Recording mpg's

[George Toft]

I looked at mplayer briefly, and discovered it was going to be
a paing in the butt to get working under SuSE.  I guess that will
be my next project, when I get lots of spare time.

George


Jeff wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> | You can make movies in any format mplayer can view. Works good on
> | Windows Media Player too although it doesn't like Variable BitRate files
> | too much...
> |
> |
> |
> | --codie
> 
> 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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