File Size WAY too big 4 bitrate - come on, gimme a hand!!!

[Blacklotus]

Synopsis:

Mpeg-1 file, non standard size - wanted to do a resize to NTSC format. Mpeg running time: ~85 minutes

Original Mpeg had a bitrate of about 850 kpbs(yes, it was lower than normal)

I decided for the sake of space to make a 985 kbps and fit it on one CD, which the XVCD calculator said was kosher for a file that size

Encoder: Tmpenc 12i, 128 bit audio, 985 kbps

Resulting mpg - over 950 megs. CRAZY!

Even Crazier:

I cut the mpeg in 2, thinking i would need to use 2 cds - SURPRIZE - the 2 parts were under 800 megs combined!

Where the hell did the 150 megs go? I was even able to burn the 2 mpegs onto a vcd with 2 tracks, but there is annyoing pause in the middle where the cut is when the DVD player skips tracks.

How can i resolve this? Pweeeze help!

[FatBat]

Man how long did the encoding of it take?
Mine took 72 hours www.vcdhelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=54826&forum=3&0Obviously i didn't wait...

But my move of 247MB is in
*.asf format and
2 hour total length... Maybe, i should cut the movie too...

[Blacklotus]

Enocoding time was not bad at all - something like 8-10 hours

[FatBat]

Hhhmm.. .at least it was wayyy better than mine, mine was calculated up to a whooping 72 hours! But then again i'm on a PIII 450MHz junk-machine

But i must say you beat me to having a larger file Although mine was a longer movie...

[AntnyMD]

My guess is "padding."

[hitechjunkie]

padding or the last frame being encoded tens of thousands of times. it happened to me once, as well as some other posters here. re-multiplexing (which is what happened when you cut it) seemed to remove the extra frames, reducing the files size dramatically...

[Blacklotus]

I tried remultiplexing the audio but the file size did not change, unfortunately....