nero vcd

[zinc]

i use nero for burning vcd. after i have burned the first disk i move onto the second disk. but when i put in the file it says it is too large for a 700mb disk. the file i am usins is only 550mb. i have deleted the previous file and tried it but it doesnt work. when i try it with completly different files it allows me to do it.

[zinc]

and the file play size is 1 hour and 56 mins when it should be about 50 minutes.

[mats.hogberg]

What kind of source file are you dealing with? And I wouldn't recommend Nero for authoring - VCDEasy is the tool of choice.

/Mats

[zinc]

it is an mpeg i converted an avi file with tmpgenc

[mats.hogberg]

That sounds like if you started with an AVI with VBR audio - TMPGEnc often gets confused by this, producing too long output.
It also seems like Nero is trying to reencode your source file, if it is 550 MB and Nero says it wont fit a CD-R.
Play the mpg to see if it's OK all way thru. If so, author with VCDEasy.
If not - well, a lesson learned: Don't delete your source files until you've finished your conversion 100%, and know that it's OK!

/Mats

[zinc]

when i play the file on say windows media player it is fine.
and i have NOT deleted the source file.
is there not a free program instead of vcd easy.

the first part of the file worked fine though so why is it doing it to the second part.

[zinc]

is phillips videocd toolkit good to use or vcd menu lite

[neomaine]

zinc,

Just use something like virtualdub (save wav) and use the wav as the audio sorce for TMPGenc. The few times that this doesn't work, I use besweet to convert to mp2 audio and use that. And, for the few times that besweet doesn't work, I use.....crap, I can't remember, don't use it that often. Its something called avi2wav or something similar.

[mats.hogberg]

is phillips videocd toolkit good to use or vcd menu lite

Never tried either, but from what I've read the Philips kit is dated and cumbersome but good -VCDMenu Lite I've no idea. But I do know that VCDEasy is very good, and realtively easy to use. The last free version is good enough (never tried later commercial versions).

/Mats

[zinc]

neomaine,

the audio is not the problem because the first half of the movie worked fine and nero burned it succesfully the second half will not get done.

mat,

i will use vcd easy. thanks.

[zinc]

"this file requires autopadding you may be unable to watch it properly" this is in vcdeasy what does it mean.

[mats.hogberg]

It means that it's not multiplexed as a VCD mpg, but as a general mpeg1 system stream. Won't work as it is on a VCD.
That's probably why Nero wants to reencode, but you can fix it in TMPGEnc, the MPEG Tools, and do a fast multiplex - this time make sure you select one of the VCD types (I use the "VCD non standard")

/Mats

[zinc]

thanks a lot