How to calculate the SIZE of my converted avi to mpg?

[devilzdog]

I have a .avi and converting it to .mpg but i dont know which bitrate I have to do, I tried 2520 but than my file became 904 mb... thats to much..

someone know which bitrate I've to use to fit on 1 cd?

[Gazorgan]

That's easy:

(800/904)*2500 = 2200 .

What about Audio? is you go with 192 Kbps audio then set your video to 2000. And yes, I'm rounding down for safety.

[FulciLives]

Here is a link to a bitrate calculator:

CLICK HERE

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[bugster]

Bitrate Calculator

[devilzdog]

I tried that calculator, but he doesn't give me the size (in mb's)

my audio is 224 kb/s ...

[erratic]

The bitrate calculator works. Choose SVCD as Type. Enter the length of your video in hours, minutes and seconds. Enter the number of CDs (1 x 80 min for example). Then use the calculated bitrate in TMPGEnc.

[devilzdog]

but the calculated bitrate is UNDER 2000, wont the quality really sux, when i do that? Now I used 2520 and the quality was just as it was... but he calculat 1972 that very low, isnt it?

[erratic]

Well, if your DVD player supports XSVCD you can use a higher bitrate and put it on 2 CDs.

Or if your DVD player supports CVD you can make a CVD by lowering the resolution to 352x576 (PAL) instead of 480x576. I find that CVD looks better than SVCD if the bitrate has to be lowered.

Search for your DVD player here to find out if it supports XSVCD or CVD.

[bugster]

Basically you have a choice. You either use a bitrate low enough to fit it on one CD, you use a non-standard format X(S)VCD or you use 2 CD's.

Or if you are really adventerous and want to learn the limits of your DVD player, you try stuff that can be found at www.kvcd.net.

[devilzdog]

Thnx ALL !!!!

u guys really helped me out
again: THNX!