"Richard (MQ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Files extracted from the HD using Humax's own (MS Windows only) > utility (via the USB port) are given the extension '.ts' (for > transport stream?) and play OK out-of-the-box in e.g. xine / mplayer. > However, trying to use transcode & utilities to get them onto a DVD > is proving frustrating:
I do exactly the same thing with .ts files from a DreamBox 7025, except of course there one doesn't have to use a windows-only utility as the hard drive can be directly mounted via ethernet with NFS or Samba. First, I cut the video file using ProjectX, which also splits the files into a separate video and audio stream. Then, if the video stream is something like 544×576 which isn't a supported DVD format (704×576 and 720×576 are), I do: transcode -i file.m2v -y mpeg2enc,null -q 0 --pre_clip 0,2,0,2 -F 8 -Z 720x576 -E 48000 -b 192,1 -w 8000 --video_max_bitrate 9800 -o file-dvd.m2v (the pre_clip bit ensures the video stream is transformed in the proper ETSI TR 101 154 method -- see http://www.iki.fi/znark/video/conversion/) and then, using mplex from mjpegtools I recombine the video and audio(s): mplex -V -f 8 -o file-dvd.mpg file-dvd.m2v file*.mp2 Of course, being in Finland, we have lots of subtitled stuff, so getting those into DVD format means quite a bit of extra trickery (if there is wide enough interest, I can see about making my scripts clean enough to post them) -- /* * * Otto J. Makela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, FAX: +358 42 7655772, ICBM: 60N 25E */ /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki, FINLAND */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * */
