help having problems with virtualdub....

[loco69]

I am trying to cut a 700MB AVI FILE INTO 3 PARTS TO MAKE A VCD, I AM USING VIRTUALDUB, BUT ALL MY STUFF KEEPS SAVING AS SOME FILE THAT I CANNOT OPEN. I OPEN THE FILE THEN DO WHAT IT SAYS IN THE GUIDES HERE ON THIS WEBSITE, BUT THE FILE IS WAY TOO BIG, SO I TRIED COMPRESSING THE FILE I USED A DIVX 5 PRO CODEC AND IT STILL IS A FILE THAT I CANNOT OPEN CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ITS A VERY IMPORTANT MOVIE FOR ME???????????????????

[mats.hogberg]

Frame serve from VirtualDub. Before starting frameserver, set start and end to first/second/last piece of the AVI. Using TMPGEnc and apropriate VCD wizard, set this ???.vdr as video (and audio) source.

/Mats

[loco69]

what did you just write i dont understand anything what is it im new can u give me easier answers please??

[Laddydaddy]

Did you follow this guide https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit.htm? It's pretty straight forward. Don't forget to choose "direct stream copy" under audio and video.

[mats.hogberg]

Read the guides and how-tos related to avi to vcd conversion. Read the documentation for the software these guides recommend. It's all here.

/Mats

[loco69]

i did read all of those there is nothing that says anything about it, i mean there is nothign that says ur file will turn into a 10 gb file from a 200 mb piece of film.then i try to compress it usin one of the codecs, and it still comes out as a fiel that i cant open, so ya i read everythign and there is nothing that will help thats why i turned toi the forum....

[mats.hogberg]

OK, using VirtualDub:
Load your source AVI.
Check audio and video stream settings to direct stream copy.
Move the pointer in the time line to set start and end of first part (cursor at beginning - click mark in. Cursor 1/3 to the right - click mark out).
Choose Save AVI from file menu. Repeat for 2nd and third part. Use these three AVI as source for TMPGEnc.
Ta save you the trouble / storage space needed for the three AVI's replace "Choose Save AVI from file menu" with "Start frame server... from file menu" and use the .vdr as source for TMPGEnc.
If you have trouble frame serving from VDub to TMPGEnc, see the guide here.

/Mats

[loco69]

ya but that is what i do and the file turns into a 10gb file,its way too big and it is a file that i cannot open, that is what i am tring to say.it is huge file the original file is 700mb, i pick the piece go to save avi and it is very big 10 times bigger than the original, so then i tried compression and it turns out small but it still is a file that i cannot open thats the problem that im having...please help????????????????

[mats.hogberg]

If you're getting a 10 GB file from a 700 MB source, you are not using direct stream copy, at least not for video. Unless your source AVI is totally f*cked up to begin with.

And again: Use frame serving.

/Mats