I've got a Phillips DVD player that plays just about every video format you can think of.
What I want to do is covert a lot of old VHS tapes to .avi or .mpeg and burn them on CDs. I want to be able to burn 2 hours on a CD.
I had a really nice DIVX conversion (been testing with Star Wars) that would fit it all onto a CD but unfortunately the Phillips DVD player wouldn't play 8-bit audio. Bummer that.
Does anyone here have any experience with video compression that could give me the settings to get a 2 hour movie in under 700K so I could fit it on a CD?
I suppose I should just break down and get a DVD burner, but still.
Video Compression
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Well, I know that DVDShrink can push dual-layer DVDs onto a single DVD-R (single layer), and IIRC it will also shrink stuff to VCDs (a CD-R format). The best place to get info is Doom9, though it can take a bit of digging. Go to "The Basics" and have fun. 
(You'll probably end up using DVD-Decrypter to bypass the copy protection and/or regional settings, too.)
I've done lots of little projects, but my memory isn't so hot and I don't have a machine with enough balls to run any of the software and write up how I'd do it. Besides, there are lots of folks who do it all the time who can explain it better.
(You'll probably end up using DVD-Decrypter to bypass the copy protection and/or regional settings, too.)I've done lots of little projects, but my memory isn't so hot and I don't have a machine with enough balls to run any of the software and write up how I'd do it. Besides, there are lots of folks who do it all the time who can explain it better.
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Re: Video Compression
So, does it only SAY that it won't play 8bit audio or does it actually not play 8bit audio? What audio rates does it accept? I once had first gen MP3 CD player that said it couldn't play any bitrate over 64mbs and it worked fine on 480kbs audio.
I'd say stick with Divx and just fiddle around with the video compression settings.
For me, when I make copies of my movies, they are all in DIVX and play fine under standard settings on my couple year old Sony DVD player. When working with the video compression settings, there is no problem getting far more than 3 hours on a disk, if you are willing to loose a little bit of quality.
I'd say stick with Divx and just fiddle around with the video compression settings.
For me, when I make copies of my movies, they are all in DIVX and play fine under standard settings on my couple year old Sony DVD player. When working with the video compression settings, there is no problem getting far more than 3 hours on a disk, if you are willing to loose a little bit of quality.
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no matter how you slice it, fitting a 2-hour movie onto a single CD is probably going to be painfully compressed.
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DVD burners are cheap and easy to use. It's probably time to break down and buy one.
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I heartly recomend a DVD burner big G. Braking the files and cross encoding to VCD used to be an overnight job for us when i was pirating. This usualy ersulted in a 2 or 3 volume enterprise, even for something as simple as a james bond movie. DIVex's or similar struggle to get 2 hours onto a 700 meg disk, 1 hour 45 mnutes is usualy your best bet for stuff that's not compressed to all ARGH. Anything over 2 hours is right out.
Given that your time is precious to you, in your place I'd take the burner.
Given that your time is precious to you, in your place I'd take the burner.
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You could always just grab VirtualDub(Mod) and split the DivX encoded stream into audio and video components, direct stream copy the video, and reencode the audio to something that will be played. http://www.doom9.org is your friend