VCD question

[quaked2023]

Hello!:

I have a question... I downloaded a concert from edonkey, in avi format and i want to convert it to vcd or svcd, but the cocert is to big for a vcd or svcd.... the file size in avi format is 770 MB and in svcd is aprox. 1200MB so it's too big for 1 cd and i don't wanna cut it... I friend of mine told me that it is possible to burn over 700 MB in a cd but he didn't know how... so my question is how can i burn it with out cutting it?


Thanks in advance!

-The Only Privacy Left Is The Inside Of Your Head!- QUAKED2023

 

[CreamCake]

Why are you looking to convert it to VCD/SVCD?
My answer/suggestion depends on that question...

To archive, or for set-top playback?

Some cd-burners support "overburning" with lets you squeeze in a few more megs, but not an extra 70. Some burners also support burning of 800mb disks.

 

[tf1]

You should split this at the AVI stage becuase it is fairly easy to split AVI but diofficult to split MPegs: something like VirtualDub will do this.

I would guess that many of the utilities that convert the AVI to MPEG should let you specify for the output to be split in 650MB increments. Then burn the SVCD to several CDs.

I believe that Nero burning software (the full version) has the ability to do this (though you may have to purchase they AVI to MPreg converter directly from them).

Regards: tf1

 

[quaked2023]

Hey CreamCake:

I'm want to set-top playback, that's why I want to convert to vcd or svcd...

One more question how can i know if my cd burner supports overburning?


Thanks!

-The Only Privacy Left Is The Inside Of Your Head!- QUAKED2023

 

[CreamCake]

Then you are really limited by the length of the concert.

You can only fit 74 min on a 650mb vcd, 80 minutes max on a 700mb VCD, and something in the area of 92 min on a 800mb vcd.

Your standard svcd will hold even less minutes of video than that.

All I can tell you is too look at the manufacturer's website for specs on your burner. Attempting to overburn with an unsupported player can supposedly damage your burner, though I've never personally had that happen.

Look up what your set-top player is capable of playing here:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky and your set-top box will support divx!

Seems you are going down the same path as me, and although 1.5 years ago it was cheaper for me to get a used geforce w/ tv-out card and a LONG s-video cable for my ramshackle HTPC, it would be easier and almost as cheap to get a dvd-burner these days rather than a 800mb cd-burner.

Newegg.com has DVD writers starting around $60 with free shipping. And the cost of blank media has really gone down too.(as low as .34¢ each in bulk)

The only other option I can think of at the moment is to get a wireless tranceiver to send the signal to your TV directly from your computer.

Let me know if I can be of further help.
Cheers!

 

[cdogg]

Don't even bother with overburning. As Creamcake said, the amount of space available goes by minutes and not necessarily the size of the video file.

A blank 650MB CD will hold 74 minutes of MPEG-1 video encoded for VCD. Even if you have a file that's say 700MB, software like VCDEasy will re-encode the bitrate to match standard MPEG-1 specifications for VCD. As you might know, it's the video bitrate of a file that determines it's final size on disc. VCDEasy will make any MPEG-1 video file fit onto a VCD as long as it's within the "time limit", which in my example would be 74 minutes.

The same is true for the larger 800MB CD's that can hold up to 80 min for VCD.


~cdogg
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[chriseubank]

About the only way you could get around this is to re-encode it and lose some of the quality.

 

[quaked2023]

hey chriseubank, it turns out that the concert was 77 minute long so there was no problem making it a VCD, but thanks for your advice anyway.....



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[cdogg]

Sorry, but I just noticed that in my last post I said 800MB CD's hold 80min. I meant to say 700MB CD's hold 80min!

Glad to hear you got it solved!


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