Hi, I captured my wedding video from a VCR tape to my computer, and converted it to an AVI file. The software I use (Pinnacle) says it's too big to be put on a DVD. It's around 7 gig. Does anyone know how to compress it so I can back it up on a DVD? I back up regular movies all the time, but this is my first "home" movie. THANKS!!!
You mean it is 7gig in avi format? Is it all one avi file or many different segments. Do you want to convert to Mpeg2 VOB format for DVD playback?
Yes, it is all one file. I just want the easiest way to make a vob for a dvd to play on my dvd player. What is your suggestion? I have already captured it from my VCR into a Pinnacle program and SONIC DVD, it said it was too big to make a disk, so it put it in one avi file. the entire movie is less than an hour and a half, so i thought it would fit on a dvd easily.
You will need to use TMPGEnc to convert it to mpeg2 format - this can take 10 hours or more with a file that size. Once done, you will load another program called TMPGEnc DVD Author and turn the output into VOB's (DVD Format). You will then probably have to split it using that same program again onto seperate Discs. This user guide is for the second part only: http://www.chrismccann.co.uk/tmpgenc_dvd_author.htm
TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc DVD Author are definitely the way to go. HOwever, since the video is only 1.5 hours long, there is no reason to split it over more than one DVD-R. Instead, use the wizard feature of TMPGEnc to adjust the bitrate until it fits on one DVD-R. You will be able to do this without sacrificing quality since you have such a short vid.
Instructions for the author are giving in my previous posts. In the user guide section of this forum i believe Dela has taken us through the TMPGEnc aspect. All you need to do is burn then!!
Thanks for the help. You all are awesome! Speaking of avi files, I've been trying to download some shows, and when I play them back, it has the sound, but only a blue "water" screen. Am I not going to be able to get the picture?
Probably a codec issue. Could you edit your last post to remove the episodes and place of donwloading from it as it is against the forum rules.
Its mroe that you have to donwload a DivX or Xvid codec that is up-to-date. Wither that or it is a dodgy file.
Get an app called Gspot. It will analyze the file and tell you not only which codec the files needs, but also whether or not your system is equipped to handle it.
If the movie file is small enough can you burn it to a blank cd r and playback it in a dvd player? thanks.
I've never played a CDR on my DVD player. I'm still new to this. I finally got it to a DVD, but had to compress it with DVD shrink and the picture is very bad. I wouldn't think I would have had to compress the video since it was under 2 hours?
