Shrinking DivX Files

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    ricky_13 Member

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    I have got some episodes of a season that are around 350MB each and was hoping to back them up onto a dvd but they total "4,799,893,504 bytes" which is about 100 MB too big for a DVD. What would be the best way to go about shrinking each one by around 10MB (13 vids in total). Or would this take a very long time and not really worth the effort?

    Any suggestions appreciated.
     
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    I use DVD shrink which is the most common but I had similar problems with the files being abit bigger than the dvd capacity (even when shrunk). So I used DVD DECRYPTER and it worked fine.

    -Anth
     
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    DVD Shrink is an MPEG2 transcoder and DivX is MPEG4 so it won't help. DVD Decrypter won't help either.

    To shrink DivX files you would need to re-encode at a lower bitrate. You could probably also save some space by cutting openings/endings. Not sure what app can shrink DivX files whilst keeping DivX features (chapters, menu's, etc.), but if you are happy with a regular DivX avi then AutoGK or similar should be able to do the job.
     
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    AutoGK doesnt seem to want to open AVI files
     
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    What version? As I understood it newer versions accept avi as input. Thought you said DivX files, although they are basically just avi's anyway.
     
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    Ah, i was using the latest stable release. I changed to the beta and it works now. Thanks.

    But re-encoding them all is going to take forever so i think i might try your other suggestion and cut off the end credits on them all. Is this possible without re-encoding the whole video? and what would be the best software to do it in?
     
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    I know theres a way to do it in VirualDub or Virtualdubmod, but I'm not exactly sure. Try downloading it and playing around with it until someone can give you a definite answer.
     
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    I'd suggest VDubMod since there is a pretty good chance that they use VBR mp3 audio.

    Set the video to direct streaming, mark the in (last keyframe before show stats) and out points (last keyframe before credits start) and save out a new avi.

    I'm sure you can find a nice guide on VDub(Mod) editing if you look.

    edit: meant direct streaming not full processing.
     
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    Yeh im using virtualdubmod, and when i open the avi it gives me some warning about it having improper VBR audio encoding.

    But i cut off the credits and saved using direct stream copy and it works wonders, and only takes about 20 seconds. Doesnt seem to cause any problems.


    Thanks for your help :)
     
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