Avi til Svcd problem!!

[jfkleven]

Iv'e converted a *.avi file to mpg. My avi file is 700mb, and my converted mpg file is 500 mb. It sholdn't be that way? :roll:
The conversation took 2 hours, and the quality wasn't that good either.
I set my resoulution to 480*480 and i use mpeg 2.
Last time I converted a movie, the mpg file was much bigger than the avi file, and i had to use 2 cd's.

Can anyone help my me?

[fantomlord]

Iv'e converted a *.avi file to mpg. My avi file is 700mb, and my converted mpg file is 500 mb. It sholdn't be that way?
The conversation took 2 hours, and the quality wasn't that good either.
I set my resoulution to 480*480 and i use mpeg 2.
Last time I converted a movie, the mpg file was much bigger than the avi file, and i had to use 2 cd's.

Can anyone help my me?

how did you encode(tmpg,cce...)
what bitrate did you use(CBR or VBR)?
if VBR, did you use the bitrate calculator?
--this should give you the bitrate you need to use to fill a CD to capacity, which should maximize quality.