I have a file that's 9.5gb, too large and long for a DVD. It's a video (avi). I was wondering what I should use to either compress it/convert, or to split it into smaller vids? Thanks.
Can you convert it to MPEG? That may get it down to where it would fit on a dual layered DVD (if you have a burner for dual-layer).
I dont think dvd shrink would work, because its not in dvd format. I think you can convert it to Mpeg file, then the file might be small enough to where you can author it into dvd format for burning.
Did you DVR the Texans' game? That's about about how much space my file took up. Nero's FREE edition BURN can MPEG it for you. This will make it into probably four to six Gigabytes, depending on what kind of encoding you use.
Nope not the game, but I have Nero 7 premium. Does that have that feature? I don't know how to encode it as an mpeg. It's not p*rn, it's actually that movie Path to 9/11. My father who is working in Saudi Arabia wanted to see it, and so downloaded it from a torrent site but it's too big for 1 dvd. (it's two files). One is like 2hrs55min long, and the other 1hr28min or so long. I'm trying to help him.
First, make sure your dad has a computer that can run large avi files without a hitch. If you've seen the file, you can find spots that could be cut off, like the opening and ending credits. Use an avi editor, like tmpgenc, to snip and reform until you get a decent filesize. A general estimate is 10 minutes for 100 megs. You can spot the difference with the final file and your backup of the original. This also allows you to cut the file in half for 2 DVDs. If you convert it to MPEG format and downsample into the size of 1 or 2 dvds, you'll need around 10-15 gigs of space for the uncompressed version. Also a lot of processing time for the computer to compress the file back into avi format.
If you have WinRAR, you can split it up to fit on whatever media you choose. You can put it on however many CDs or DVDs it requires and when your dad goes to extract it (starting with disc 1), it'll ask to insert the next disc and so on. You may be able to do this in .ZIP format so that anyone with Windows can extract it, but you definitely can do it in .RAR
Try reading the tools section of videohelp.com. I use an all-in-one tool avi2dvd to burn xvid encoded avi's to DVD format directly. Not sure if it handles shrinking but I suppose you can use DVD shrink after that if it does not do it.
the torrent i downloaded of it was broken in to 5 avi files each, all right at about an hour.... i ended up just puttin them on 2 discs, could have fitted it on 1 if i bothered picking up some dual layered discs. i converted them from avi to dvd format with winavi then ripped them both in dvd shrink. each conversion took about 10-15 minutes, and the ripping took another 10 minutes each.
Too bad he didn't download that version, it took him like 2 days to get the download complete so I won't let him know of that one. As for winrar, I don't understand how it would do that. It's a video,.avi, and how would it space it out like that on the dvds? Wouldn't that be for data? Which he doesn't want? His pc runs the movie fine, but he wants to put it on dvd for my mother and him to watch it on their tv. and his friend wants a copy of it too. I was trying to find programs that would allow him to edit it in size. Like cut the long one in half. I coudn't remember what I used to use, I think it was windvd creator.
Yes. The program is NeroVision (Express 3 is my version). It has a wizard that lets you do an entire DVD. It encodes it into MPEG to extract if you want, or creates a low-quality (from your high quality video) DVD in case the one you have doesn't fit on one. Try this. It can also create 2 DVDs for you, the one where you can cut off the first part, and make menus, and then you can make the 2nd one. Also, ROXIO's VideoWave can do the same.
We're trying to use the nero vision, but can't really find any area that allows us to do that. All he really needs to do is beable to cut the first video in half because it's so large. OKay...now he's got me confused. lol. I'm talking to him on skype, and he says his original avi is 1.5gb But when he tries to burn it to dvd it encodes it into somethign that's too large.
