copy AVI-XVID to MPEG-1 or 2 (SVCD)

[machstem]

Hey all,

I want to make a copy of a flic I have. It's presently encoded with the XVID AVI codec, and I'd like to copy it from AVI to MPEG-1 or 2.

I was using TMPGenc 5.2x, full version, and it was doing the trasnfer. Now, the original file is 715mb, and at about 45-48%, it stopped, giving and Invalid Argument error, and cancelled. The MPEG file, it was over 4gb. Also, the MPEG contained no sound. I had chosen, or more-so the program selected it, the AVI file.

What I need to know, is how to trasnfer this movie, with limiting to a certain disk space, so that I can fit it on 2, possibly 3 CDs, hopefully less, but I must have a good visual quality flic.

Any help to this will be GREATLY appreciated. I am not a novice when it comes to stuff liek this, but I'd like to get other ppl's input, if any!

Feel free to email me the reply, sometimes I forget to check in the forums. As the Hotmail and Yahoo addresses are not accepted, I will mark it here for any reply, thanks.

machstem@hotmail.com

PEACE

[gd_nimrod]

When tmpgenc is started, the wizard is started and that is where you choose how big you want the file. At the (4/5) page choose if youre using a 74 or 80 minute cd, the if your using 1 cd, you input 100% "of disk capacity" and if youre using 2 cd's you input 300% and so on...

Then just choose a place to encode, and wait a few hours for the process to complete. Make SURE to have enough space for the project or else tmpgenc will stop encoding.

[machstem]

Thank you SO much for the reply.

I will try that today, and let you know how it goes.

PEACE