[mythtv-users] Re: converting NUV to AVI or something I can use on
my Mac
Jarod C. Wilson
jcw at wilsonet.com
Mon Jul 21 10:02:02 EDT 2003
On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, Joshua Santelli wrote:
> I've got Mythtv setup and running. I used the manual
> capure fauture to caputer a 10 minute home movie clip.
> I can play it back in myth - no problems.
>
> I wanted to conver that to something I could edit on
> my Mac (iMovie -> iDVD). I've...
> ~ read HOWTO 19.1
> ~ patched mplayer
> ~ messed around with mencoder (two pass)
> ~ fixed mythencode.pl and tried it
> ~ tried mkmovie (mythmkmovie)
>
> A lot of the times I get an "AVI" file and no errors
> but I can't play them with quicktime or import them
> into iMovie. Any suggestions would be great.
Try playing the avi file with something like vlc (on the Mac). I'm
guessing the avi file is using a codec not supported by QuickTime.
> Not sure if this is needed but here is some
> background: capturing with Wonder VE, setting to
> MPEG4, NTSC and very close to the default settings for
> video and audio.
I'd suggest trying to get an mpeg4 file out of the deal, rather than an
avi file. I don't recall an easy way to convert an avi file to
something QuickTime plays nice with, short of using Cleaner (but it
ain't free :). I'll have to look into that myself, since it could be a
bit of fun bringing up a few recordings in Final Cut Pro...
-jcw
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