[mythtv-users] MPEG2, avidemux and iDVD frustrations

[Lane Schwartz]

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

Just wanted to follow up. Did you make any progress on this?


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