mpeg file size

[beckham]

Hi,
I have a lot of films on my PC as many of you probably have. Most are .avi. So I decided to burn them onto cds so I can watch them on my DVD player in the house.
I use TMPGEnc to convert the file to mpeg for burning using Nero. I have to cut the file after encoding before burning because they won't fit on one cd.
My problem is the following: some films consist of 2 cds and after encoding I can have 2 mpeg files which can be 2 giga each, which means burning the film onto 6 (yes six) cds. Is there an easier way. Would another format save me time and space?

Cheers, Jon.

[crack_man]

Check out this,it maybe help you but I have littlel problem with it.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/84759.php

[crack_man]

One more thing,hope it is not to late.DON´T INSTALL THE NEW version of TMPGEnc cause it has a problem which make your outputting mpg size bigger.Use the old one.I didn´t know this either,just got a msg of a member here who´s name is pmaizitis in this forum that gave me this adress to download the old version.

http://www.downseek.com/download/21222.asp

[ben.franklin]

I have exactly the same problem, and the guide you pointed out isn't incredibly helpful because you're going to lose alot of quality doing it this way. Surely there must be a way of putting a 2CD DivX film on 3CD's (SVCD) right?

[crack_man]

Sorry,can´t help you if you want to convert to 3 svcd.I have only done that guide I just gave you to fit one cd in vcd format.It´s true that you lose quality doing it that way but you can try to burn it with 2 CD.
Just use this tool to calculate which bitrate you should have when burning to 2 vcd.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/BitrateCalc.zip