Divx is 200mb too big...

[Dagon]

I have Batman on Divx and it's 1.66mb w/audio...too big for two cd's. How can I cut the size down to 1.4 and keep the quality? I've already cut the credits etc... and the audio isn't really big (166mb).

I don't really want to re-encode unless I have to.

Can I use Nandub/Virtual and rencode in full processing mode with a lower bitrate? Supposedly the movie was using 1664 kbps.

[gcgreen]

I am a newbie, so there may be an easier way.

I have found that you must lower the size of the CD in the bitrate tab in order to get a final avi that can be split into 2 700Mb CD's. The file may be 1.4 GB, but if you check out the properties the size is a little larger. I found this out the hard way and had to re-encode "The Matrix". Also when splitting the avi set the midpoint for the split to about 670-675 MB in order to get it to fit.

Hope this helps.

BTW I read an article on another website about CD-R 90 and 99 which can hold 800 MB and 880 MB. The only supplier I could find was in Germany and I was not able to order from US. The site also stated that only certain CDRW drives have been tested.

[diji1]

Hi,

and the audio isn't really big (166mb).

... that actually seems quite large to me :) - but changing that alone won't get you 200megs less space tho...

[UHT]

if you want it significantly smaller (which u do) then you will have to re-encode

[Dagon]

Yeah I figured I'd have to re-encode, just wanted to see if there was a easy way out...thanks guys!