Recording mpg's

Sun, 5 May 2002 17:49:44 -0700

What I used was Smartripper to get the VOB files off of the DVD. Then, I 
used DVD2AVI to make the audio and avi files. Then I used Nandub to put the 
audio and video files together.

I had some issues getting the audio too, until I figured out that the 
program I was using (DVD2AVI) was just making two seperate files. Nandub 
interleaves the audio into the avi file.

The MPlayer option for Linux that Codie mentioned:

| Actually, MPlayer includes mencoder which can make DiVX movies very
| fast. I can get a three pass (audio, video pass-1, video pass-2) DiVX 4
| movies done in about 4.5 hours without copying from the DVD. It builds
| the movies directly from the DVD in the player.

Looks like it would be the best option for both of us. I'm going to have to 
try that the next time I get a little time to play.

On Sunday, May 05, 2002 1:50 am, George Toft wrote:
|Hi Jeff,
|
|Windows works for me.  I spent a bunch of time at vcdhelp.com but could
|not record audio.
|
|George
|
|Jeff wrote:
|> I don't know what it would take to make DivX using Linux. I haven't
|> began to look there. It does take a bit of reading and trial and error
|> to get it right.
|>
|> I'm currently using Windows to convert my DVDs into DivX. I can give you
|> some starter links and names of the applications that I use (they are
|> free) if you want to use Windows.
|>
|> Otherwise, for Linux, I'd start with a search at google for "DivX for
|> Linux" and go from there.
|>
|> On Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:50 pm, George Toft wrote:
|> |Great!!!
|> |
|> |What does it take to create a DivX file?  I have a WinTV card,
|> |a Linux box, CD-R, and whatever Linux distro will support the
|> |software you recommend.
|> |
|> |George
|> |
|> |Jeff wrote:
|> |> I've been into video a lot lately and personally, AVI is my favorite.
|> |> Well... Actually, DivX. The compression is excellent. I have a CD
|> |> with Braveheart on it. It's excellent quality even on a monitor, but
|> |> when viewed through a TV card onto a TV, I don't even notice a
|> |> difference from my couch. If you go right up to the TV then you can
|> |> see the pixels, but who really watches movies from a foot or two
|> |> away?
|> |>
|> |> I think we all know how long of a movie Braveheart is and it fits
|> |> onto a 700 MB CD!!! (overburned of course)
|> |>
|> |> I'm probably not answering your question, I'm just saying instead of
|> |> MPEG 1 or 2, I'd go with MPEG 4 (DivX is MPEG 4 I think, which has a
|> |> .divx or .avi extension)
|> |>
|> |> On Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:49 pm, George Toft wrote:
|> |> |Let's say my stack of videotapes is growing - not to mention a CD-R
|> |> | is $0.15 each and a video tape $2.00.  I want to record a TV show
|> |> | onto CD instead of video tape.  I have the Hauppage WinTV card.
|> |> |
|> |> |I've tried Broadcast2000, with works OK, except that 30 seconds of
|> |> | video takes up 200MB and there is no audio playback.  It's also an
|> |> | AVI file, not an MPEG.
|> |> |
|> |> |What does it take to record video and audio and store it in an MPEG
|> |> | that xtheater understands?  I'm a total digital video newbie and
|> |> | need a gentle shove in the right direction.
|> |> |
|> |> |Thanks in advance.
|> |> |
|> |> |George
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