61min mpeg = 70 min in Nero

[AnnihilatorTokyo]

I've been reading the other topics about how many minutes that fits on a CD, but haven't reached any good answer.

I cut my MPEG at 61min (630mb), burn them in Nero (which complains it's not VideoCD2.0, but I burns anyway) It shows that 70 minutes of the disc has been used, and the files are about 708MB large, according to Nero again. How would I fit 74min on a 700MB disc when Nero says 70min are used on a 61min mpeg file? Am I missing something?

61min mpeg = 630mb = 70min in Nero.

Thanks.

[iant]

The main question here is 'Are you making a standard VCD?'.
Nero bases its time calculation on the amount of data per second for a standard vcd. If you're doing an SVCD or XVCD, it will not calculate the time correctly as these will have a different bitrate.

Hope this answers your question.
Ian

[AnnihilatorTokyo]

Thanks for the swift reply. (15min or so)

Ok, I'm making VCD, not SVCD or XVCD. And the compliance is wrong, but the movie still looks fine and plays without any problems. So I assume from your answer that I can only fit 61min on a 70min CD-R doing this way, correct?

Lars

[TPW]

i never knew they made 70 min CDRs, i think you mean 80 min, anyways if you use the basic VCD template in TMPGEnc it will comply with nero and you can fit up to 80 min on one cd if it is a standard VCD (or 800 MB) and 74 min on a 74 min cd (or 740 MB)

[AnnihilatorTokyo]

My mistake, not 70 min but 74 or 80 min. I'm living in Japan and the box doesn't say anywhere if it's a 74 or 80 min CD-R. But I believe 74, since Nero is showing a yellow bar at 74 min when I'm burning.

I'm using the standard VCD template in TMPGenc. But Nero still says it doesn't comply. Why?

Speaking of templates, what's the difference between 'NTSC VCD' and 'NTSC VCD(Film)' or whatever the name is?