Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnick
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:32:40PM -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > Can I convert an MJPEG file to DV format so I can have a play with this > > smilutils package? > > Hmmm, I suppose it's possible - never tried it myself. You'd need > to get 'libdv' (another fine sourceforge proje

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: > Hmm, information overload. One question at a time from now on... :o) Well, you _did_ ask :-) > Can I convert an MJPEG file to DV format so I can have a play with this > smilutils package? Hmmm, I suppose it's possible - never tried

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: > OK, so can I basically assume that dvgrab is like a DV version of lavrec; that > kino is like a DV version of lavplay/glav; Ah, that's a good way to view things. I should have thought of that analogy. > and that smilutils has somethi

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
> I use 'dvgrab' to capture the data (12GB/hr) and then 'kino' to > edit (cut out the commercials, splice new scenes in, whatever). Kino > can capture of course but I prefer a commandline/batch method of > bulk capture. OK, so can I basically assume that dvgrab is like a D

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
> Kino and dvgrab are the two main tools. An ancilliary part of kino > called "smilutils" is also used to manipulate the DV files after > capture and editing. Hmm, information overload. One question at a time from now on... :o) Can I convert an MJPEG file to DV format so I can

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: > :) No, definitely not a troll! I was considering writing a piece for Newsforge Ah, ok. > The thing is, I only have a DC10+ card, which are increasingly difficult to > get hold of these days. I have been blissfully unaware to date of what peo

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
> > > Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of > > > the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? > > At first I thought that was a troll ;) :) No, definitely not a troll! I was considering writing a piece for Newsforge (or similar) on t

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Problem with file sizes over 4 Gb

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Jim Hatfield wrote: > I've sent this to mjpeg-users and transcode-users, my apologies to > those who are on both. Well, there is, marginally, a mjpegtools connection - looks like the mplex command's used after all the transcode processing ;) > (then using dv

Re: [Mjpeg-users] lavtrans: Seamless Cut & Paste

2004-10-26 Thread Dik Takken
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: Hallo I fixed it. Apparently, the merge edit list did not work because I did not specify the exact length of each fragment. I thought lavtrans would figure that out by itself. Now I use lavinfo to get the frame count and use that info to generate a c

[Mjpeg-users] Problem with file sizes over 4 Gb

2004-10-26 Thread Jim Hatfield
I've sent this to mjpeg-users and transcode-users, my apologies to those who are on both. I've tried to make reduced-rate backups of DVDs using this script: #!/bin/sh # device=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 title=4 chapter=-1 factor=1.20 # rm -f movie.m2v rm -f movie.ac3 # tcextract -i fifo.vid -t vob -x mpeg2

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Robert Kesterson wrote: > Derek Fountain wrote: > > Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the > > MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? At first I thought that was a troll ;) > You don't have to capture wi

Re: [Mjpeg-users] lavtrans: Seamless Cut & Paste

2004-10-26 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > I fixed it. Apparently, the merge edit list did not work because I did not > specify the exact length of each fragment. I thought lavtrans would figure > that out by itself. Now I use lavinfo to get the frame count and use that > info to generate a correct edit list. Fine :) > Another bug

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:15, Derek Fountain wrote: > Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the > MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? mpeg2enc also works with output from ffmpeg and mplayer, so you can re-encode any movie to VCD, SVCD o

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Roine Gustafsson
On Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004, at 15:15 Europe/Stockholm, Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? To me, mjpegtools is a veritable swiss army knife when it comes to video process

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Robert Kesterson
Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? You don't have to capture with the mjpegtools -- I never have (all my captures are DV through a Canopus box on FireWire). Capture with

[Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your bus

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Field order keeps changing

2004-10-26 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > I am trying to capture a VHS PAL film using a DC10+ card (Pinnacle). > The capture works fine, but I have to move the bottom field forward in > order to get the correct pair of fields in the same frame. This works > fine, but the next problem I don't know how to solve: the interlacing > o