On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:15:57PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I have a 700M avi file that I'd like to put on a (s)vcd. When I run > > ffmpeg -i file.avi -target svcd out.mpg > > the resulting file is over twice as big and thus > > vcdimager -t svcd out.mpg > > complains about the size. > > Is it possible to make a (s)vcd from a 700M avi file?
`AVI' is a container format, rather than a multimedia format: the contents could be encoded using a variety of methods, including 480x576 MPEG-2. In this case, the answer would be yes. However it is most likely that your AVI is using an encoding method which is better at compression than MPEG-2 and then the answer would most likely be no -- you will need to split it into multiple SVCDs (details in a different person's reply). You can find out some information about the contents of an AVI using the `file' tool, e.g.: $ file lego_lemmings.avi lego_lemmings.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 360 x 288, 25.00 fps, video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz) $ file cimg1549.avi cimg1549.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, video: Motion JPEG, audio: uncompressed PCM (mono, 8000 Hz) -- Jon Dowland http://alcopop.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]