[mythtv-users] RE:Burning to DVD (saving MPEG clips)

[papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu]

	I found avidemux a few weeks ago and it really helps in processing both 
avi's and mpeg-2's.  I've noticed that it puts lots of extra padding when 
authoring directly to a DVD-PS, though.  It's about 20% larger than using mplex 
on the simple streams.  Probably a bug.  For now I'm stripping the m2a, m2v, 
and the using mplex to glue them back together.

-Cory

 On Mon, 10 May 2004, Johnny Lee wrote:

> Wow this is really saving me some major time. Thanks Gregory. 
> 
> 
> Johnny Lee
> 
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Gregory J. McGee
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> > Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 19:46:24 -0400
> > From: "J. Donavan Stanley" <jdonavan at jdonavan.net>
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] RE:Burning to DVD (saving MPEG clips)
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> > myth-lane at dowobeha.net wrote:
> > 
> > >I guess I thought that avidemux2 reprocessed the video. 
> > >  
> > >
> > 
> > Oh, and it can do that was well.  Lots of filters for both audio and
> > video.
> > 
> 
> Mandrake 10 (Official) and cooker have 2.0.22, need that version or
> higher(?) for the mpeg2-PS save directly from withing avidemux.
> 
> Some version should be in Debian, haven't checked. Might need unstable
> for 2.0.22, due to deps. (gtk2.0+)
> 
> I use vobview to preview and merge multiple vobs onto a DVD, and dump
> the iso. Haven't made a coaster yet. Note---The dump path is hardcoded
> in vobview, can't remember where, something like /tmp, I changed it to
> /video/tmp and recompiled, now goes on my 120G recording drive.
> 
> One of the standard "features" of avidemux2 is the way you save
> things---If you select another say video codec and audio codec, select
> "aprocess", but DON'T select the "vprocess" button, and save, it will
> save out with the new audio encoding and just do a fast copy on the
> video stream, preserving the video format, and using almost no cpu time.
> 
> For example: if you have transcoded your recordings to mpeg4 already,
> and just want an avi, save as an avi, with no audio or video process
> selected... it will copy both streams, and only take a few minutes.
> 
> MPEG2-PS from MPEG2 nuvs is going to be only limited speed wise by your
> harddrive speed, as its sort of "reassembles" the file with additional
> info, a recompile if you will.
> 
> 
> 

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