Video Editing issue - unable to transfer to dvd or vcd

[Tonupboy]

Ok guys, just downloaded the full RAD flick which is an .AVI file, HOWEVER, its damn HUGE at 711,140KB in size (so it won't work with a vcd which only hold 700MB) and when I try to render it to DVD it balloons to a more than 5GB, way over the limit of a DVD+R (4.7GB)....what step am I missing??? PLEASE HELP....

[Marc Peters]

Reduce the video bitrate of your MPEG2 file and you'll be able to get it all on one DVD. Alternatively, try making a KVCD if you want to put it on a CD-R: http://www.marcpeters.co.uk/VCD-alternatives.html

[Crusty]

You also might want to check the audio format. A lot of AVI to MPEG2 conversion programs don't compress the audio and that can chew up 691 megs per hour of video vs 70 megs or so that 2 channel AC3 uses.

[Marc Peters]

True, but I've been pulled over hot coals before as apparently compressed audio isn't part of the NTSC DVD standard (and hence some players refuse to play).