Recorded shows from an ATI All in Wonder

[dauss]

I've got a ATI All in Wonder and have recorded some TV shows. A 30 minute who(really equals about 20 minutes minus the commercials) runs about 1 gigabyte. There's also many different formats I can save to, such as, Mpeg-1, Mpeg-2, and AVI. But I have it saved as AVI. 20 minutes = 1 gigabyte is just ridiculous, and I want to convert it to a smaller file. Which one is the easier format to convert to XVID, and what program should be used?

[Thingy]

XVID is a divx flavour and you oughto ask in the correct subsection for divx queries.

If you want to convert to svcd or vcd then tmpgenc is a pretty nifty program. www.tmpgenc.net
vcd will get you a file of approximatly 10MB per minute and svcd about the double. (that is if you make them standard-compliant)

[Thingy]

How did I end up in the DIVX-section?

[setarip]

"But I have it saved as AVI. 20 minutes = 1 gigabyte is just ridiculous, and I want to convert it to a smaller file. Which one is the easier format to convert to XVID, and what program should be used?"


Assuming you've got the proper codecs installed on your system (Xvid and .MP3), simply use VirtualDub (or one of its variants) to compress both video and audio of your .AVI...

[UncasMS]

simply use VirtualDub (or one of its variants) to compress both video and audio of your .AVI..

this suggestion of course doesnt make much sense unless the user was familiar with setting up two passes, calculating bitrate, resizing + cropping..... all of which he is not familiar with or otherwise he wouldnt be asking.

@ dauss

load your large avi file into either gordianknot or DVX and then have the file encoded to the size and format you want.

using gordianknot or dvx with an avi file instead of dvd material isnt much different from the usual routines.
thus you could take a look at the numerous guides on these tools to hopefully get a grip.

i prefer DVX - if you want to take a look at it, click the button in my signature.

[Nemesis]

DVX

Hey,

what is the main function of this DVX and this Gordianknot, to compress what is already compressed??