divx to vcd

[fishter]

Can anyone tell me if i convert a divx that's 142 mb how big will it become when it becomes vcd?Can i put it on a disk afterwards?

[setarip]

As the old saying goes, "It ain't the size that counts."

1) You can typically put one hour of video on a CD in VCD format.

2) Yes you can burn (using NERO or similar software) a properly created (using TMPGEnc or similar software) VCD to a CD-R.

However, if your intention is to play the VCD on a standalone DVD player, there are two things of which you should be aware:

A) Not all standalone DVD players play VCDs. Go to:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/

to find brand/model-specific information.

B) Many standalone DVD players are "finicky" about which brands of CD-Rs they'll recognize (although most will recognize virtually all brands ofR/W CDs). I have had great success with the Prime Peripherals and ArtMedia brands of CD-Rs.

Let us know of your success ;>}

[Paludist]

My answer...

Hello,

First, sorry for my english, but I'm belgian.
I use Nero with his additional plug-in "mpeg2svcd" to transform a divx into a svcd but it takes very much place on a cd (maximum 35 min on a cd with a svcd !!!) but the result is rather good and so I can read my "svcd-divx" on a standalone dvd player (Toshiba SD210E) and it's ok (sometime, a few pixels...)

Palu, from Belgium (french part).