calculating the appropriate video bitrate

[newbie1000101]

I want to rip a dvd and then burn it into 4 cds (4x700=2800MB).
I`m using the "advanced divx bitrate calc v1.95" to find the right
video bitrate (the movie length is 171 minutes and the input sound bitrate160 kbit/s, stereo) and the result is 2075 kbit/s.But
the filesize of the output avi is only 2.11 GB.What should i put in the fields "input sound rate 2" and "input sound rate 3" none sound or something else?
thx

[gs0666]

"But the filesize of the output avi is only 2.11 GB"

Maybe the video can't be compressed anymore.

What's the point of making a 4 cd rip anyway???

"What should i put in the fields "input sound rate 2" and "input sound rate 3" none sound or something else?"

This is used when adding multiple audiotracks.

[The Maynard]

I agree, it might just be that this is as big as your file is going to get. Meaning that's also as good as it's going to look. I've done this with the XVid codec. It doesn't have you choose a bitrate, it just has you select how big of a file you want. If I take a one minute clip and tell it that I want it to be 100MB it will only give me a max file size of about 15-20MB.
There's always going to be a point where a file can't be compressed any more but there will also be times when the file can't be compressed any less. I think this is as good as you're going to get.

[UncasMS]

go for no more than 3 cds

using ogg even 2cds should be possible with a little experience.