Hello,
I'd like to make some mpg files smaller without losing too much quality in order for them all to fit on a dvd. I've tried searching but I'm not really sure what to search under. Can someone give me some suggestions as to what programs to use?
Thanks in advance
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rejig can transcode mpg files. Otherwise, author to a DVD structure, and use DVD Shrink. If you have to reduce them a lot, you may be better off re-encoding instead.
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If you want to make them smaller, you will need to re-encode them. There is always some quality lose with re-encoding, especially to a smaller size. How much smaller do they need to be?
For encoding, look to the left for 'CONVERT' and you will see quite a few guides there. In 'Tools' look in 'Video Encoders (MPG/DVD)'.
And welcome to our forums.
EDIT: Thanks, guns1inger, I forgot about Rejig. -
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I'm not sure how small I need to make them. I'm a teacher and I'm taking the videos and clips that we use during the year and putting them on 1 or 2 DVDs. -
Ok...as I'm searching for conversion tools and I've downloaded 3 programs I'm lost. Let's say I have a 200MB mpg file and would like to compress it to a 150MB mpg file. How would I do that?
My plan is to compress a bunch of files that I've already converted to mpg from VHS tapes and then use Intervideo windvd creator to make a dvd...unless there is a better way. -
As I said in my original post, you can author them as they are, then use DVD Shrink on them to make them fit to a disc, or you can try to compress each file seperately. Authoring and then shrink will be easiest. If you want to do them seperately, look at Rejig. You should also use a bitrate calculator, as size is determined by bitrate and runtime.
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Sorry for being an idiot. I used ReJig to shrink them into an audio file and a video file. I then multiplexed(?) them and got the audio and video ts folders. I'm unsure what to do with those. I know what the vob files and everything are from past experience but if I have multiple video ts folders, is it relatively easy to combine them all on a dvd?
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Ok..I've compressed the file but there is no sound
How do I get the sound to work?
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Im not exactly sure what files you are using as its a bit unclear , Vobs or Mpegs but take the vob/mpg and remux the original audio with it , the compression you wanted will have been done to your video component . Im assuming this as the advice from Guns1inger gave you demuxed files which you then compressed , I can only think you havent remuxed the audio back to the video .
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Funnily enough , I`ll be doing this for another reason , I have a stereo audio for a dvd I made and so I need to do it as well . How to do it , umm.. dont know - but a site search would be the first port of call -> terms like : vob remux
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Just reread your problem , remux to make a mpg (which is different to my problem , Ive also just realised how to do it btw . Use say Muxman or TMPGEnc Tools
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Muxman
You`ll need to start searching for guides if you want to know how to do it , it should give you a mpg that will fit on a dvd .
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