Posted by Bob on 03/21/06 22:12

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:26:43 GMT, "GuessWho" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>I have a couple of PBS programs that I recorded using a Leadtek pci tv
>tuner. These files are mpeg2, at least that is the record option I selected.
>I want to burn these files as data files to be played back on another
>computer and I don't care if I can play them on a stand alone DVD player.
>
>I can split probably split this to 2 DVDs ( either DVD+R or DVD+RW ) but is
>there a program that will allow me to fit this file on a single DVD?

If your players can play AVIs, then convert the MPEG2 into XviD AVIs.
A good compromise on size vs resolution is 350 MB file size for 42
minutes content. You can go down to 175 MB file size for 42 minute
content for 19" screen size.

WinAvi is a good choice for converter. So is Auto Gordian Knot.

Otherwise you will have to compress MPEG2 further. Run them thru
VideoReDo with an 8 Mb/s bitrate, turn them into DVD format and use
DVD Shrink to compress them further.


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