MPG or other media file to big

[JC]

Hi Folks,

I have what seems like a major problem to me, but will no doubt be easy for
you experts out there!

I have a movie file on my hard-drive which is 1.6 mega bits. I would like to
copy this to a disk and play it on my dvd player. The problem is I can only
use disks which are no more than 700mb and I would like to copy this file and
watch it on my dvd player. is there a way round this, such as splitting the
movie onto two disks or shrinking it. Do I need to get a special kind of
software??

Thans in advance for any help!!!!

Ta
JC

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

It's not necessarily the size that is the problem, it's the length of the
file in time.... You're trying to make a VCD .... which should be about 80
minutes in length.... and you'll need the third party software to make the
VCD.
http://www.videohelp.com/vcd
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"JC" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have what seems like a major problem to me, but will no doubt be easy
> for
> you experts out there!
>
> I have a movie file on my hard-drive which is 1.6 mega bits. I would like
> to
> copy this to a disk and play it on my dvd player. The problem is I can
> only
> use disks which are no more than 700mb and I would like to copy this file
> and
> watch it on my dvd player. is there a way round this, such as splitting
> the
> movie onto two disks or shrinking it. Do I need to get a special kind of
> software??
>
> Thans in advance for any help!!!!
>
> Ta
> JC
>
>