Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:02:19 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: David <ddavid_3@N_OSPAM.yahoo.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Video format's and sizes Message-ID: <XFMail.20011128110219.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011127183345.8269A44A9DB@spitfire.velocet.net>
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On 27-Nov-2001 David wrote: > (I figured i would send this too chat, because it's not really specific > too FreeBSD in itself.) > > 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) > > 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? Are you enamoured with a particular format? Eg MPEG1 is pretty crappy - it does have the advantage of playing most DVD players though (ie if you make a VCD). No idea about DVD mastering. Another possibility is to use some compression format like DivX (eg MPEG4). That would get you a good compression ratio, but at the disadvantage of only being playable on a PC. I don't know of any easy to use software for FreeBSD that can do this. I have, however, used a BT878 card (cheap), Virtual Dub (free), DScaler (free) and OpenDivx (free) under Windows (not free) to capture stuff off VCR with relative ease. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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