Re: Converting DVD copy to AVI [SOLVED]
On 07/08/2010 03:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> The support for avi files is WINFF as it is the front end for mencoder >> that I use and works very well >> >> If you need to play these an a Stanalone DVD player then yes you need >> avi files Kdenlive is another media type program that does more than >> just conversion but the one I use is Avidemux. It is a bit complex but >> extremely powerful. >> > I have winff, kdenlive and avidemux. AFAIK none of them can handle an > existing on-disk DVD structure. I guess there's not much demand for > this. > > >> The easiest to use is Handbrake but avi support is nil even though it >> says it handles them >> >> The need for standalone players to support MKV x264 is needed and they >> are out there but expensive h264 in the mkv container is the best >> format yet >> > Most of the current standalone players with USB inputs seem to handle > this. My player is a few years old so it doesn't. > > poc > > I just did a bit of experimenting and the closest I could get was VLC. Under file select convert/stream Point to your DVD TS folder and convert to a avi file Takes forever but will do it. For me I find the best way is to load the other os (Win 7 or XP) into virtual box and install DVDFAB Platinum and go for it. I cringe at having to run a Windows product but for graphics Windows is very much in the lead because of the companies that write for Windows. Good Luck Poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Converting DVD copy to AVI [SOLVED]
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > The support for avi files is WINFF as it is the front end for mencoder > that I use and works very well > > If you need to play these an a Stanalone DVD player then yes you need > avi files Kdenlive is another media type program that does more than > just conversion but the one I use is Avidemux. It is a bit complex but > extremely powerful. I have winff, kdenlive and avidemux. AFAIK none of them can handle an existing on-disk DVD structure. I guess there's not much demand for this. > The easiest to use is Handbrake but avi support is nil even though it > says it handles them > > The need for standalone players to support MKV x264 is needed and they > are out there but expensive h264 in the mkv container is the best > format yet Most of the current standalone players with USB inputs seem to handle this. My player is a few years old so it doesn't. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Converting DVD copy to AVI [SOLVED]
On 07/08/2010 12:14 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 19:20 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > >> Try Mencoder (MPlayer) >> >> mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate="1200" -oac >> mp3lame -lameopts br=128 -o dvd.avi >> > I think that still reads from the DVD drive. However I managed it using: > > mencoder dvd://4 -o output.avi ... -dvd-device VIDEO_TS > > The important option being -dvd-device, which can be a directory. You > still have to figure out which is the "chapter" (4 in this case) but > it's easy to do a test run to check as mplayer takes the same option. Of > course there might be wierd and wonderful DVDs out there that require > more fooling around, but this one worked for me. > > >> You can see the man page for more options like zooming, scaling and >> subtitle stuffs. >> >> man mencoder >> >> There's also GUI frontends: >> >> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#mencoder_frontends >> > None of which seem to be available in Fedora, and the ones I looked at > are all at least 5 years old. I find it odd that there isn't more demand > for this sort of thing. > > Thanks for your help. > > poc > > The support for avi files is WINFF as it is the front end for mencoder that I use and works very well If you need to play these an a Stanalone DVD player then yes you need avi files Kdenlive is another media type program that does more than just conversion but the one I use is Avidemux. It is a bit complex but extremely powerful. The easiest to use is Handbrake but avi support is nil even though it says it handles them The need for standalone players to support MKV x264 is needed and they are out there but expensive h264 in the mkv container is the best format yet Oh for my old win software Dvdfab platinum but getting it to run correctly through wine leaves something to be desired Cheers -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Converting DVD copy to AVI [SOLVED]
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 19:20 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > Try Mencoder (MPlayer) > > mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate="1200" -oac > mp3lame -lameopts br=128 -o dvd.avi I think that still reads from the DVD drive. However I managed it using: mencoder dvd://4 -o output.avi ... -dvd-device VIDEO_TS The important option being -dvd-device, which can be a directory. You still have to figure out which is the "chapter" (4 in this case) but it's easy to do a test run to check as mplayer takes the same option. Of course there might be wierd and wonderful DVDs out there that require more fooling around, but this one worked for me. > You can see the man page for more options like zooming, scaling and > subtitle stuffs. > > man mencoder > > There's also GUI frontends: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#mencoder_frontends None of which seem to be available in Fedora, and the ones I looked at are all at least 5 years old. I find it odd that there isn't more demand for this sort of thing. Thanks for your help. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
