On Jan 28, 2008 12:17 PM, Vaughn Treude <
vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> One possible problem is that I chose the output file format arbitrarily.
> I have no idea which output formats are likely to be editable. On
> video it has the following options: MPEG1, DVD, VCD, SVCD. On audio
MPEG1 is just a format. DVD/SVCD/VCD are quality indicators
(resolution/bitrate)...
> there are three options "MPEG Layer 1", "MPEG Layer 2" and AC-3.
> Unfortunately the only one that's not grayed out here is "MPEG Layer 2".
> I suspect AC-3 would be a better sound format, because it gets mentioned
AC3 is probably greyed out because you don't have a license to use it.
It is generally not free. MPEG Layer 2 is also know as MP2 (MPEG3
layer 2)...
> a lot on the semi-helpful "how to" files I've read. Am I right about
> this, do I need to do the sound as AC-3? Should I choose a different
> video format? Should I toss the Hauppage in the canal? :-)
After you capture it, you should consider converting to OGG/Theora
format. You can do this with the ffmpeg2theora package...
--
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"Know something about everything and everything about something."
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