avi/mpeg to vcd/cd-r/dvd??

jank

ok no ye will probably kill me for asking this and not sure if it the right forum but is there anyway to compressing avi or mpeg files down more

eg i have 2 avi files and i wnat them to fit onto a cd-r they have to be less than 700mb
will i just make them into a VCD ot i have a dvd burner so will i jaut make a DVD out of them!
would prefer a cd-r/and womething that would let me play them on compatable DVD players(some dvd players let you play VCD am i right!?)im kinda confused really

neokenzo

Originally posted by jank
eg i have 2 avi files and i wnat them to fit onto a cd-r they have to be less than 700mb]

It depends on your source file. If the source file is too big, you would probably need to fit it to 2 CD's. You could try to compress it but you would lose a lot of video and audio quality. Try VirtualDub, its free and its great at compressing avi files.

Originally posted by jank
will i just make them into a VCD ot i have a dvd burner so will i jaut make a DVD out of them!

You could do either. Again it depends on the source file. But you will need to convert the files. 1 VCD Cd could probably fit about 30-50 minutes depending on quality while DVD would be able to fit about 90-120 minutes, again depending on quality. It would however take longer to convert to DVD than VCD.

Originally posted by jank
would prefer a cd-r/and womething that would let me play them on compatable DVD players(some dvd players let you play VCD am i right!?)im kinda confused really

This site has a wide rage of DVD players and their compabilities. Check your DVD player out.

bribren2001

hey neokenzo,i downloaded the virtualdub file but im not too sure how to work it. i am basically using it to compress avi by 20-30 mb.
on virtualdub i go: video - compression but then i dont know what video compression to use-any help greatly appreciated
thanks

P.S hey jank sorry for hijacking your thread!

brandnewspoon

probably your best choice would be divx if you have it. if not you can get it and a host of other video jigahoolery at www.doom9.org the latest one is 5.1.1 but any above 3 will serve you well. when you select compression, select divx and click configure. theres a little quality bar there to fiddle the quality around there.

neokenzo

Originally posted by bribren2001
hey neokenzo,i downloaded the virtualdub file but im not too sure how to work it. i am basically using it to compress avi by 20-30 mb.
on virtualdub i go: video - compression but then i dont know what video compression to use-any help greatly appreciated
thanks

P.S hey jank sorry for hijacking your thread!

Sorry briben, I've never used VirtualDub to compress video, only audio. Maybe you can search in DVDRhelp's forum.

Mutant_Fruit

if you;re trying to compress into VCD or SVCD compatigle video, then use TMPGEnc. That is built for this kind of thing, and gives as good quality as you can expect. 5 stars for this proggy!

RE*AC*TOR

go to http://www.dvdrhelp.com

they have guides that will give you step by step instructions.

Most dvd players will not play .avi files. If you want to play it on a dvd player that cannot, either dvd, vcd or maybe svcd (depending on the player). And tmpgenc is the way to go.

Mutant_Fruit

www.doom9.org is another great website.