OK, I have a 716 MB avi file and I want to put it on a VCD with a menu. How can I do this? I've tried following tutorials at Videohelp.com using TMPGEnc to encode it for VCD but it just makes the file size larger, 900 MB! How can I make it fit on ONE CD?
If it is 900MB's then that is because it is 90mins. To fit it on 1 CD you would need to use a 90min CDR. VCD is ALWAYS ~10MB/min. The input filesize doesn't matter, only the length. Other option is to give up on the idea of a VCD and go with an XVCD, then it is simply a matter of lowering the bitrate enough for it to fit.
OK, I used TMPGEnc to encode it to an MPG with a bitrate of 600 but no matter what I do, it stays the same size when I add it to a VCD prject under Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 which I'm using because Nero doesn't work on my computer. But I doubt it would work in Nero either. It seems like it's converting it to a certain format no matter what I do to it beforehand. How can I make it not make it larger?
i think celtic_d is saying that it will be the same size no matter what you do as a vcd because it does not matter what size it is in mb's, the length in minutes is determining how much will fit on a cd. you cannot change the bitrate on a vcd to fit more on the disc. an xvcd can be manipulated to fit. you will have to get a response from someone else on xvcd as i have no idea what that is. svcd, which i've personally never worked with either is maybe another possibility.
VCD is encoded as MPG1. I think the standard is 1150 bits/s video and 224 kb/s (mp2) audio. However, most VCD (and DVD) players can play anything that is encoded as MPG1. An xVCD exploits the MPG1 compatibility. In other words, when you lower the encoding rate (video, audio, or both), you should get a smaller sized MPG file. No idea why your mpg isn't getting smaller. It should. Actually, when encoding VCD, the length of the movie has nothing to do with the physical limitations of the CD (unlike audio CD's).
That's the thing, it IS a smaller file size but I can't burn it to a CD without the program saying it takes up too much space...
