Thanks for the info.....
Here is where I am at.......
On the occasion I use the video camera
to make a video I want to be able to
put this video on a DVD where I can
watch it on my 32inch TV in my living room
not sitting at my desk looking at my 22inch
monitor.
I want to be able to give this video to others
on a DVD to be able to do the same.
I want this video to be decent quality....
Not so huge as 10.5 gig and not so tiny as 770 megabytes.
On 8/8/2014 11:45 PM, karl shah-jenner
wrote:
Russ:
I'm sure some folks here are video
experts...
OK I have a video camera that uses a Mini DV tape.
I save the 50 minute video I took as an AVI file
and it comes out to about 10.5 Gigabyte.
I have tried many of the free on line
convertors/movie makers and when they convert the
file it compresses it way to much.
Now I do understand that there are many file types
codexes etc etc.
When I do convert the file to something of a decent size
such as a Dvix or Mpeg4 they will play on a computer,
but not on a standard DVD player.
I don't mind spending a few $$$ on a commercial
editing/converting program such as one of the Corell
products if I can find one that will let me take this
LARGE 10.5 gig avi file and convert it to a GOOD quality
file that I can play on a standard DVD player.
the VOB files you find on a DVD are as Randy said, MPEG2 within
the VOB container, encoding directly to MPEG2 will make the DVD
compilation process easier - but to be honest so many of the newer
DVD machines (ie, chinese) and multimedia devices in general have
a lot more codecs they can read, and avi's so widely used these
days by so many more devices I'd recommend thinking hard about
whether you really want the headache of making DVDs. I find this
especially so when you go to all the bother of making DVDs for
people and ask them later what they thought of the project.. after
they look at you vaguely and so 'oh yeah, it didn't work' (went in
the trash) you'll find yourself researching their particular DVD
machine to find it was incapable of reading writeable disks, or it
only reads DVD+R's or something equally annoying. Also annoying
is putting avi's on a DVD and getting the same response - now I
just write DATA, FOR USE IN COMPUTERS - WORKS on disks to make
life easier for the stupid people who haven't the wit to try more
than one device before giving up.
I would try to get the files into Mpeg2 format first, roughly the
right size first, and you probably already know you're going to
need a program that can burn the things onto a usable DVD - many
burner programs wont do that out of the box.
http://www.dvdflick.net/ (free) is an all in one encoder and
burner. You'll need a burner that can actually burn DVDs or else
you'll need to compile the file structure yourself and that can be
a headache. (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS files are where the data is
stored in a very particular order, with the AUDIO_TS file often
left empty) this will probably do all you want it to with a
minimum of fuss.
http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/ - (free) I have no experience with
this particular version but it allows full authoring, takes many
media types turns them into what you want.. and it provides tools
for building menus, graphics and all the fruity things that go on
DVD's
Myself - to burn the actual DVD I use Deepburner - a commercial
version which can create the file structures.. all you need do is
point it to the movies, it does the rest - but it's no great
improvement on the free DVDflick
to rip files smaller:
pocketdivxencoder v4.5 - totally free (if you find a 'buy it'
link, look elsewhere) easy to use divx encoder, massive level of
easily understood customization - handles most video formats
compresses extremely well- wont make you a DVD but will make large
files much smaller and do a very good job once you find the right
compromise regarding quality/size
http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/EN_index.htm - I know I said you
need a MPEG2 encoder, but if you spend a bit of time (not much,
it's pretty quick) seeing what this can do you'll have a better
idea of what you can be aiming toward quality and size-wise.
totalvideoconverter (I have the commercial version) - offers a
mass of integrated codecs, ugly, some ability to customize output
- but it offers a simple choice of DVD, VCD or SVCD along with the
rest http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/
I'd strongly recommend against roxio or cyberlink products -
you'll need a crowbar and about 2 gallons of high octane fuel to
get the things out of your computer when they irritate you for the
last time.
k
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Russ
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