Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:55:43 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: David <ddavid_3@yahoo.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video format's and sizes Message-ID: <a05101006b829907a9d6e@[10.0.1.19]> In-Reply-To: <20011127183345.8269A44A9DB@spitfire.velocet.net> References: <20011127183345.8269A44A9DB@spitfire.velocet.net>
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At 1:32 PM -0500 on 2001/11/27, David wrote: > I'm looking at transfering VCR video's to cd or dvd if necessary, ( > preferably cd) but am uncertain as too what size's I would be dealing > with. ( dealing with video "sizes" between 1.5 and 2 hours) This is precisely what is done with VideoCD (i.e., VCD) format. > I'm wandering if someone has done this, and/or what would the best format > too convert the video too, and would it be possible to be fit a 2hr video > on a cd? I'd recommend you check out what is done to produce a VCD before doing too much else. If you get the format correct, your VideoCD will automatically play in any computer or video equipment that is capable of mounting a CD and reading the VideoCD format. VCDs aren't nearly as popular in the US, but are much more common in Europe and Asia. Most better DVD creation software should also be capable of creating VideoCDs, and burning them on most any standard CD-R. The latest version of the "platinum" products from Roxio (Easy CD Creator Platinum for PCs, and Toast Platinum for Macs) are both capable of creating VideoCDs from suitable input files. See <http://www.roxio.com/>; for more information. Of course, this may not help you under FreeBSD, but at least it tells you that this sort of thing is possible and you know what the format needs to be, and now you just need to find the suitable program. ;-) -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> H4sICIFgXzsCA2RtYS1zaWcAPVHLbsMwDDvXX0H0kkvbfxiwVw8FCmzAzqqj1F4dy7CdBfn7 Kc6wmyGRFEnvvxiWQoCvqI7RSWTcfGXQNqCUAnfIU+AT8OZ/GCNjRVlH0bKpguJkxiITZqes MxwpSucyDJzXxQEUe/ihgXqJXUXwD9ajB6NHonLmNrUSK9nacHQnH097szO74xFXqtlbT3il wMsBz5cnfCR5cEmci0Rj9u/jqBbPeES1I4PeFBXPUIT1XDSOuutFXylzrQvGyboWstCoQZyP dxX4dLx0eauFe1x9puhoi0Ao1omEJo+BZ6XLVNaVpWiKekxN0VK2VMpmAy+Bk7ZV4SO+p1L/ uErNRS/qH2iFU+iNOtbcmVt9N16lfF7tLv9FXNj8AiyNcOi1AQAA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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