fit to a cd

[jaysz]

I am a newbie, I have tried the reading and search but I might be searching for the wrong stuff. I have a mpg file that is about 790 mb. I want to fit it on a cd that is 700mb. I figure I have to compress it. So I have been searching for stuff to do that. The first time I tried to convert it ( or compress it) I ended up making the resulting file bigger. It was about 6 gigs, then I tried TMPG. the wizard would start up and everytime I tried to load the target file, it would shut down. So could anyone please help me or point me in the right direction. Thank you for any help.
j

[glockjs]

well what type of file is it?

[junkmalle]

I'm going to guess your MPG file is VCD ready. Try burning it to a CD in VCD format. You can fit over 800 MB in VCD format because it uses fewer error correction bits than data CDs.

[jaysz]

The file is a mpeg1 file. It was a SVCD file but I used isobuster to extract the video and audio from it becuase I burned it to cd but it would not play on any of my players so I just wanted to watch it on my computer. I can watch it now, but I wanted to burn it to a cd to take with me, it's just a lil too big. Thanks again
j

[jimmalenko]

SVCD's MPEG-2, isn't it ?

Your computer will play SVCDs so long as you have a MPEG-2 decoder - There's a free one here.

[jaysz]

Yeah my computer does play it, the problem is I am trying to fit it on to a CD and it is 790 mb, the cd is 700 mb. I am trying to figure out how to make it smaller. When I burned it as the svcd file it wouldn't play. Thaks again.
j

[jyn999]

The file is a mpeg1 file. It was a SVCD file but I used isobuster to extract the video and audio from it becuase I burned it to cd but it would not play on any of my players so I just wanted to watch it on my computer. I can watch it now, but I wanted to burn it to a cd to take with me, it's just a lil too big. Thanks again
j

SVCDs use MPEG2 and VCDs use MPEG1.

If you have the MPG file, you can use Nero to burn a VCD. Select File, New, VCD and drop the MPG file into the MPEGAV folder.
If you don't have Nero, then use the NTSC VCD template in TMPGEnc.

[mikesbytes]

Video disks use less data protection than data disks. an 80min 700Mb disk will hold 800Mb of video. Also you can overburn a little.

Get the free version of VCDEasy 1.5.2 and either create an image there or burn directly. If your file is mpeg1 then create a VCD, if it is SVCD (ie mpeg2) then create an SVCD. VCDEasy has the settings to permit overburn.

[jaysz]

ok I will give these options a try, thanks. Will I be able to play the vcd on my computer using the windows media player?

[jyn999]

ok I will give these options a try, thanks. Will I be able to play the vcd on my computer using the windows media player?

Make sure you have the right codec installed.