Go Back   Club CDFreaks - Knowledge is Power > International Chat: General Topics > Newbie Forum


Commercial message



Newbie Forum Discuss, how to convert a movie to 700mb at International Chat: General Topics forum; can someone help i am looking to copy my movies and convert them to 700mb i don't know any software that does a good job.


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 17-12-2007   #1 (permalink)
New on Forum
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1
how to convert a movie to 700mb

can someone help i am looking to copy my movies and convert them to 700mb i don't know any software that does a good job.
mikede420 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-12-2007   #2 (permalink)
CDFreaks Resident
 
Kerry56's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Texas
Posts: 2,518
Re: how to convert a movie to 700mb

What do you plan on playing these 700mb files with?

Do you have a dvd player that is capable of playing divx or xvid .avi files? Many modern dvd players can do this.

Or are you going to use them on a computer? And if so, do you want to play them from the hard drive, or are you going to burn to disks?

Most people who do this are using either the xvid or divx codecs....though some are going to H264 even though it takes more processing power and isn't compatible with standalone dvd players.
Look at AutoGK for conversion to xvid or divx. http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGK Or FairUse Wizard.

If you are going to use FairUse Wizard be aware it needs to import the dvd from a disk, or disk image (ISO file). There is a free version of FairUseWizard with no file size restrictions, called the celtic_druid version. You can download either version here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/FairUse_Wizard

Another possibility, especially if you are interested in H264, is MeGUI. Found here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MeGUI
Not nearly as user friendly.
Kerry56 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-12-2007   #3 (permalink)
NBR
CDFreaks Resident
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: USA
Posts: 906
Re: how to convert a movie to 700mb

my advice is "Gordian Knot" it aint super easy to use. but it aint hard either and does a great job at converting your dvd's to XviD format and quality is nice.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm (thats what i use personally) ... so basically install that and then Gordian Knot and your good.

doom9.org usually has decent tutorials if your unsure on what to do.

a word of advice...
movies that are about 1hour 30min or 1hour 40min ish or so = 700MB (convert dvd's audio track down to 128 or 192bit rate MP3... especially if the ac3 audio track is 300+ bit rate etc, if it's like 192 i would probably not convert it to mp3)
movies that are about 2hours+ i would recommend using 1400MB instead to keep quality high. (just use the dvd's AC3 audio track in most cases with these... basically the audio will be identicle to the dvd)

a general word of advice on 700MB xvid files... keep the "bits per pixel" number to about 17.... for 2 CD rips (1400MB) i think it's recommended to keep it to about 23-24 or so.... also in the codec configuration screen you can choose from Quantization Type of either MPEG (sharpens the image) (recommended for 2hour ish 1400MB rips) or H.263 (softens the image) (recommended for 700MB rips in general)

as for a player to play these files... i would recommend the original XBox console running XBMC (XBox Media Center) as it works great for that. and even in recent times the XBox360 console will play these files to with the newest dashboard update from microsoft.... you can play them from a dvd recordable disc or even a external hard drive
NBR is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply


If you can't find where you are looking for, then become a member and get an answer fast! We have thousands of people online every moment of the day to help you! Click here



Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
trying to convert a movie to my Palm tx lilredbedhed Newbie Forum 1 27-08-2007 07:14
How Can I Convert Cd Movie To Dvd Movie? ezekieltong12 Newbie Forum 1 26-05-2007 12:52
How long does it take to convert a DVD movie into other movie format? FlyingDragon Copy Movie 21 13-01-2007 22:32
I need to convert a short 20 min dvd movie to a pc format movie (.wmv) Hameed Newbie Forum 1 12-07-2005 16:48
convert a movie to VCD ripper5 Burning Software 1 22-12-2002 14:14


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 09:29.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0