Why are all movie .avi files >700mb?

[flight23]

Why are all the movie AVI files like say on edonkey just over 700mb? At that size theyre just barely too large to burn on a CD... is there a way to lop off just a few MB of a movie so it can fit on a cd?

 

[pulse8]

Buy or rent the DVD. They fit nicely on there.

 

[Mark R]

Burn your CDs in mode 2 - you get 800 MB (on an 80 minute) that way.

You don't get as much error correction, but that doesn't really matter with .avis.

 

[Quetzalboat]

I'm not an expert of such thing.
IMHO avi file is an "uncompressed" format, the "compressed" file is in MPEG mpg format
Any 'technical' expert opinion on this matter from other guys?

 

[MrGrim]

MPEG files take up twice as much space as AVIs do at the same quality.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

no non no youre thinking od DIvX AVi files witch is basically a hacked MPEG4 anyways...

 

[MikeOtis]

Mark R:

I tried to burn a 704 MB AVI file in Mode 2, as you suggested. My burning software
flat-out rejected it, saying there was not enough free space on the inserted media. Here?s relevant info on my setup

Windows XP Pro
Plextor 32\12\10A
EZ CD Creator 5.02B (with the latest XP patches and updates all correctly applied)
Sony CD-R Media (700 MB \ 80 min)

Do I have to use Nero or something in order for this to work ?

 

[LuDaCriS66]

You should try Nero. IMO it's better than EZ CD Creator.

 

[randomlinh]

thats never worked for me either.. burning at mode2

 

[flight23]

pulse8 - I have bought and currently own over 60 DVDs, thanks.

mark R - have you tried what you're saying, because so far it doesnt seem to have worked for others in the thread... what software are you using, and where do you switch to mode 2 in Easy CD creator or in Nero?

 

[swifty3]

Don't know anything about Nero, but I would stay away from EZ CD creator. It sux, and is on my blacklist of badly programmed software.

 

[MikeOtis]

I knew I would get killed in this forum for mentioning EZ CD Creator.

I also use Nero.

I agree it is better ? you?re all preaching to the converted.

I tried using Mark R?s advice using the latest version of Nero as my burning
program ? even the mighty Nero still failed to add 100 MB to the capacity of my CD-R as Mark R suggested it would.

Anyone have any thoughts on this matter ?

 

[flight23]

I just tried installing nero 5.5 on my computer but its giving me an error because it cant write to the 'config.msi' directory in windows xp... any ideas?

Edit: Nevermind it appears that was just a one-time problem.. installed fine the 2nd time through

So I tried to burn a 714MB avi onto a CD with EZ CD Creator Platinum 5.2 but although the program said it was "successful" I get a 'cyclic data error' when I try to read the CD... its fine until the last 10MB or so... now to try Nero and see if it is truly better.

 

[Gunslinger08]

By the way... never install Nero + EZ CD Creator on the same computer. They don't play nicely sometimes..

Josh

 

[flight23]

Dammit!

 

[Hawk]

If it's only 4 MB over you can probably just overburn the CD. If not, just get the new 99 Minute CDs (if your burner supports them).

 

[flight23]

Well.. Nero says it burned it successfully also, but once again the file cant be completely read on the CD.. is it possible that the burner can burn more than it can read on the CD? Maybe I should put in my 16x lite on and see if that can read it..

 

[LethalWolfe]

<< I'm not an expert of such thing.
IMHO avi file is an "uncompressed" format, the "compressed" file is in MPEG mpg format
Any 'technical' expert opinion on this matter from other guys? >>




All consumer/prosumer video capture methods compress the video. Unless yer running with med/high end SCSI HDDs you can't even get smooth playback of uncompressed video on a computer.


Lethal

 

[rbV5]

<< IMHO avi file is an "uncompressed" format, the "compressed" file is in MPEG mpg format >>



AVI is an "Audio Video interleaved" file, which basically is a container object that contains a video file that can be uncompressed to very highly compressed.
MPEG is a standard(s) promoted by the "motion pictures entertainment group" which define its formats.



<< All consumer/prosumer video capture methods compress the video. Unless yer running with med/high end SCSI HDDs you can't even get smooth playback of uncompressed video on a computer.
>>



Actually, most consumer video capture cards support uncompressed video capture, I use it all the time. It is used for video mastering primarily certainly not for playback.

 

[afireinsideme]

i know this is your orginal movie, so i can tell you that you can get progams that change the size of the movie, you just cut off some of the end or beginning to get it more around 700.