.Avi to PPC format

[binstpa]

I don't have a DVD drive but my friend converted a couple of dvd's to .AVI files for me. The divx player is able to play them but I want to shrink them down to be able to fit on a 256mb card. They have already been ripped a certain way, so is there a way to compress them even further or did that need to be done when it was first ripped. I have downloaded all of the guides and software from pocket matrix so I should be able to do it if it is possible. Thanks.

[Jacob]

You could use a tool like:
http://www.winmpg.com/

I'm sure there are tons of free ones out there for the finding though...

[Buddha]

What you want to do is perfectly possible, all you need is VirtualDub and the DivX codec 5.02.

Here's a small short walkthrough:

-Open the big avi in virtualdub.
-Under Video/filters apply the resize filter and resize the movie to a size for the PPC, depending on what the aspect ratio of the movie is. 320x176 (16:9) or 320x128 (2,35:1)
-apply a 'rotate' to rotate the movie 90 degrees
-Click Audio/Full processing mode
-In Audio/Conversion set the sound to mono (personal choice)
-set Audio/compression to MP3 with 32kbps 44kHz Mono or something like that
-set Audio/interleaving to 500 ms
-set the DivX 5.02 codec in Video/Compression and in 'Configure' to '2 pass, first pass'
-set the video bitrate to 200 or 250kbps
-go to File/Save as AVI give it the name A.avi

wait till its finished, then

-goto Video/Compression/Configure and set it to '2 pass, second pass'
-go to File/Save as AVI and give the name B.avi

wait for it to finish and after that you're done. You can delete A.avi. Now copy B.avi (which should have a filesize 130 and +/-200MB depending on your choice of settings) to your PPC and enjoy

Have fun