how to put an avi file onto a cd?

[gundja]

hi everyone,
my problem is simple. i have a movie encoded into .avi format which is around 700mb and
i would like to put it onto a cd.how can i achieve this?
i would like to mention that i have a DVD player in my tv room that supports divx.
how can i encode the file into divx?

thnks

[mats.hogberg]

You can probably burn it to disc as a data file and play it on your player.
Most AVIs have DivX (or XviD) encoded video, that your player should play.
If you want a more accurate prediction/recommendation, load the AVI in GSpot and post a screen shot.

/Mats

[gundja]

after burning the avi movie as a data file,it works fine on my dvd player.thnks for your help.
But what to do when the file is larger than 700 mb?i have another movie of 720mb of avi format.
i think i should split the file and put it on 2 cds.what software to use?

[hech54]

They make CD media larger than 700MB(I use 800MB TDK media) but it's availability is hit or miss. It works great for me....but my burners and software just happen to work well with this "oversized" media....others have had mixed results.

[DarrellS]

If I remember correctly, a 700MB, 80 minute CD will hold around 716MB of movie data.

Here is what I found from a google search...

Files reported as 716 MB usually fit on 700 MB CD.

Is it a filesystem artifact (different block size) or just extra space tolerance
from cdroms ?

Difference between MB as 1024*1024 bytes and MB as 1000*1000 bytes.
Actually a 700MB CD-ROM should pack about 734 Million bytes.

[mats.hogberg]

...or you could put them on a DVD-R. Most DVD players play AVI from DVD data discs too (but not all)

/Mats

[gundja]

actually i do not have a dvd writer only a cd writer but perhaps in a month's time i'm going to purchase an LG model GSA-H42N ,it's price is very interesting.In the meantime,i would appreciate if someone can guide me on how to put/split this avi file onto a cd.So far i have not seen a cd with a 800mb capacity, so what can be done!

[mats.hogberg]

i have not seen a cd with a 800mb capacity

...but there are such beasts, even if they aren't fully CD specs, and you need a writer capable of writing them to the full, and a player that plays them.
AVI can be split with VirtualDub, but beware of sync problems, specially for VBR audio AVIs.

/Mats

[lbjohnson]

COMPUSA DID SELL A HIGH CAPACITY 99 MINUTES/850MB CDS WHICH WAS WRITE TO 1X UP TO 24X. I USED TO USE THEM FOR MUSIC AND WAS ABLE TO RECORD UP 91 MINUTES OS MUSIC BUT ONLY WITH A TDK 24X CD WRITER. SKC ALSO MAKES A 90 MINUTE/800MB CD AS I STILL HAVE THREE OF THEM IN MY COLLECTION BUT HAVE NOT FOUND A CD WRITER THAT SUPPORT IT. WITH THE TDK WRITER THAT I USED TO USE I WAS ALSO USING ADAPTEC CD WRITE CD SOFTWARE.

[DarrellS]

Like I said, an 80 minute 700MB CD should hold 716MB of movie data. If you get an error message, ignore it and tick the option to close disc so that it doesn't use the extra space to write un-needed information.

If you still can't get it to fit, then direct stream copy the video in Virtualdub and recompress the audio to a smaller bitrate or cut the credits off the end and direct stream copy the movie to make it small enough to fit on one CD. You might want to try this first if you're worried about wasting a 25 cent CD.

No need to put one 716MB movie on two 700MB CDs.

[Abond]

You can try mode2cdmaker to fit the 720 mb on cd. Use cdrw to test if your player support it. Some do.

[guns1inger]

Lawrence, please get your keyboard fixed. How many times do you have to be asked not to use all capitals ? It is considered shouting, and rather rude.

[gundja]

sorry friends for my late response but my internet connection was so slow that i could not browse this site.I finally used virtual dub to split the 718 mb avi file onto 2 cds but the problem is that the sound completely messed up .the image is ok ,it is only the sound that matters.i even tried to squeeze the movie onto a cd but as usual the sound is completely messed up.what to do now?

this is the info i obtained from Gspot

audio MPEG-1 Layer 3
48000Hz 128 kb/s tot , Joint Stereo

video DX50 DivX 6.4.0

DarrellS say to recompress the audio to a smaller bitrate.
how to do that?

[mats.hogberg]

What did I tell you?

beware of sync problems

I'm confident you'll be able to put it on one 80 minute CD-R without splitting. Have you tried?

/Mats

[DarrellS]

DarrellS say to recompress the audio to a smaller bitrate.
how to do that?

You never mentioned whether the file has VBR MP3 or not but from the sync problems, it sounds like it probably does.

If so, you will need to fix the VBR MP3.

There are different ways to do this depending on which programs you have.

VirtualDub
VirtualDubMod
VirtualDub-MPEG2
Goldwave

I use Goldwave to make sure the audio is the same length as the movie. It is also faster to compress to MP3 with Goldwave than Virtualdub so I either use VirtualdubMod or Virtualdub-MPEG2 to insert the CBR MP3 into the AVI and direct stream copy.

I started with a file that was reported by Windows as a 717MB VBR MP3/AVI, opened the file in Goldwave and saved as a Layer 3, 24,000Hz, Stereo, 96kbps file.

Insert the MP3 into the file using VirtualdubMod or Virtualdub-MPEG2 and direct stream copy both the Video and Audio and save as a new file.

My finished Avi was reduced from 717MB to 704MB. Now for the kicker. Although Windows reported the original file as 717MB and the finshed file as 704MB, the files were listed under GSpot as...

700 MB [or 717,004kb or 734,212,096 bytes]
687 MB [or 703,908kb or 720,801,792 bytes]

As mentioned earlier, a 700MB/80 minute CD will hold 734 million bytes [717,000kb] so you shouldn't have to compress the audio as much as I did. Maybe 48,000Hz at 96kbps would knock the 3,000kb off that you need.

[hech54]

What did I tell you?

beware of sync problems

I'm confident you'll be able to put it on one 80 minute CD-R without splitting. Have you tried?

/Mats

80 minute CD-R's really are NOT that common outside of the E.U.
For you and I it is a viable option...for many others it is not. Many
people in the US find out about such discs here first...from people like us.
Plus I think he is on an island somewhere?(my geography sucks...I am
an American you know)....

[delius]

simple tool auto gordian knot 2.40 does it all converts too large avi/divx etc
to fit on 1 cd 700mb http://www.autogk.me.uk/ free tool

[DarrellS]

80 minute CD-R's really are NOT that common outside of the E.U.

All an 80 minute CD-R is, is a 700 MB disc with music signs on it letting users know that they can fit 80 minutes of music on it.

Any 700 MB CD-R should fit 717,000kb or 734,000,000 bytes. Some can fit more than that.

[hech54]

80 minute CD-R's really are NOT that common outside of the E.U.

All an 80 minute CD-R is, is a 700 MB disc with music signs on it letting users know that they can fit 80 minutes of music on it.

Any 700 MB CD-R should fit 717,000kb or 734,000,000 bytes. Some can fit more than that.

Bullshit.
And I meant 800MB....

[DarrellS]

74 minute = 650MB
80 Minute = 700MB
90 Minute = 790MB
99 Minute = 870MB

Here's a link that explains overburning a 700MB with Nero...

http://forums.techguy.org/multimedia/310286-overburning-700meg-cd-r-nero.html