TRYING to burn an .AVI to disc...help!

[tunk]

I have an .AVI file (movie) 4.2GB in size...Nero 8 can't put it on a DVD cause it's more than 2GB in size...any suggestions?

[Chewy]

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

use this program and txt view to give us some details on the avi, your post doesn't make a lot of sense

for example

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 810 MiB
PlayTime : 1h 40mn
Bit rate : 1119 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release
IAS1 : English

Video #0
Codec : XviD
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec/Info : XviD project
Codec settings/Packe : No
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Custom
PlayTime : 1h 40mn
Bit rate : 658 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.117
Writing library : XviD0047

Audio #0
Codec : AC3
PlayTime : 1h 40mn
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
ChannelPositions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer

[tunk]

thanks for response chewy...I'll explain in detail...

I was sick of watching .AVI's on my computer so I went out and bought a new (cheap) DVD player that supports Xvid & vidX. Now I can burn my .avi's to disk (most of them to CD-ROMS!!!) and watch them on my big screen TV.

However, I have an .AVI file (4.2GB) thats too big to burn according to Nero 8 - it can burn a single file 2 GB max. Wondering if I can split the file into parts or shrink it down to size etc...so I can enjoy it in all its glorious 52-inch DLP screen detail that it was meant to be!

[Chewy]

still need the info

[tunk]

here it is...i can't remember how to post it as a picture!!


media....txt

[Chewy]

Bit rate : 1380 Kbps

here's my video bitrate on a higher quality 1 hour 700MB avi

Bit rate : 2679 Kbps

yours

see if nero vision will split it into 3 parts and burn as 3 titles manually

or

????????????????????????????

[tunk]

thanks chewy...i'll give it a whirl...stay tuned...

[paglamon]

However, I have an .AVI file (4.2GB) thats too big to burn according to Nero 8 - it can burn a single file 2 GB max.

No need to split if you do not wish to.Just burn as DVD-Rom(UDF) instead of DVD-Rom(ISO). The 2GB max is a limitation of the ISO file system.

[rago88]

can't he just convert avi to mpeg2, burn to DL, and play on any set top player?

[Chewy]

since he has an avi/divx/xvid capable player?

some players won't play avi's over the 2 gig limit?

[rago88]

has an avi/divx/xvid capable player

I suppose you mean by converting to mpeg2 you get a compressed video as opposed to the other formats?

[judy]

A standard 4.7GB DVD can hold 4.38 GB files in maximum, isn't it? Then why Nero thinks 2GB is too large?

[paglamon]

Then why Nero thinks 2GB is too large?

As I said earlier,it is the ISO file limitation.