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From: David Bolt on 11 Apr 2008 15:08 In the thread "Re: Suse 10.3 and DVD::RIP", Gilbert wrote:- >David > >I don't suppose you've got any handy hints about going the other way do you. >I need to convert from .avi to .mpg to burn to DVD because I have an old >DVD player that won't handle DivX. I had one of those a while back. I replaced it with a new one that cost me something like 30 GBP (about 59 USD, or 40 Euros) and the new one handles a wide variety of formats, including reading DVD+RW, and also does Dolby 7.1 audio even though I don't need that feature. The only possible down side to it is that it's a region 2 only player, whereas the old player was region free. >At the moment I'm using > >ffmpeg -i source.avi -target dvd output.mpg which isn't too bad. I was >wondering if things could be improved? It all depends on the source file. If your source has a frame rate of 29.97 fps, I'd probably use: ffmpeg -i source.avi -target ntsc-dvd -sameq output.mpg If it's 25 fps, I'd use: ffmpeg -i source.avi -target pal-dvd -sameq output.mpg If the frame rate wasn't either of those target rates, I'm not sure which one I'd use. Most likely I would create samples using both pal-dvd and ntsc-dvd as the targets, and see which one looked better. If the source had frame rates of double, or half, the PAL or NTSC rates, e.g. 12.5, 14.98, 50 or 59.94 fps, I'd use the pal-dvd or ntsc-dvd targets. Also, to try and minimise degradation due to another transcoding session, I always use -sameq. That uses the same video quality for the output as for the input. Beyond the above, I couldn't say as I rarely transcode from AVI to MPEG. My player handles xvids, so I don't actually need to do so. Regards, David Bolt -- www.davjam.org/lifetype/ www.distributed.net: OGR(a)100Mnodes, RC5-72(a)15Mkeys SUSE 10.1 32bit | openSUSE 10.2 32bit | openSUSE 10.3 32bit | openSUSE 11.0a1 SUSE 10.1 64bit | openSUSE 10.2 64bit | openSUSE 10.3 64bit RISC OS 3.6 | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC |RISC OS 3.11
From: Ron Gibson on 11 Apr 2008 20:10 On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:45:30 +0000, central77 wrote: > Wot he said - I spent *hours* messing around converting things until I > bought a �35 player that did (almost) everything: XVid, DivX, DVD, (S)VCD > etc etc. It just wasn't worth the bother (and I suspect I've actually > saved money on power and wear and tear). Heck yeah same thing I said. Just think, the average ripped AVI file is 700MB. On a 4 GB single layer DVD you can burn 5-6 full length movies. If your A/V receiver does PLII it's as good as a 5.1 DD Video-DVD so you save on DVD costs alone besides the hours spent transcoding to the traditional MPEG-2 DVD format. However, I'm sort of a throw back on movies. I usually go ahead and use the whole DVD for a movie but put things like TV series as avi's burned as data. If you are really tight on money you can get a DivX capable Phillips DVD player for $36 at Circuit City. That won't have a HDMI output or do upconversion. I went ahead and spent $90 for extra bells and whistles and it's a hell of a bargain. I'm replaced a $250 near top line DVD player and the new one is far more capable. Home players have really added a lot in the last three years. Consumer Reports rated this player pretty high and I give it 4 1/2 thumbs up as nothing is a perfect 5... Hell it's down to $80 now... http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=175799&WT.mc_n=6&WT. mc_t=U&cm_ven=COMPARISON%20SHOPPING&cm_cat=YAHOO&cm_pla=DATAFEED-% 3EPRODUCTS&cm_ite=1%20PRODUCT&cm_keycode=6 or... http://tinyurl.com/6b8w25 -- Email - rsgibson(a)verizon.borg Replace borg with net If its Tourist Season, why can't we shoot 'em ???
From: Darklight on 12 Apr 2008 09:55 Ron Gibson wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:45:30 +0000, central77 wrote: > >> Wot he said - I spent *hours* messing around converting things until I >> bought a £35 player that did (almost) everything: XVid, DivX, DVD, (S)VCD >> etc etc. It just wasn't worth the bother (and I suspect I've actually >> saved money on power and wear and tear). > > Heck yeah same thing I said. Just think, the average ripped AVI file is > 700MB. On a 4 GB single layer DVD you can burn 5-6 full length movies. > If your A/V receiver does PLII it's as good as a 5.1 DD Video-DVD so you > save on DVD costs alone besides the hours spent transcoding to the > traditional MPEG-2 DVD format. > > However, I'm sort of a throw back on movies. I usually go ahead and use > the whole DVD for a movie but put things like TV series as avi's burned > as data. > > If you are really tight on money you can get a DivX capable Phillips > DVD player for $36 at Circuit City. That won't have a HDMI output or > do upconversion. I went ahead and spent $90 for extra bells and whistles > and it's a hell of a bargain. I'm replaced a $250 near top line DVD > player and the new one is far more capable. Home players have really > added a lot in the last three years. > > Consumer Reports rated this player pretty high and I give it 4 1/2 thumbs > up as nothing is a perfect 5... > > Hell it's down to $80 now... > > http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=175799&WT.mc_n=6&WT. > mc_t=U&cm_ven=COMPARISON%20SHOPPING&cm_cat=YAHOO&cm_pla=DATAFEED-% > 3EPRODUCTS&cm_ite=1%20PRODUCT&cm_keycode=6 > > or... > > http://tinyurl.com/6b8w25 > i have found one problem with avi files while you play them you can't jump scenes as with a mpeg file plus i like to have menus if i burn say a load of series to one dvd. dvdstyler does this for me. but then again i use avidemux to cut down mpeg files. but ha still good to have command line commands for i had a problem with one dvd, that the command line commands i got from this thread helped me to solve.
From: Ron Gibson on 12 Apr 2008 10:46 On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:55:54 +0100, Darklight wrote: > i have found one problem with avi files while you play them you can't > jump scenes as with a mpeg file plus i like to have menus if i burn > say a loadf series to one dvd. dvdstyler does this for me. > but then again i use avidemux to cut down mpeg files. Yeah that's a problem. Also you might have noticed that avi is sort of a generic term. There's Xvid avi and DivX avi for example. DivX is supposed to be sort of the leader of the pack here and Comcast is gonna roll out a 50MB/s connection in their area. They intend to serve up movies in DivX format. There is the latest iteration of DivX that is supposed to include chapters, subtitles, and so on (check the spec's online for precise details). One down thing about my player is that is supports the previous standard but the new format is backward compatible - You just won't be able to use the latest DivX features. > but ha still good to have command line commands for i had a problem with one > dvd, that the command line commands i got from this thread helped me to > solve. Yeah I really want to expand my video work under Linux. For one thing a Windows box is too sensitive. If you try to run a another app it might (and has for me) cause the encoding that's going on to have a "bad spot" in the video. It's the same old problem that M$ OS's have had for years - Each app likes to hog system resources. This weekend looks good for me to do some new stuff with Suse and video. I pretty much have it set up nice now, lots of fonts, etc. I just wish there was an easy way to change Gnomes' colors to what I'd like to have. Hmmm, dvdstyler, eh. That one has got to be added :-) -- Email - rsgibson(a)verizon.borg Replace borg with net If its Tourist Season, why can't we shoot 'em ???
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