[mythtv-users] MPEG2, avidemux and iDVD frustrations

[Jack Trout]

You Main Idea should be first to create a Movie of the show in iMovie,
then export to iDVD, at last time I did work on iDVD it wasnt a video
editor, so you need to use iMovie, to combine the 2 and do what ever
editing and syncing you need to do, then it will re-encode it in a
format for iDVD and even open the project in iDVD for you

(please forgive me if this is out of date I havent used a mac in about 9 months)


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:23:45 -0600, Lane Schwartz <dowobeha at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:08:15 -0500, Christopher Flynn
> 
> 
> <flynnguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps someone can help me out as I'm fairly new to all the different
> > video formats. I have a PVR-250MCE and it records to an MPEG2 stream
> > right? Ok, now what I'm trying to do is burn a dvd of a show I
> > recorded complete with menus. Now I know there are some linux
> > tutorials out there but the problem is that my dvd burner is on my
> > mac. Ok, so I tried to just rename the .nuv to .mpg and open it up in
> > iDVD and burn it but that doesn't work because it's an unsupported
> > file format. Some searching indicates that quicktime needs a $20
> > plugin to read mpeg2 files. Ok, so I look at the linux tutorial and
> > they say to use avidemux to demux to audio and video streams. This
> > gives me a .m2v and an mp2 which I can display in quicktime but the
> > sound isn't there. (because it's obviously in the mp2) I tried to find
> > a way to tell iDVD and quicktime that there is sound and a video clip
> > to no avail.
> >
> > I am starting to get really frustrated with this. Does anyone else out
> > there use iDVD and if so what format do you convert your mpeg2's into
> > and what programs do you use? I'm trying a bunch of different options
> > but a 30 minute video clip takes forever to convert to another format.
> > -Chris
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Can't help on the iDVD front (I had the same problem when I tried).
> 
> However, I can recommend DVDStyler. It is a decent Linux app that lets
> you author video DVDs from mpeg2 files. It currently only supports 1
> menu page, but it does what I need for burning most of my shows.
> 
> If you want more complex menus, you could try 'Q' DVD Author. Last
> time I tried it, it wasn't quite as stable as DVDStyler, but it
> definitely has more features.
> 
> http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/
> http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
> 
> I've also been working on some scripts of my own. I'd really like to
> see DVD burning included as a native feature of Myth.
> 
> HTH,
> Lane
> 
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