Making a divx fit into a cd - how???

[lbmoretti]

Hello all, i'm new to this site. I'm also new to the stuff i'm asking about. The thing is that i've been trying to make divx movies fit into 700 mb cds but there's always about 10 - 60 mb left. I've tried saving to a dvd disk but it doesn't work on my dvd player, and i have no idea why that happens (is this normal?).
Please give me a help on this.
Thnx!

[Constance]

Do not use multisession ^^

[locustfurnace]

That's probably a discussion better served on a Video Encoding forum. Since a lot of factors can come into play. Such as, are you using XviD, or DivX video encoder?
What encoding are you using for the Audio? MP3? AC3.

I encode alot of movies to Xvid. But I do not encode to 700meg CD's. As the quality is not there. I usually end up with a 1,350meg Video. As I encode using XviD, with AC3 5.1. Which is just use a pass through on audio, or mux the audio back into the avi after encoding.
I stick with roughly 1,000 kbps for the video.

If you really must fit it to a CD. You can do a number of things. Drop a little on your bitrate, don't use AC3, change the Aspect Ratio. Use an encoder which can encode the credits at a different bitrate than the picture portion.

And not to mention as Constance has pointed out.

Also, some hardware players can not handle more than 1-point GMC. So do not try to use 3-point or otherwise. Which when messing with advanced features such as B-Frames and Q-Pel and similar techniques can create issues.

When burning the CD or DVD, use UDF file extension. Also, remember that if you end up creating a larger than 700meg video, do not exceed 2Gigs. As some players can not handle that large a file either.

Lastly, and most important. Are you certain the DVD player is capable to playing DivX encoded movies? Not all can.

[Windows 98SE]

Super (C) will also convert, except its free http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html virtual dub http://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit.htm AutoGK http://www.autogk.me.uk/