How to burn 2.5 hrs movie to 1 cd(how to create a kvcd)

I have found the following guide to convert avi files to KVCD and its works great for me. Avi which is about 700mb in size can be converted into kvcd which works on most dvd players and its size reduses to 571mb and works fine with my dvd player and this process only takes about 5 to 6 hours

I just wanted to put together a simple step by step guide to those who dont like using too many tools and software and dont understand a whole lot about settings.

Software used:

GSpot
VirtualDub
TMPGEnc
BeSweet



1. First you have to determine the quality of your source AVI file. This is because if you want to use a resolution of 528 x 480 on your TMPGEnc template you must have a higher resolution on your source AVI file.

a. Open GSpot, select File --> Open, and open the AVI file.
b. Write down the relevant information. The ?x:y? information will tell you how high your KVCD template resolution can be. It?s also usable the size of the file, the FPS, the bit rate of the video and audio. If your resolution is lower than 528 x 480 you should use a 352 x 240 template.

2. Split the audio and video

a. Open VirtualDub, select File --> Open video file?, and open the AVI file.
b. Select Audio --> Direct Stream Copy and Audio --> Source Audio.
c. Select File --> Save Wav?, select a file name and click OK.
d. After the audio is done, select Audio --> No Audio.
e. Select Video Direct Stream Copy.
f. Select File --> Save as AVI?, select a file name and click OK.
g. You?ll end up with an AVI file with just the video, and a wav file with just the audio.

3. Convert wav to mp2:

a. Open BeSweet
b. On Input, select the wav created in the pervious step.
c. Check ?Use MPA Decoder? and ?Downconvert Sample Rate?
d. On the Output drop down menu, select MP2.
e. I usually use 128KB/s so click on the Copy Command to Clipboard, then open the command prompt, paste the command and edit the ?B? parameter to 128 and press enter.
f. You should get a MP2 file with the sound of the movie.

4. Encode the video to m1v.

a. Open TMPGEnc. If the project wizard comes up, just click on cancel.
b. On the lower part of the screen click on ?Load? and select the KVCD Template with the best possible resolution.
c. This means:


Higher than ¦ Lower Than ¦ Resolution
__________________________________
720 x 480 ¦ -------------- ¦ 720 x 480
528 x 480 ¦ 720 x 480 ¦ 528 x 480
352 x 240 ¦ 528 x 480 ¦ 352 x 240
------------ ¦ 352 x 240 ¦ Too low quality

d. On ?Video Source? click on ?Browse? and select the avi file created by Virtualdub on step 2 of this guide.
e. On ?Stream Type? select ?ES (Video Only)?
f. Here come the tricky part? if you have CQmatic you can easily calculate the CQ that your encoding needs to fit on a single CD, but if you don?t have it, you can start the encoding, and wait until at least 5% of encoding, and determine, from the size of the m1v file if you have to lower the CQ or not. To do this, divide the size of the m1v file when it gets to 5% of encoding by 0.05 and if is greater than 550MB or so, it might not fit depending also on the size of the audio file. The more bitrate the movie has the lower the CQ has to be.
g. If you do have to change the CQ, first stop the encoding by clicking on ?Stop?, then click on ?Settings?, select the ?Video? tab, click on ?Setting? on the ?Rate Control Mode? and set your CQ, click on ?OK? and ?Start? the encoding again until you get the results you want.

5. Multiplex the video and audio files.

a. I simply use the MPEG Tools on TMPGEnc. So select File --> MPEG Tools?, select the Simple Multiplex tab.
b. On ?Video Input? click on ?Browse? and select the m1v file created on step 4.
c. On ?Audio Input? click on ?Browse? and select the MP2 file created on step 3.
d. On ?Output File? click on ?Browse? and select the output MPG file name and location.
e. Click on Run and wait a few minutes.

6. Toast it

a. Open Nero Burning ROM
b. Select Video CD and uncheck ?Create standard compliant CD?
c. If you want a menu, on the ?Menu? tab check ?Enable Menu?. I like to download the image of movie poster I?m burning, and put it on a menu as the ?Background picture? on the menu tab.
d. Click on ?New?
e. Find the MPG file created on step 5 on the right hand window, and drag it to the left window. If you got your CQ right you should not have gone pass the red line of 700MB.
f. Burn the CD and try it on your DVD standalone player. Please note that there are some DVD players that only play 352x240 KVCD and the ones that play them all. I have a Pioneer DV-355 and it plays all KVCDs

(by rashid)