[mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No commercial cutting or fancy stuff.

[Brian Rumple]

Burning the pvr-350 mpeg2 in Linux is really straight forward if you
don't care about menus. There has been a script posted many times that
will give you a DVD compliant mpeg2 and create the DVD file structure.


What I want to do is put multiple vcd's or svcd's on a single dvd. I
want to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD. It doesn't seem to make sense to
capture these in DVD quality since they don't originate in DVD quality.
This also seems to be the case with capturing TV input. Does that sound
logical? I don't know a lot about video formats so I might be missing
something here.
 
I believe that it is possible to put VCD's and SVCD's on a DVD if the
audio is 48k, which is all the DVD player will play.  I have to figure
out how to transcode my mpeg2's to VCD with the correct audio format.

What is a good solution to maximizing storage on a DVD while maintaining
VHS quality and allowing playback on a DVD player?




-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Volckaert, Jeff
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:08 PM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No commercial
cutting or fancy stuff.

I use the Ulead DVD Moviefactory that came with the PVR-250
card.  This is done under windows of course via a mapped
network drive.

First you have to record under MythTv at a DVD compliant
format... I use 720x480 res and 4M bitrate.  I then make a
symbolic link to the file with .mpg on the end instead of
.nuv (so Ulead will see it).  Then I just add it to a
project as I did before I used MythTv.  The only difference
from using the PVR card/Ulead under windows is the NUV on
the end.

It would be nice if extension was a setup option in Mythtv
so I wouldn't have to the symbolic link (or automatic mpg
extension when using a hardware encoder).  I also wish the
program title and/or description was somewhere in the
filename.  Those two changes would make burning DVDs under
windows a piece of cake for me.

BTW, go DVD if at all possible $$$ wise and skip the
VCD/SVCD stuff... MUCH better quality with DVD.

Jeff



> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:25:23 -0600
> From: "Malcolm" <mythtv at lds.dyndns.org>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No
> commercial
> 	cutting	or fancy stuff.
> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <064301c4084e$9f163300$ca73f2d1 at malcolm>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone tell me how to burn one of the .nuv Myth
> recordings made from a
> PVR-350 to DVD or even SVCD.  I've been trying for so
> long and trying so
> many things I'm at the point where I don't even care
> about commercial
> cutting or any fancy editing.  I just want the recording
> burnt.  On Linux.
> 
> I've read stuff in the archives about mux or mulitplexing
> or something to
> that nature which is supposed to be IO based and strip
> the audio and video
> of an hour recording in about 10 and you can burn to DVD.
>  I just don't know
> how.
> 
> I also spent a lot of time trying stuff I found on
> www.dvdrhelp.com but
> haven't really got anywhere.
> 
> How about just making an SVCD from one of the .nuv files?
>  Easy?
> 
> Thanks guys
> Malcolm
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