On Oct 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote:
On Oct 22, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:
I can't find the tool I need to turn the .avi file into something
that I can burn onto a DVD (in movie format).
Try ffmpegx http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
OK, what format to I convert to so that a) quicktime will play it b)
I can make a DVD with toast 5.2.3 or iDVD?
The ffmpegx converter can preview the .avi-- quicktime can't play it,
even with the correct plug-in installed. No surprise, I'm used to QT
not playing things.
the ffmpegx walk-thru for making a dVD says I should be able to
use .mov mpeg-4 or DVD (which makes a video_ts folder) for either
Tosst 5.2.3 (which is what I have) or iDVD (which I also have).
However, .mov mpeg-4 gives me a movie which plays white, although
sound is there. DVD, gives me a video_ts folder which is a black
movie, no vid or sound, but it's big, and does play, just is kinda
boring.
I moved the thing to my wife's Dell and got it onto DVD in 3 mouse
clicks, with freeware. Easy enough!
I'd love for this kind of thing to work easily on my Mac. should it
be easy?? Sure, if I capture on this Mac, video will work. I have
no digital camcorder, and I live in the real world, which means other
standard formats have to work.
I am 10.4.1, was with QT6.x, now am QT 7.0.3. I have the latest
ffmpegx, with the latest of the components it requires; I've gone
thru the walk-thru at the above site repeatedly, and waited literally
tens of hours for these things to get converted, only to have them
fail to be useful.
Thanks for pointers.
Brian
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