I am trying to fit 2 movies on one regular DVD. I have used the bitrate calculator and still the movie turned out to be 6.5 gig. I use TMPGEnc and it consistantly is wrong on how big the file will be. It always turns out to be bigger than it originally estimated. I thought figuring the bitrate myself would solve the problem, but it did not. Can anyone help?
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Hello,
As a last resort you could use a transcoder to shrink the authored video_ts folder. It will lower the quality a little. But this would work if you can't work out the bitrate.
KevinDonatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
More information will get you more replies. If your source file is an avi then it more than likely has vbr audio messing things up. you need to extract the audio to wav and then use that for your audio source in tmpgenc. If your source file is from dvd then you may have a buggy version of tmpgenc. I have heard of some people having file size problems with certain versions of tmpgenc...
Donadagohvi (Cherokee for "Until we meet again") -
Sorry for the lack of information, and thanks for the tips. The files are AVI. I normally use TMPGEnc to deal with the audio. Every now and then I convert some of my old VCD's to DVD format. When I do that I use Be Sweet to convert the audio. Either way TMPGEnc seems to underestimate the size of the file.
I have very little experience converting the audio file. The only time I do that is when I'm converting from VCD to DVD, and then I'm only trying to get it to 48000. I'm not sure if I'm converting it to wav or not. Is Be Sweet what I should be using? Sorry for the dumb questions, and thanks again for the help. -
Try encoding at 1/2D1 (if VHS quality levels are ok) around 2 to 3 k bitrate... that should then fit the vids on one DVD.
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Likely you're having a VBR audio problem, like freebird73717 suggested. VBR audio confuses TMPGEnc. Extract the audio from the avi to wav using either Virtualdub or Goldwave. I like Goldwave as it will handle most audio types. When you have the wav file you use that as the audio input when you convert with TMPGEnc.
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Thanks for the help. I did what you suggested, and it helped,but it's still underestimating the amount of space. Now it's only underestimating by 500MB. That still seems like a lot. Is that normal? Should I try something else?
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Donadagohvi (Cherokee for "Until we meet again")
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Are we to assume you've already figured out how to unlock your bitrate setting in TMPGEnc so that you can manually enter the variable bitrate?
"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon." -- Raoul Duke -
i find it strange that tmpegenc underestimates the filesize, when i use it it overestimates. e.g. i can go up to 105% and it will still fit (with no overburning or so).
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