least hassle way to burn a 70+min movie to VCDs

[geniv]

I finally got a DVD player that plays CDR

I got alot of movies in my HD that are in AVI divx format. they are a single file full movie. anyway most of my movie is like 1.5+ hour long.

now to burn to VCD I would have to.
1- open up VDub and cut the movie to two separate file that are less than an hour long to fit 1 VCD.
2- Open up Tmpenc to encode the two files to VCD.
3- burn the VCD with Nero.

Is there an easier faster way to do this?

I know that Nero have the ability for you to drag the AVI to the iso sheet and it will automatically convert to MPEG1 prior to burn. but I run into a problem if the video is over 1 hours. As far as I know I don't see any option in nero to make a 2 Disc burn out of the long video file I drag to the iso sheet to burn. also I'm not sure the Nero Encode look as nice as the TmpEnc encode.

also is there an option in TmpEnc to load the single long video file and set it to automatically encode to another file of the length over 1 hour? that way I can skip the Virtual Dub step.


thanks in advance for your help

[vitualis]

You can encode to one large file and then cut the MPEG if required.

TMPGEnc for encoding to MPEG (rather than Nero) is highly recommended.

BTW, I hope that you realise that you can fit just shy of 74min of video onto a standard 74min/650MB CD and just under 80min of video onto a standard 80min/700MB CD. This both for standard VCDs only and without overburning.

Thus, to answer the subject of "least hassle way to burn a 70+ min movie to VCD" is to use standard 74min discs or 80min discs if you video is up to 80min in length.

90min discs can fit just under 90min.

Otherwise, you can cut the video (either as the AVI and encode separate or cut the MPEG after encoding).

Regards.

[sterno]

I would suggest using the "source range" filter in tmpgenc if your movie won't fit on one CD. That skips the VirtualDub step, and it avoids the problems that often result from cutting finished MPEGs.

[geniv]

OHH YEAH! the "source Range" part, I didn't/ forgot about that.

now I can do the virtudal Dub setp within Tmpenc.

also I don't have to make two separate files that's like 300 megs each..


thanks alot

[geniv]

damn, I did the a encode of ICE AGE using the sorce range filter and the rsult of my movie have no audio?!

any idea why it is?