compressing a dvd rip

[techno]

Hi there. I have good (I think) knowledge of capturing and converting to DIVX and how to make the source as good as possible etc...

I have downloading my first DVD rip film. It is really good quality and the file size is 699MB! I do have 700Mb Cd's but obviously it won't fit.

How can I reduce the file size??

I would appreciate it if you can help me (especially setarip(??))

There are credits on the end but if I try to remove them and re-save the avi file then the file size becomes over 1GB!

Remember, it is my first time dealing with DVD rips.

Please help

Techno

[benderman]

Use Virtualdub to cut of the credits, set audio and video to direct stream copy and save as avi.

[techno]

Thanks for your reply, I have done that but file size > 800MB!

[UncasMS]

are you sure you used direct stream for both, video + audio??

i'd totally agree with benderman: simply cut off the end credits

[Kaiser-Soze]

If your filesize is 699MB and u have 700MB why it won't fit to 1 CD?
Anyway u can resave the AVI and lower the bitrate
hope it works

[techno]

Thank-you UncasMS, I agree to cut of the credits but file size then gets big! Even if I do direct stream copy for both a+v

It won't fit on one CD because of the "UDF/ISO" file system which takes a bit of space!

Thanks

Techno

[benderman]

I know that increase of size can happen if you convert from asf to avi or avi to asf. Maybe it is an asf-file that only has the avi-extension.
If windows (or any other OS) says that the file has a size of 699MB it should fit on every 700MB-CD-R. Maybe the file is broken so that your OS can't identify the size correctly.

[techno]

It is not an ASF file! It is 30000000000000% an avi DIVX file! Why will it not fit on one 700MB CD? Because of the file system the Cd has to use!

[Kaiser-Soze]

I have fitted even 700MB DivX files to a 700MB cd.
In fact when I am ripping I am trying to get the file exactly 1400MB
Just try it and you 'll see

[techno]

well, I have tried copying the file to the CD but it says that the file is too large for the CD. I am using nero 5.5

Techno

[Kaiser-Soze]

I suppose u finalize the CD?
Because if u don't it takes space too

[benderman]

I don't really know why u use the UDF-file-system, but if u use it you will always have tu cut off 1-2MB. Better u change to 702MB-CD-Rs if u still want UDF.

I also can't find the solution for the cutting-problem. Try to check the file with norton utils or something like that. Maybe the header is broken and the os isn't able to find the real file-size.

[Kaiser-Soze]

I use ISO Level 1 and Format: Mode1 and it works fine
try them.
I am using nero 5.5 too
I can't understand what could be wrong

[techno]

I will give it a shot!

Thanks

Techno