Difference between revisions of "Video"

How to create DVD from .dv file

• convert DV file to AVI with MPEG_Streamclip.exe
• convert to .mpg with TPGEnc DVD Source Creator
• create DVD folder structure with TMPGEnc DVD Author
• rip raw audio with VirtualDub

Linux tweaks

• install mencoder
  • added the following file (freshrpms.repo) to Fedora 3 /etc/yum.repos.d/

# $Id$
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[core]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - core
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/core
gpgcheck=1

[updates]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/updates
gpgcheck=1

[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
gpgcheck=1

#[tupdates]
#name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - testing updates
#baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/tupdates

• run 'yum install mencoder' and followed dialogue

• run mencoder
• what works for me mencoder dscf5780.avi -o test.avi -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -ffourcc DX50
• google video preferrs

 Here are our preferred video specs:
NTSC (4:3) size and framerate, deinterlaced
Video Codec: MPEG2 or MPEG4 (MPEG4 preferred)
Video Bitrate: at least 260Kbps (750kbps preferred)
Audio Codec: MP3 vbr
Audio Bitrate: at least 70Kbps (128 Kbps preferred) 

• description at gentoo wiki