2nd pass size problem

I've a 3 hour movie and i want to burn it to 3 cds, but in the 2nd pass you can only use a file size smaller than 1Gb. I think this is easy to fix because it must already be a long int, but i don't now much about windows programming.

What are you talking about? I've done plenty of XviD movies that were >1GB in size... Could you please tell us what isn't working for you? Do you get errors or something?

When i use the 2nd pass in 2 pass mode under windows the field of the xvid video size can't be set bigger than 1Gb, when i type a value bigger than 1Gb it is reduced to 1Gb.

@bergi, Which build are you using ? ...and make sure you input the correct size in Kb.

File size problem 

This may belong to this thread or not but anyway I thought it worth while mentioning anyway. I sometimes get the reverse of bergi's problem. Some times (particularly with cartoon's or anime's) the encoded filesize is much less than programmed. I nearly always shoot for a 2 cd, 2 pass encode (xvid) as I want the best quality. Therefore my target filesize is 1400mb in total. However the resulting filesize is no more than 900 to 1000mb. No matter what settings I choose I cannot get the bigger filesize (and increase in quality?) I would appreciate any ideas on this one. Gazza

@Gazza: In case the lowest quantizers and highest bitrate is already in use, you can still boost quality and size by enhancing your videos resoution. The higher the resolution, the more bits/pixel are needed to make the video look good.

Gazza, find out what the first pass size was. The file can never exceed the first pass size. I think the Debugview analyzer can figure this out.

i had a prob with an xvid coming up short in size - my 1st pass was 1300 mb.. the second was 590 mb.. (i wanted it 800 mb) i knew it wasnt hitting max q cause the 1st pass was so big.. anyways.. there is a guide on doom9 on using gordianknots stat editor with xvids.. just hit a few buttons and poof.. then just redid my second pass with the new stat file and it came out about 800 mb like a needed the guide is xvid stat file editing with gknot.. should be able to located it in the page that lists all the guides

I started again with 1st pass. Below is the debugview of the results; DebugView analyzer for XviD codec v0.4 by MoonWalker Quantizers Analisis --------------------- Quantizers Used For Movie : ------------------------------ Quant 2 Used : 24632 Times, Percentage Used : 12.35% Quant 3 Used : 127757 Times, Percentage Used : 64.06% Quant 4 Used : 37090 Times, Percentage Used : 18.60% Quant 5 Used : 9579 Times, Percentage Used : 4.80% Quant 6 Used : 376 Times, Percentage Used : 0.19% Quant 7 Used : 12 Times, Percentage Used : 0.01% Average Quantizer Used for Movie : 3.164 Intra-Frame (Key-Frame) Quantizers ------------------------------------ Quant 2 Used : 1433 Times Quant 3 Used : 1405 Times Quant 4 Used : 1 Times Quant 21 Used : 35 Times Inter-Frame (P-Frame) Quantizers ------------------------------------ Quant 2 Used : 231084 Times Quant 3 Used : 126352 Times Quant 4 Used : 37089 Times Quant 5 Used : 9579 Times Quant 6 Used : 376 Times Quant 7 Used : 12 Times Quant 16 Used : 1 Times Quant 17 Used : 258 Times Quant 18 Used : 2462 Times Quant 19 Used : 2327 Times Quant 20 Used : 781 Times Quant 21 Used : 224 Times Quantizers Used For Credits : -------------------------------- Quant 16 Used : 1 Times. Quant 17 Used : 258 Times. Quant 18 Used : 2462 Times. Quant 19 Used : 2327 Times. Quant 20 Used : 781 Times. Quant 21 Used : 259 Times. Frame Analisis ---------------- Number Of Intra-Frames (Key-Frames) : 1442 Number Of Inter-Frames (P-Frames) : 208329 Total Number Of Frames : 209771 0.69% of the Movie is Intra-Frames (Key-Frames) 99.31% of the Movie is Inter-Frames (P-Frames) Size Analysis ---------------- 1-Pass Size : 2124508145 Bytes or 2074714 KBytes Scaled Size : 1277689189 Bytes or 1247743 KBytes Actual Size : 1275804735 Bytes or 1245903 KBytes Therefore with the resulotion (672x400) it looks as if the final file size cannot be more than 1.2 GB. My actual final avi file size (after 2nd pass) is ~950mb. I tried the stats file editor approach but could not get it to compute - probably due to fact 2nd pass file size (1400mb was the target) is more than the max 1.2gb. I will increase resolution further but gknot highlights the w-zoom window in gknot goes red when I start to increase. Is this likely to be a problem? What is the max resolution I can go for? Gazza