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Do some research on:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com.

Everything you need to know about encoding, compression, ripping, etc. you can check your DVD’s model # to see what formats and cd/dvd types it will read as well...

FrightFoO pretty is pretty much dead-on. You’re gonna have to lower the bitrate/framerate and sacrifice some quality in the process... or get a dvd burner.

Yes, this is another way but most dvd players still doesn’t support KVCD (for example: my dvd player is not supporting SVCD and i’m asking why??? is quite new)

Another site about the format called KVCD - www.kvcd.org . These templates are very good (they work with TMPGEnc) and can essentially optimally fit more video onto a typical 700MB/80min CDR.

Remember that a 700MB CDR fits about 800MB of MPEG1 video because the CD’s full capacity is utilised. The target file size should be around that 800MB size.

I had a little spelling mistake (“Incase” should Be “In case”

There are another 2 ways.
1. Calculate the movie time (cd1 + cd2). If the movie is for exmaple 3 minutes over the capacity of the cd, when encoding the file to a standard vcd format with tmpgENC you can always cut the credits at the end (In most cases it will be couple of minutes).

2. You can join the 2 files to 1 big file and then check if the movie is not over 80 minutes (most of them will be). Why 80 minutes?? Most cd writers doesn’t support yet burning more than 80 minutes per disc. But, in case your cd writer is supporting burning more the 80 minutes (90 or 99) so you have an easier life Many of the movies wont be more than 99 minutes (1:39:00 hours) so you can burn them in 1 cd as a vcd. But, there is one problem when joining files. After joining them you MUST re-encode again the 1 big file with tmpgENC or any other program to a standard vcd format.


In case your cd writer doesn’t support burning over 80 minutes you have 2 choices:
1. You can use Frightfo0 way (changing the fps of the movie with tmpgENC, but remember: it will decrease the quality of the movie).

2. Just leave the movie as it is (2 cds) and burn the 2 cds as they are to a vcd format.

There are another 2 ways.
1. Calculate the movie time (cd1 + cd2). If the movie is for exmaple 3 minutes over the capacity of the cd, when encoding the file to a standard vcd format with tmpgENC you can always cut the credits at the end (In most cases it will be couple of minutes).

2. You can join the 2 files to 1 big file and then check if the movie is not over 80 minutes (most of them will be). Why 80 minutes?? Most cd writers doesn’t support yet burning more than 80 minutes per disc. But, incase your cd writer is supporting burning more the 80 minutes (90 or 99) so you have an easier life Many of the movies wont be more than 99 minutes (1:39:00 hours) so you can burn them in 1 cd as a vcd. But, there is one problem when joining files. After joining them you MUST re-encode again the 1 big file with tmpgENC or any other program to a standard vcd format.


Incase your cd writer doesn’t support burning over 80 minutes you have 2 choices:
1. You can use Frightfo0 way (changing the fps of the movie with tmpgENC, but remember: it will decrease the quality of the movie).

2. Just leave the movie as it is (2 cds) and burn the 2 cds as they are to a vcd format.

Yes there is, but the bitrate needs to be lowered. Other adjustments can be made also. The resulting file will be non-standard compliant MPEG1-VCD file and not playable on all DVD players etc.

Quality will always be lost too.

It is a lot to go through, from setting up TMPGEnc. One site that should help is:

DVDRHelp.com (search for the bitrate calculator) and have a look for the TMPGEnc AVI to VCD guides. They will take you through the basic setup and explain TMPGEnc’s uses.

Choosing a good bitrate and stuff is an intermediate step, but you should be able to work it out.

is there any way i can fit a vcd movie in it’s entirety onto just one CD-R as opposed to having to burn it on more than one CD? is there i program i can use to do this?