won't overburn. Any other ideas?

[Cole]

not sure what you mean by transcoding the m2v file, but I had a similar problem with a film recently being seven minutes too long for a 900MB CD-R (which if your CDRW doesn't overburn wouldn't be any good for you either).

I found the answer in this guide: http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84759

[Bahnzo]

maybe transcoding was the wrong word, I basically don't want to have to encode the video using CCE or any of the others unless it's neccessary.

[int_53185]

hi! just did signs....was a bit long for fitting on one dvd-r....i used vob splitter to cut off the ending credits....worked perfectly....i made another disc with the end credits and special features.....theyre always worth your while on an M Night film....good luck

[Bahnzo]

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Any guides on using vob splitter? For some reason, doom9.org has been hit and miss for me the last couple days.....anyone else having troubles getting to doom9.org?

[johneboy]

Bahnzo, just to be clear here, are you trying to make a DVD-r copy, or a (S)VCD?
I just ripped Signs, and the entire movie was just a tad bit too big for a DVD-R, so i removed the French Audio stream, and left just English, and this was enough to get it onto one DVD-R for me.

[dc91gt]

yeah... load up tmpgenc - mpeg tools ->

first merge the video/audio as a mpeg2-program

then go to the merge cut tab, and cut off the credits and the
opening logos if needed.

-d

[jfebus]

I did it last night....

just delete the french stuff and that's it!

Regards,

Jose

[Bahnzo]

Bahnzo, just to be clear here, are you trying to make a DVD-r copy, or a (S)VCD?
I just ripped Signs, and the entire movie was just a tad bit too big for a DVD-R, so i removed the French Audio stream, and left just English, and this was enough to get it onto one DVD-R for me.

See, that's wierd, because I ripped everything except the movie and English audio and it was 13 megs too big to fit on a DVD-R for me.

I did get it to fit finally. Here's a good guide to cutting credits from a vob. It's quick and easy: http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133632&highlight=vobedit

I only had to cut a small amount to get it to fit.....