Compressing AVI's

[mrwicked]

I have dvd rips that are over 700 mb by like around 10mb and they cant fit on cd's. Is there a way to compress the file so it will fit onto a cd?
-Ronnie

[mrwicked]

One more thing i want to add. I dont want to split the avi's. I want to leave them intact.
-Ronnie

[Enchanter]

The option of cropping the end credits out, you will have to recompress either the video or audio. The latter would be the easier and faster way.
1. Open video in Virtualdub
2. Set Video tab to Direct Stream Copy
3. Set Audio Tab to Full Processing Mode and check that AVI audio is selected
4. Go to Compression, select the MP3 codec and configure it so that the final audio file is smaller and total video+audio size can be fitted onto 1 CD
5. File -> Save as AVI and give a name to the new file.

[mrwicked]

Ok, i did what you said and i used the mp3 codec under the "windows media audio V2" because i had no idea which to pick. Under that tab i used "16 kpbs, 16 khz, mono(for audio/video) 2Kb/s". When it was done the file was smaller, but the sound was very muffled and you couldnt understand anything. Any tips?
-Ronnie

[Enchanter]

Under that tab i used "16 kpbs, 16 khz, mono(for audio/video) 2Kb/s". When it was done the file was smaller, but the sound was very muffled and you couldnt understand anything. Any tips?

With that kind of low bitrate, I'm not surprised. You must use NO LOWER THAN 56 or 64 kbps, stereo and preferably frequency no lower than 44.1kHz. To be able to use the MP3 codec, you will need the Radium MP3 codec.

[Batman]

Alternatively if you live on the wild side you can "over burn" using NERO, depending on your cd-r media.

[mrwicked]

ty, that codec worked. I used 96kbit, 48,000 hz, stereo, 12kb/sec...it reduced by like 40 meg with no quality loss at all! Thanks.
-Ronnie

[Enchanter]

Glad to have been of help.