Re: [Mjpeg-users] To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi! > From: Florin Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Playback is no problem with the record (write once) media - even my > > couple year old portable DVD player accepts DVD+R discs without any... > > So, basically you're saying that there's a good chance a player will > support the "other" f

Re: [Mjpeg-users] To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Florin Andrei
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 08:48, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > Playback is no problem with the record (write once) media - even my > couple year old portable DVD player accepts DVD+R discs without any > problems at all. The newer DVD player (the Philips unit mentioned > earlie

Re: [Mjpeg-users] too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Florin Andrei
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 08:38, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > > The lower the quality factor better, but mpeg2enc needs bandwith to > create good quality. If you don't have that bandwith it is better to > request a lower quality. That's good to know. I sort of expected that, but it's good to get it

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hello - From: Selva Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's a limitation of the CD drive - if it's a 2X rated drive then > it can only go up to about 2500kb/s or so. > From what I have seen on philips 623 player I dont think it's simply > the drive capability. See my previous post. Could you

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Matti Haveri wrote: > Selva Nair: > > > Well, if you are targetting a particular player it makes sense to use > > the maximum supported bit rate. My Pioneer HTD510 is quite linient when > > it comes to VCD/SVCD playback (it even plays 720x480 or 720x576 mpegs > > burned

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Hi! > > > From: Matti Haveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > My Pioneer 444 PAL DVD player plays (X)SVCDs at 480x576, 352x576, > > 720x576 and even a VCD-like 352x288 MPEG2 with both 44.1 and 48 kHz > > audio from about 1455-2500 kb/s. > > > > But

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi - > From: Matti Haveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 352x288 is a valid MPEG1 PAL DVD resolution but is it also OK for > MPEG2 PAL DVD? Can I rip, unmux and burn a 352x288 XSVCD to a DVD? > > My Pioneer 444 PAL DVD player plays (X)SVCDs at 480x576, 352x576, > 720x576 and even a VCD-like 352x288 M

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi! > From: Matti Haveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My Pioneer 444 PAL DVD player plays (X)SVCDs at 480x576, 352x576, > 720x576 and even a VCD-like 352x288 MPEG2 with both 44.1 and 48 kHz > audio from about 1455-2500 kb/s. > > But if I go above 2500 kb/s the playback always stutters no matter >

[Mjpeg-users] Re: too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Matti Haveri
Selva Nair: Well, if you are targetting a particular player it makes sense to use the maximum supported bit rate. My Pioneer HTD510 is quite linient when it comes to VCD/SVCD playback (it even plays 720x480 or 720x576 mpegs burned as an SVCD), but it can't handle more than 3000kb/s muxed rat

[Mjpeg-users] Re: To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Matti Haveri
352x288 is a valid MPEG1 PAL DVD resolution but is it also OK for MPEG2 PAL DVD? Can I rip, unmux and burn a 352x288 XSVCD to a DVD? My Pioneer 444 PAL DVD player plays (X)SVCDs at 480x576, 352x576, 720x576 and even a VCD-like 352x288 MPEG2 with both 44.1 and 48 kHz audio. 352x288 XSVCD is my

[Mjpeg-users] AC3 muxing

2002-12-11 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, I tried out some variations of dvd quality mpeg streams burned on a CD-R data track using a philips 623 player. As I wrote last time, with mpeg audio both video and audio plays well (audio channel has to be manually selected as C0). With AC3 I have less success: (i) muxed using mplex on

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Javier Hernandez
Hi Robert, Thank you for your reply. Very helpful info in it. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Robert Kesterson wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Javier Hernandez wrote: > > I got some DV raw material [Analog Camera --> Canopus Box --> Firewire] > > with kino (I know it can be done also with dvgrab). > > I did r

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Aaron Newsome
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 11:36, Jason Radford wrote: > > I use the awesome RedRat2 IR Transmitter and perl glue to do the dirty > > work. As I've recommended to many other on the list I recommend it to > > you too. It works FLAWLESS for me. You can perform unbelievable acts of > > complication using

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jason Radford
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:47:16 -0800 (PST) "Steven M. Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I have a bttv card that for just recording tv shows like drew > > carey is just fine, it's not outstanding quality but for watching once > > and > > Are you capturing at full frame (640x480) fo

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Javier Hernandez
Hi Selva, Thank you for your reply. All the information you have provided me in this email is very valuable. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Selva Nair wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Javier Hernandez wrote: > > I got some DV raw material [Analog Camera --> Canopus Box --> Firewire] > > with kino (I know it c

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jason Radford
On 11 Dec 2002 11:18:12 -0800 Aaron Newsome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am archiving all my TV shows onto DVD. I figure if it is worth > watching, it's worth keeping in high quality, with the exception of "The > O'Reilly Factor" maybe. That is a watch once and delete show. This is > why I ditch

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Aaron Newsome
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 10:52, Jason Radford wrote: > > And you could do it without having to run your primary display through a > > TV-Out. > > Ah I see...Or possibly put the video on VHS for someone without a > DVD/computer then, right? What tools would I use under linux for a > DV to analog ses

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Aaron Newsome
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 09:52, Jason Radford wrote: > > Then too the 50 is unidirectional (analog -> DV) while the model > > 100 can do both analog -> DV and DV -> analog. > > Ah I did not know thisAlthough (being new to this)What could > be the reason for going from DV -> analog? j

[Mjpeg-users] Cheap Linux PVR

2002-12-11 Thread John Ribera
Here's an article on slashdot to answer the recently asked question.   http://slashdot.org/articles/02/12/11/0238200.shtml?tid=137

[Mjpeg-users] Looking raw DV in kino with the quality setting high

2002-12-11 Thread Javier Hernandez
Hi Aaron and all other on the list, Thank you very much to all of you for your replies. On 10 Dec 2002, Aaron Newsome wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 02:45, Javier Hernandez wrote: > > I did run that DV raw material with MPlayer in my computer: > > - Audio is great aceptable. > > - Video quality i

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jason Radford
> And you could do it without having to run your primary display through a > TV-Out. Ah I see...Or possibly put the video on VHS for someone without a DVD/computer then, right? What tools would I use under linux for a DV to analog session? -jason --

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi! > From: Jason Radford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ah there was more difference when I looked I think, good that the > 100 has came down.. I think it's more a matter of the 100 being discounted a little bit and the 50 seems stuck at full list price. > > Then too the 50 is unidir

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Robert Kesterson
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > > > > Then too the 50 is unidirectional (analog -> DV) while the model > > > 100 can do both analog -> DV and DV -> analog. > > Ah I did not know thisAlthough (being new to this)What could > > be the reason for going from DV ->

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > > Then too the 50 is unidirectional (analog -> DV) while the model > > 100 can do both analog -> DV and DV -> analog. > Ah I did not know thisAlthough (being new to this)What could > be the reason for going from DV -> analog? just wondering.. Maybe you wan't to watch a

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jason Radford
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:36:15 -0500 (EST) Robert Kesterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Absolutely. It took me a bit of work to get it going because my > motherboard was faulty, but once I got a good motherboard in here, it was > just plug and play. Works great. I love it. :-) Wonderful.Th

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jason Radford
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:01:14 -0800 (PST) "Steven M. Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $70 is about the size of the difference. The ADVC100 lists for > $300 but you can find it for $270 online (I've ordered a couple of > them from www.tristatecamera.com - good place in my

Re: [Mjpeg-users] too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > > > > Sometimes I find it useful to denoise the video by piping the > > > > output of lav2yuv to yuvdenoise -l 1. > > > Yes, good idea, i'll try that. > > If you denoise, I hope you also use --interlace-mode|-I 0 because else > > mpeg2enc will spend time for motion estimation for a interla

Re: [Mjpeg-users] too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > Hallo .. > > > > Sometimes I find it useful to denoise the video by piping the > > > output of lav2yuv to yuvdenoise -l 1. > > Yes, good idea, i'll try that. > If you denoise, I hope you also use --interlace-mode|-I 0 because else > mpeg2enc wi

Re: [Mjpeg-users] To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi - > From: Florin Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Yeah, so then there's the debate of DVD- over DVD+ formats. Which one to > choose? To me there was no debate - I went with the + format. It can handle the RW media at ~2.4x vs the 1x of DVD-RW. 2x rated DVD-RW drives

Re: [Mjpeg-users] too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > > > [export_mpeg2enc.so] cmd=mpeg2enc -v 0 -q 3 -f 5 -4 2 -2 3 -b 2900 -F 4 > > > -n n -V 230 -o "casa".m2v -a 2 > > > [export_mp2enc.so] (44/4096) cmd=mp2enc -v 0 -r 44100 -b 128 -s -o > > > "casa".mpa > > > > Bit rate of 2900 is out of specs for SVCD and may not play well on many > > st

Re: [Mjpeg-users] too many frame drops

2002-12-11 Thread Selva Nair
On 10 Dec 2002, Florin Andrei wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 08:00, Selva Nair wrote: > > > > On 8 Dec 2002, Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > > > [export_mpeg2enc.so] cmd=mpeg2enc -v 0 -q 3 -f 5 -4 2 -2 3 -b 2900 -F 4 > > > -n n -V 230 -o "casa".m2v -a 2 > > > [export_mp2enc.so] (44/4096) cmd=mp2e

Fw: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Jesper K. Pedersen
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Jason Radford wrote: > > > > I noticed the model 50 on their website, I'm just wanting to play > > with DV, do you have the 100 or 50 model? Just interested in the > > differences, big price difference (if memory serves me right).. > > > I have the 100. The price difference

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Expectations, Doubts, Basic Concepts

2002-12-11 Thread Robert Kesterson
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Jason Radford wrote: > > I noticed the model 50 on their website, I'm just wanting to play > with DV, do you have the 100 or 50 model? Just interested in the > differences, big price difference (if memory serves me right).. I have the 100. The price difference wasn't that mu

Re: [Mjpeg-users] To SVCD or to CVD

2002-12-11 Thread Florin Andrei
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 23:14, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > In this case I do not believe the BMCs have much to do with it. Dual > layer discs are manufactured by gluing two substrates together rather > than recording thru the top layer. I do not see DVD9 "recorders" I see now