35 GB AVI file to DVD

[DKRoff]

As the subject states, I have a 35 GB AVI file I'd like to put on DVD, it's a football game I captured from video. I have a DL DVD burner and I also have DVD Shrink installed, but I'm not sure what I need to do or what I can do. The file is pretty much how I want it, but I do want to add chapters for each quarter.
Will I need to use multiple DVD's to get the whole game on DVD? I'm quite the newbie to creating videos, but would like to get much more competent at it.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

[budz]

You need to use a video encoder to convert that AVI file to a MPEG 2 before you can burn it to a DVD. TMPGE & CCE are video encoder software that can do the conversion for you. Check out the GUIDES & TOOLS to the LEFT<<<<<<<

[DKRoff]

What about AVI2DVD? Is this a sufficient program? Once converted, what about getting it on a DVD?
Thanks.

[redwudz]

That program should work. Good for starters. Another program that works well for me for quick DV to DVD conversions and is easy to use is DivxToDVD. The older freeware version is still available in 'Tools'.

If you plan to do more of this in the future, you will find that to get the best quality and most control of the finished product, the individual programs are best. The 'All in ones' are limited. As budz mentioned, TMPGEnc or CCE are two good encoders. Then you need an authoring program to convert the encoded files to DVD format. I like TMPGEnc DVD Author.

I also use the freeware program VirtualDub for rough editing, filtering, color adjustments, etc. You can frameserve the output directly to your encoder to save having a edited version taking up space on your hard drive.

As far as what you can get on a DVD, look to 'Tools' <<< for a bitrate calculator. That will tell you how much 'space' the encoded video will take. Rule of thumb is to keep the bitrate above 5000Kbps for DVD for decent quality. The size of the AVI is immaterial, only the playing time is important when making a DVD. You should be able to get about 2 hours of video on a DVD with good quality.

There's a lot to learn, sorry. But try the simple programs first. It may be all you need for now.

[jimmalenko]

http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/AVI2DVD.htm

DivxToDVD

[DKRoff]

Thanks for the input. I need to start reading and downloading, and at that point, I'm sure I'll have more questions.

[DKRoff]

Concerning TMPGEnc, is version 3.0 better than 2.5? Just wondering, if I'm going to buy one, I want to get the one with the best options.
Thanks.

[RDS1955]

Dumb question concerning this..... Because it's such a massive file (35 GB!!!!) is there going to be a problem with a normal PC working with this size file ????

[ZippyP.]

Dumb question concerning this..... Because it's such a massive file (35 GB!!!!) is there going to be a problem with a normal PC working with this size file ????

No problem assuming sufficient space on the hard drive.

[DKRoff]

Well I seem to have a problem with the size. I've combined 5 AVI's (total about 35GB) in Windows Movie Maker and done some editing then tried to save it as an AVI, can't save as an MPG. While trying to save, I get an error message telling me to check some things and free disk space is one of them. Files are still there and location is still there. I have a 200GB HD and well under 100 GB on it, including these files.
Is it something to do with the amount space allowed per file?
Thanks.

[harley2ride]

Maybe you don't have enough contiguos space. Try defragging your HD.

[rumplestiltskin]

DivxToDVD (from VSO) will create a (huge) VIDEO_TS folder.

Point DVDShrink to that folder and decide if you want to shrink the whole thing down to size (for one DVD) or re-author it limiting the length of the "movie". Perhaps the first half of the game for one DVD and the second half for another DVD.

Import each "half" into TMPG DVD Author (as DVD video). Add whatever chapter marks you want, add a menu. Do it and burn the result (from within the app). Repeat for the other "half".

[ybeard]

I'm guessing that an AVI will be many times smaller than it would be when converted to an mpeg file, so if it is 35gb to start with, you not only have to have room for the finished product, but am assuming you'd also have to have workspace for the conversion program to do its thing as well.

[RDS1955]

Well I seem to have a problem with the size. I've combined 5 AVI's (total about 35GB) in Windows Movie Maker and done some editing then tried to save it as an AVI, can't save as an MPG. While trying to save, I get an error message telling me to check some things and free disk space is one of them. Files are still there and location is still there. I have a 200GB HD and well under 100 GB on it, including these files.
Is it something to do with the amount space allowed per file?
Thanks.

I would think you have to redo the AVI's individually, maybe redo the bitrate and "Shrink em down" to a workable size, then recombine them that way...
Maybe??? 5GB for each individual AVI is still rather large; at least to me it is. i'd want to make em somewhat smaller then work with them when they are down to a more workable size that my home PC wouldn't choke or freeze on...

[jimmalenko]

The figure 35GB on its own doesn't really mean much. After all, that could be half an hour of uncompressed or HuffyUV / MJPEG, nearly 3 hours of DV, or 50 hours of Divx / XviD.