Jh00
28 Nov 2001, 06:28 AM
Hi there.
Although there is another post (<a href="http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?threadid=197">re-encoding Divx for a smaller size</a> ) about this subject, I still could not answer my question : How can I reduce a 700+ Mb DivX to fit into a CD.
In my research I came accross this tip:
Ever had that annoying problem with ripped movies that don't fit onto a 650-700mb disc? There is a solution: Download the Windows Media encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp
Then get the WM8Gui
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/wm8enc_gui.html
Install Windows Media encoder first, then just select avi length and run the encoder. The VBR setting seems to work the best as I can see no loss in quality but the file size of the avi dropped from 730mb to 534mb! The avis are encoded into Windows wmv format and so will play extremely well with their Mediaplayer but skip and jump with some 3rd party players like GlobalDivx player. Easy fix just use the Mediaplayer to play them.
Only down side is it takes over 4 hours to do a single movie with my 700 Duron. Your milage may vary with a faster cpu but if you let it work while you sleep it doesn't matter.
However, I still want to encode my "reduced movie" in DivX.
I'm a little newbie on this enconding stuff and I played with virtual dub only once. I would be very grateful if someone could point me exactly what to do, which options to choose, in order to achieve a smaller file with not much loss of quality.
Thanks for your attention.
Jh00
Although there is another post (<a href="http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?threadid=197">re-encoding Divx for a smaller size</a> ) about this subject, I still could not answer my question : How can I reduce a 700+ Mb DivX to fit into a CD.
In my research I came accross this tip:
Ever had that annoying problem with ripped movies that don't fit onto a 650-700mb disc? There is a solution: Download the Windows Media encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp
Then get the WM8Gui
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/wm8enc_gui.html
Install Windows Media encoder first, then just select avi length and run the encoder. The VBR setting seems to work the best as I can see no loss in quality but the file size of the avi dropped from 730mb to 534mb! The avis are encoded into Windows wmv format and so will play extremely well with their Mediaplayer but skip and jump with some 3rd party players like GlobalDivx player. Easy fix just use the Mediaplayer to play them.
Only down side is it takes over 4 hours to do a single movie with my 700 Duron. Your milage may vary with a faster cpu but if you let it work while you sleep it doesn't matter.
However, I still want to encode my "reduced movie" in DivX.
I'm a little newbie on this enconding stuff and I played with virtual dub only once. I would be very grateful if someone could point me exactly what to do, which options to choose, in order to achieve a smaller file with not much loss of quality.
Thanks for your attention.
Jh00