Help - File size after TMPEnc Conversion

[[MPZ]SimonG]

Hi Guys

I've been trying to convert a high qiality Divx of the 13-Ghosts film to VCD format.

The original Divx file had a problem whereby 58mins into the film the audio shifted by nearly a second.

Using TMPEnc I split the file into 2, and adjusted the audio by -750ms in the second part.
I then used TMPEnc to join the 2 files together and the movie now plays fine on my PC.

The file size of the file is 778MB and I'm using VCDEasy to burn a VCD in the normal way to an 80Min CD.

The problem is that although the original TMPEnc'ed file is only 778MB, VCD Easy reports that the VCD file will be >900mb and so won't fit onto a single CD.

Any ideas why this has happened as when I originally burnt the uncut/joined image to CD it fitted fine (But had the audio shift in the second part of the film). It's only since I cut & joined the file that VCD is reporting the increase in file size.

Any help greatly appreciated

[[MPZ]SimonG]

Awwww....come on guys, I vcan't be the only person who's had this problem.......or am I ?

[[MPZ]SimonG]

*cough*

[bugster]

VCD format = 10Mb per min, if you want it smaller, use a lower bitrate when encoding. This then produces an XVCD (non-compliant VCD) and it will also lose some quality.

[[MPZ]SimonG]

Hi there
Many thanks for the reply.

The original burn I did was fine, and fitted onto 1 x 80min CD, so the bitrate is ok.
the probs appeared since I split the file in 2 and then rejoined.
After conversion with TMPEnc the file size is still fine (778mb) so in theory it should fit fine to an 80min CD, but when I use VCDEasy the VCD image then goes up to over 900mb.

I've thought about re-encoding the whole filr again - but would this ruine the quality as it would then have been converted twice ?
Cheers

[Webster]

Your problem may have caused by "padding"
Check out this tread for more info.:

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=98450&highlight=padding

You may solve your problem by reading this tread:

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=78738&highlight=webster

Webster