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Adam2610
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_ 		19. April 2006 @ 05:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have 3 big (700mb) AVI files, which I want copying to 3 seperate CD-R (so I can play on DVD player or Playstation 2)...

Simply copying the AVI files to 3 different CD's won't work, How do I get it them work on a DVD player / PS2?
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Jigen
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_ 		19. April 2006 @ 09:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Unless you have a DivX compatible DVD player, AVI's will not work on them, or on a PS2 either. These files need to be converted to MPEG-2, and then most likely burned onto DVD because even though these AVI files are 700MB each, the MPEG-2 files you make out of them will be bigger.
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mg5pro
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 11:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@Adam2610

This is the answear to this thread http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/332921 .
Yes you need to convert them. Use DivXtoDVD wich is a freeware. You can get it from here http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/software.htm .
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Adam2610
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 11:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
just to be sure, does this create a big message in the middle of the screen?
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mg5pro
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 11:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No it doesnt because this is freeware.The ones that create a message in the middle of the screen are the trial ones.
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Adam2610
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 11:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Will it increase the file size?

Because the AVI is 700mb, and therefore wouldnt fit on a CD-R should it be increased!
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Jigen
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 13:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I assume that each file is somewhere around an hour? If you use a low bitrate you can do it. No guarantees that it will look pretty though. It's a bit of a crapshoot, but if you can't go to DVD it'll have to do. What kind of disc are you making? SVCD, CVD or just a data disc with the MPG on it?

Use a bitrate calculator to figure out exactly what bitrate you'll need to use to get your file to fit.

http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
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Adam2610
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, I'm going to convert them using the program suggested above...

I have CD-R's which I will copy the converted files onto, will that work?
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mg5pro
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_ 		20. April 2006 @ 19:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The files will be bigger than the original AVI and they wont fit onto a cd-r.You have to burn them onto a DVDR If you want to play them as a dvd.
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aldaco12
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_ 		21. April 2006 @ 02:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The 700 MB AVIs were born with the idea to burn them on 80' 'data disks' and to be read in a DVD player capable to read DivX.

For normal DVD, the final size is given only by the length (in minutes) x the total bitrate (audio+video). A good bitrate calculator (e.g. DVTool) will give you the correct video bitrate for a movie, with a certain audio type (WAV - up to 1411 kbps, MP2 - usually 224 kbps, AC3 - usually 384 kbps), to fit perfectly a 4.7 GB DVD.

Otherwise, make a simpler thing: convert AVI --> (S)VCD (but your PS2 won't play them, because it only play DVDs, and you'll have to check if yor DVD player reads SVCDs; many many DVD players can read VCD, instead).
VCD = 352x240/288 1500 kbps (video) + 224 kbps CBR (audio)
SVCD = 480x480/576 1500-2500 kbps VBR (video) + 224 kbps CBR (audio)
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