VCD with Tmpgen

[Dude_Son]

Please help me.... I have a video that is 82 min long and I wanna make it a vcd but in tmpgen the file is way to big and it wont allow me to change the bitrate or anything the only way I can make it fit is to cut off the last 5 min of the video and I dont wanna do that! the only option I have is to use the "CBR standard format" I think this is my problem Im using Tmpgen Plus 2.5 is there something else I need to give me more options so I can make the quality lower so it can make the file size smaller??? please help!

[jester1x]

Just use the wizard until you get to the final screen just before you begin to encode. Then, cancel the wizard and select "load" at the bottom of the screen and load the "unlock" template. Then, select "save" and name the template a particular name, so you won't overwrite the standard templates. When you next open TMPGEnc, you should see your previously saved template in the "other" section when the wizard reappears again. Then, you should be able to change any and all of the settings to those you desire. Just bear in mind that you will now be creating a non-standard vcd or "xvcd."

[jester1x]

Oh, I forgot to tell you to save your personalized template in the "extra" folder in TMPGEnc, so it will show up in the "other" section of the wizard.

[Dude_Son]

thanks man, Im tryin it right now!

[Craig Tucker]

You are saying the file is way too big are you asuming that you can only get 700MB of VCD on a 700MB CDR, is so this is incorrect. You can get almost 800MB (or 80mins) of VCD on a 700MB CDR without overburning and if you overburn more than that. See if your burner supports overburning and if it will overbun the extra 20MB (2 mins) of video. I have never overburned quite this much, I think the most I have done is about 815MB or 81min30sec but its worth a shot.

[Dude_Son]

hmm I tried to overburn in Recordnow Max but Im not real sure how to do it... when I tried it said compressing at the bottom and then popped up a error saying "you do not have enough disk space available." Im sure Im doing somethin wrong... can u explain to me how Im suppose to do this in recordnow max? I have a Toshiba SD-R5002 DVD-rw burner. I would think I could do overburning

[ZippyP.]

If you want to make your mpeg a little smaller rather than overburning, here's a guide.

You can skip the ripping part at the beginning of the guide since you already have a source file.