what tools do i need please

[mrgee]

im just starting to capture vhs and tv and the software i use save the captue in mpeg format . using wintv2000.

a film is quite big and im going to burn to cdr so i need to split the file in two. what simple software will split a big mpeg file ?


i have a pacific dvd player can i convert the mpeg to something smaller ie divx o rsomething to save and play on my hard drive ?

cheers

[teegee420]

How big is your mpeg, and around what size would you want a Divx file?

[mrgee]

hi the size of mpeg is about 1oomb for 9 mins. as for the size of divx im not sure what size i want i just thought divx was a lot smaller than mpeg

[teegee420]

Did you mean 1000mb? I don't understand why you couldn't burn a 100mb file to cd.

[VCDHunter]

Did you mean 1000mb? I don't understand why you couldn't burn a 100mb file to cd.

No he means the mpeg is around 100mb for 9 mins of video, by that I'd say he's capturing at mpeg1, vcd standard.

So mrgee go to tmpeg > mpeg toools > merge and cut.

You could convert your mpeg file to divx to save space. Just use tmpeg to convert to avi.

[mrgee]

no i mean 100mb for 9mins < that was just a test to see how big the files recorded will be. an average movie is about 180mins long so a fully recorded film will be aroun 2000 mb thats why i need to cut it mate

[teegee420]

You could convert your mpeg file to divx to save space. Just use tmpeg to convert to avi.

TMPGEnc can't convert to AVI

I've found that the best tool for splitting movies is AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV Splitter. It's not freeware but it can split movies into as many or few equal sized parts as you like. You'll need to split into 3 and put them on 3 cd's. If you want a cheaper option, use the "Merge and Cut" tab in TMPGEnc's MPEG Tools. The problem is that you have make the splits yourself manually.

[VCDHunter]

You could convert your mpeg file to divx to save space. Just use tmpeg to convert to avi.

TMPGEnc can't convert to AVI

really ? I've been using it for years to output files to avi. Maybe I'm just special Or maybe you just dont know what you're talking about ?

[teegee420]

Perhaps you can explain to me how you convert to Divx using TMPGEnc.

[VCDHunter]

Perhaps you can explain to me how you convert to Divx using TMPGEnc.

File > Output to file > avi file.

[teegee420]

I completely forgot that you can change the output! Nontheless, I stand corrected.