File size limits? 34 minute home video to SVCD?

[razenruin]

I used firewire to transfer my 34 minute home video to the hard drive. It took up about 6 GB. I edited the movie to just the way I want it. Which program do I use to shrink it down to one CD in SVCD format? I was able to convert the AVI to MPG and it shrunk the movie to about 1 GB with little or no loss in quality. Can someone just point me in the right direction... what programs do I use in what order to get this 1 GB MPG down to one SVCD? Or should I capture as MPG and then convert to AVI? I have tried to use the tutorials to the left... but I don't see any references to file size... Thanks.
Joe

[ngnr]

I don't know what bitrate you used but I would suggest that it's too high so you end up with a file size that is too large for your needs. You'll need to re-encode the video using a bit rate that will get your video size to no more than 800Mb (for an 80min CD) or about 740Mb for a 74min CD. There are bit rate calculators around (check the Tools section) to help but if you stick to the SCVD standard of 2600 kb/s max you should be just about right on target. Good luck.

[razenruin]

I appreciate the info. Do I set the bitrate during initial capture to my hard drive? Or do I set the bitrate when converting to an MPG from AVI? Or do I even need to go through the process of converting from AVI to MPG?
Thanks again.

[ngnr]

Set the bitrate when you are encoding from AVI to MPEG. There will be an option somewhere in your encoder to set it.