EasyVCD: file mismanagement.

[egad666]

I just started using EasyVCD and I've run into a snag. I tried to encode the DVD "Trekkies" into a XVCD Mpeg file. I set up the options to fit the movie onto a 700Mb CD-r and I ended up with an Mpeg file 777Mb. Is there a way to get EasyVCD to encode correctly, or rather to get the next disc I encode to fit onto one disc without being over my alotted storage amount? Any help would be appreciated.

I've also had had problems with laggy/jumpy/slowdown(Video) on most encoding projects in EasyVCD. Is there a way to correct this. It seems alot of people are asking about this last question with no replies, is there a reason this info is being so heavily guarded?

Thanks to anyone who can help out.

[HeatoN]

click on the 650MB one... It will give you a 700MB file.
For the jumpy/laggy video. This is an issue the creator is fixing.

[egad666]

Clicked on 650Mb disc option and it ended up giving me a 732Mb file. Is there any other way I can manipulate it to get it to fit? If I drop the bitrate how much of a difference will I see in the end result?

Again, Thanks in advance.

[HeatoN]

What is your bit-rate right now?
If you did drop the bit-rate down u will slightly loose quality ( the more the better ). Not to mention then u are creating a non-standard, i.e. XVCD/SVCD. But yes u will make the video file smaller, youre gonna have to try it out. Or you can overburn 732MB on a CD-R with nero.

[egad666]

Well, instead of using EazyVCD, I'm toying around with TMPGnc directly and i think I figured out how to do it, but it's alot of guessing. It seems that the problem is in the file size estimation in TMPGnc. Right now, I'm at a bitrate of around 820. I don't know why it has to be so low, it's only an 86 minute film.

Where is the best place to find templates for TMPGnc? I know there are some out there, just not positive where to find reliable ones. I'm on a 600Celeron and I'm clocking a combined rip/encode time of around 8 hours. I'm not into wasting my time and computer's resources on figuring this out.

Thanks for helping me out fellas, I do appreciate it.

[dick_p_t]

ok, here is the deal with Mpeg sizes.

If you burn the CD as mentioned in the Guide on the FAQ page you can fit about 800MB of MPEG data onto a 80min 700MB CD-R.

as for the jumping, this is a known problem with (X)SVCD's.
if you are having this problem with (X)VCD's then i would say that you player does not surport (X)VCD's too well.
Several of my friends have DVD Players that say they will play (X)VCD's but the playback is jerky.
I suggest you look up your DVD Player on the vcdhelp website to see if any other people are having the same problem.

Rob Ferguson