[mythtv-users] Transcoding Video to write to disk

[nate s]

The ISO filesystem does not support files over 2 GB.  If you use UDF
this will not be a problem.

Look at the dvd authoring script on the mythtv wiki.  It's very helpful.  

-Nate


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:21:05 -0500, wmunson at rochester.rr.com
<wmunson at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> You should be able to write a file ~4.3GB in size to a standard single layer DVD. Certainly you should be able to burn a dvd of a 90 minute show at any bitrate thats legal for a dvd. You might want to read the section of the mythtv docs that deals with this issue. You are going to have to transcode the file at least once. You have to split the audio and video and then recombine them in DVD format before burning them as a video. If you are just saving the raw file, then no trancoding is needed but you will have to provide a means of playing the .nuv file.
> 
> This subject has been beaten to death several times so a search of the archives should provide a wealth of info.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Vollmar <matt at vollmars.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:46 am
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Transcoding Video to write to disk
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have a large number of videos recorded on my Myth box, and have
> > a few
> > that I want to burn to DVD.  I've succeeded in making 1 coaster so
> > far
> > and would prefer not to do that again.  It seems that I cannot
> > burn
> > LARGE files to DVD.  I haven't looked it up online, but from a
> > little
> > bit of reading, I believe I cannot burn a file over 1 GB in size
> > to a
> > DVD.  Unfortunately, the first video I want to burn is about 4 GB
> > in
> > size.  I don't really want to transcode it, since it would take
> > forever.  I have a Movix2 CD which I can give to someone with this
> > disk,
> > so there is no real need to transcode.  Anyway, I know I need to
> > split
> > the file, but avisplit will not work on the NUV file, since it is
> > not an
> > AVI.  I feebly tried to run the file via mythtranscode through
> > transcode
> > to rewrite it as an AVI, but it seems to me that this will
> > actually
> > re-encode the file, which I don't want.  If anyone here is an
> > expert
> > enough to tell me what commands I need to run or how to burn a 4
> > GB file
> > to DVD, I would really appreciate it.  If I MUST transcode the
> > entire
> > thing, I will do so, but I tested the export to DVD and it looked
> > as
> > though the file would exceed 5 GB.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
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