.OGM and VDub

[ivseenbetter]

I am new to creating my own DVD's. I usually just burn one dvd to the other so this reauthoring stuff is new ground for me. Anyway, I have a .OGM file that I want to play on my home DVD player. I hope my dvd player can play .avi (I don't know if that is a normal dvd player format) so I am using VDub to turn my .OGM file into a .avi. The problem is that it has taken a 24 minute 214,000KB file and turns it into a 24GB .avi. How can I turn this into a more manageable size without losing too much quality?

Thanks
Chris

[ivseenbetter]

So, I have figured out how to make the file size right. But it doesn't play in the dvd player. Is there a different format I have to turn it into besides .avi?

[setarip_old]

@ivseenbetter

Hi!

Currently, there are MANY standalone players that are NOT capable of playing .AVI videos. Yours appears to be one of them.

Is there a different format I have to turn it into besides .avi?

Yes - DVD-compliant format.

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) Use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the .AVI (DivX-compressed or otherwise) to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)
You can obtain a FULLY functional free 30 day trial version of this commercial program at:

www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html

**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}