Posted by kim on 11/08/06 13:33

"Resident Drunk" <askmeforit@spam.com> wrote in message
news:4rdv04Fqti2jU1@mid.individual.net...
> kim wrote:
> > "plbrown" <solvino@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1162894521.570526.298680@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >> I've got some avi files that i want to watch on my dvd player and so i
> >> want to burn them to vcd. I've downloaded divx to view the files and I
> >> wanted to use windows media player to burn to cd. However as i
> >> highlight the file it says that they may not be enough room (the avi
> >> files last about 45mins) and seeing as a cd holds about 80 minutes of
> >> music, perhaps it won't hold 45 mins of video.When i try to burn anyway
> >> i get the error message and it doesn't burn to the vcd.
> >>
> >> What's the solution? Do i have to break apart the avi file into
> >> chapters? How much video does a vcd hold and how small would the
> >> chapter have to be?
> >
> > It has nothing to do with runtimes. A CD can hold 650MB or 700MB of
data. If
> > a single file was much bigger than that it probably wouldn't play back
in
> > any case. Instructions for cutting an AVI file are here:-
> >
> > http://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit.htm
> >
> > The AVI has to be burned as a data file, not as music or video. I'm not
> > aware that WMP can do that? I use Record Now but almost any data burning
> > program will do.
> >
> > (kim)
> >
> >
>
> He/She wants to view them on a DVD player so unless it is an MP4
> compatible DVD player then the films are going to have to be remastered
> to vcd (as indicated in the original post).

DOH! Yes of course, I misread vcd as cd. 45 mins of video should fit easily
on a vcd once re-encoded.

(kim)

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