Need to compress my video

menorike wrote on 12/5/2004, 8:55 PM

Hello, I'm capturing video using Vegas 5.0 and then rendering it to an mpeg2 file. I've also been importing these files into DVDA 2.0 and want to see about compressing the files into AVI format.
The problem is that I'm trying to fit a couple gigs of video on one DVD. My friend recently recommended this program called DR. Divx, and it shrinks my MPeg2 files from 2 gigs down to 460MB .Avi files. I was wondering if there is any program that will let me author a DVD using these AVI files. .. Do home DVD players recognize .Avi files ?
Thank you for your help

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mbryant wrote on 12/6/2004, 1:36 AM

I'm not an expert on Divx - but I can point out a few things that might help.

Firstly, a DVD can hold 4.7 GB (4.3 GB in windows "base 2" language)... so having a mpeg2 file which is a "couple of gigs" should not be a problem?

.avi is a "wrapper", in which different file types can be supported. Divx uses based on the MPEG4 codec.

DVD-A doesn't support Divx files - and by definition a Divx file can not be the basis for a compliant DVD. (DVD Videos use MPEG2 video).

That doesn't mean you can not create something you write on a DVD-R disk that contains Divx files and plays on a DVD player. I'd look at http://www.videohelp.com/ for help here. Indeed, it appears some DVD players can play Divx files (14% of players listed)... just like most can play CD audio, some can play VCD, etc - you can find a player which will play a Divx disc... but this doesn't make it a DVD-video.

DVD-A is a tool for authoring DVD-Video.

Mark