Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-21 Thread Nick
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:39:32 +0200 Dave Widgery wrote: > Hi again, > > Sorry to ask more questions, I have been doing some experimenting and > MakeMKV works great to extract from the DVD and create a video file, I > then can easily use ffmpeg to reduce resolution and create an MP4 by > doing a.

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-21 Thread Dave Widgery
Hi again, Sorry to ask more questions, I have been doing some experimenting and MakeMKV works great to extract from the DVD and create a video file, I then can easily use ffmpeg to reduce resolution and create an MP4 by doing a. ffmpeg -i inputfile.mkv -vf scale=1280:720 outputfile.mp4 This wor

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-14 Thread Dave Widgery
Thanks to all for your helpful responses, going the raspberry Pi route does sound interesting but I am currently working solid on renovating the house so I really do not have the time at the moment to start investigating time new hardware, maybe a project for the future. Also although 8Tb disks ar

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread artisticforge Niemand
hello; the short answer Linux, dvdbackup, handbrake commandline interface. I have been doing this for years using those. Get a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB of RAM everything you need is available nearly all open source. I have nearly all the entire DVD collection ripped to hard drives. I have numerous

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread Nick Payne
I use MakeMKV (which isn't free) for ripping the DVDs or BluRays, followed by Handbrake to convert the resulting files to the H.265 video codec to reduce the file sizes (which is a pretty slow process). As I have an nVidia Quadro video card in the PC, I tried the NVENC version of H.265 in Handbrake

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread Dave Lambley
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 16:26, Dave Widgery wrote: > > Hi > I would like to copy some of my DVD collection onto hard disk to make > them easier to access and I am getting very frustrated with > downloading programs that claim to be free versions only to find out > that in fact that it is a trial ve

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread Peter Corlett
On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 05:25:41PM +0200, Dave Widgery wrote: > I would like to copy some of my DVD collection onto hard disk to make them > easier to access and I am getting very frustrated with downloading programs > that claim to be free versions only to find out that in fact that it is a > tria

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread Nick
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:25:41 +0200 Dave Widgery wrote: > Hi > I would like to copy some of my DVD collection onto hard disk to make > them easier to access and I am getting very frustrated with > downloading programs that claim to be free versions only to find out > that in fact that it is a tria

Re: OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread MacFH - C E Macfarlane
Please see below ... On 13/10/2019 16:25, Dave Widgery wrote: Hi I would like to copy some of my DVD collection onto hard disk to make them easier to access and I am getting very frustrated with downloading programs that claim to be free versions only to find out that in fact that it is a trial

OT Video Conversion

2019-10-13 Thread Dave Widgery
Hi I would like to copy some of my DVD collection onto hard disk to make them easier to access and I am getting very frustrated with downloading programs that claim to be free versions only to find out that in fact that it is a trial version, or in the case of a comprehensive program like Handbrake

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-10 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:54:20PM +0100, Dave Widgery wrote: > Several people have suggested handbrake, I did try this but gave up > when it wanted to take 7-8 hours to do the conversion, I know my > notebook is not particularly quick, but I thought that was a bit > excessive, hence the search fo

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 9 Dec 2018 at 10:25, Colin Law Colin Law wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 08:55, Dave Widgery wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I am trying to convert some .ts files to mp4 > > ffmpeg should be able to do that, see this for example > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17907762/how-to-convert-re-wrap-

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Widgery
Hi Thanks for that, exactly what I wanted, Also it seams to have done the job in minutes rather than hours. Again Thanks everyone for your input. Dave On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 11:25, Colin Law wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 08:55, Dave Widgery wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I am trying to convert

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread get_iplayer
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 12:54:20 +0100 Dave Widgery wrote: > Firstly thanks for all your input, > > Several people have suggested handbrake, I did try this but gave up > when it wanted to take 7-8 hours to do the conversion, I know my > notebook is not particularly quick, but I thought that was a bit

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Widgery
Firstly thanks for all your input, Several people have suggested handbrake, I did try this but gave up when it wanted to take 7-8 hours to do the conversion, I know my notebook is not particularly quick, but I thought that was a bit excessive, hence the search for something else. Dave On Sun, 9

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread MacFH - C E Macfarlane
Please see below ... On 09/12/2018 08:54, Dave Widgery wrote: I then relised that get_iplayer does some video conversion and wondered if I already have the means of doing what I want, I am not worried about doing any conversion on frame size or rate, just basic .ts to mp4 conversion, if there is

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 08:55, Dave Widgery wrote: > > Hi > > I am trying to convert some .ts files to mp4 ffmpeg should be able to do that, see this for example https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17907762/how-to-convert-re-wrap-transport-stream-to-mpeg-4-container-in-ios-app Colin _

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Nick Payne
Have you tried Handbrake. Free and open source and available for Windows, Mac, Linux. https://handbrake.fr/ ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Widgery
Hi I am trying to convert some .ts files to mp4 (created on a key from a basic terrestrial digibox), this is not something that I normally want to do so I don't wish to spend any money on fancy conversion software. I have tried several "FREE" converters that after all the effort to install them I