On 05/20/2010 09:51 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 13:33 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >>> I've done it with devede. Not too difficult and it works pretty >>> >> well, >> >>> but of course the resulting files are much larger than the .avi >>> >> sources. >> >>> That's why he's out of luck if he wants to get a whole series onto >>> >> one >> >>> DVD as he said. >>> >>> >>> >> I don't think he is necessarily out of luck. While the resulting >> files may be larger there are different techniques for reducing the >> overall size. I have taken movies, pressed on DL DVD's (9GB) and >> transferred them SL DVD(4.5GB). Yes, the quality slightly degraded >> and I wouldn't watch it on a screen larger than 26"....but without >> taking the time and effort I would not rule out success. >> > Downsizing a commercial DVD from 9GB to 4GB is a common procedure, > though a lot of the saving comes from removing extraneous elements such > as subtitles and extras, which the paranoid in me believes are there in > many cases in order to push the size over 4.5GB and hence make copying > slightly more difficult. > > Besides, many .avi files are already highly compressed and have lower > video and audio quality than the originals (while still being acceptable > to the average viewer). Converting them to MPEG doesn't change the > quality, just the size (so older player with weak cpus can decode them > at viewing rate). Compressing them again will lose more quality, but of > course the viewer may still find them acceptable. > > A typical 42-minute TV episode (1 hour less commercials) is around 350MB > in .avi format, so you'll get a dozen or so on a single-layer DVD. The > commercial boxed sets of series (at full broadcast quality) get 3 to 4 > episodes per *dual-layer* DVD. > > poc > > I was going to divide the series on two DVD's , 5 on each, I'am just not sure how a TV DVD player would handle them. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
