Well, here's where I ended up... Handbrake H.264 - No good, regardless of the setting I tried. I got the "Apple iPod" preset to work, but only by switching the codec from h.264 to mpeg-4. The video is shrunk from 720x480 down to 320X240, but works well enough for my needs. I'm off to rip some DVDs!!!
ffmepgx - lots of great options here. Definitely a keeper in the video toolbox. Conversions from H264 rips went well, but since I was able to get the Handbrake rip to work, I won't have to run each DVD through the conversion process - saving tons of time. Thanks again for the help, Doug On Nov 23, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Dan wrote: > DivX, Xvid, and H.264 *are* MPEG-4 variants. Very cpu intensive. > > MPEG-1 is the video format used on the original Video CD. These will easily > play on your G3. > > MPEG-2 is the video format used on Super Video CD and DVD Video. These may > play on your G3, depending on the compression. This is the codec most often > done in hardware, on the video card. (newer GPUs now include h.264 decoders > also). > > For your G3... um... Try ripping the DVD to an avi file with Xvid and mp3 > audio. See how well that plays back using QuickTime Player with Perian, and > VLC. If it stutters, you can try lowering the bitrate. (I suggest mp3 > because it's let cpu intensive to decode than other formats). > > If that doesn't work... Handbrake is quite limited... Use Handbrake to rip > the DVD then use ffmpeg directly to transcode to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. > > - Dan. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
