Thomas Ronner <[email protected]> wrote: On 23 Aug 2009, at 20:56, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> I posted this on the Ubuntu users list and here as well. I have a > dvd with a video file on it that is a propriaoratery ATI file a > VCR file. I made it on an old windows computer with an ATI video > card and library and all that went up in smoke. If someone here > has and ATI video librairy can convert this for me to any file I can > use in Linux I would be willing to pay a reasonable price to get it > done. I sure can't buy an ATI board and software put into XP just > to get a usable copy. I would rather sail the dvd over the river > than give them another nickel. I have been all over the internet > looking for a convesion solution and it seems all leads wind up in > a dead end. ANY HELP, > ANYBODY > ? > Doug Can you play the file with mplayer? Then you can convert it using mencoder or maybe ffmpeg. Thomas --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:04:42 -0400 From: Douglas Pollard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CinCV] VCR file Reply-To: [email protected] Thomas Ronner wrote: > > On 23 Aug 2009, at 20:56, Douglas Pollard wrote: > >> I posted this on the Ubuntu users list and here as well. I have a >> dvd with a video file on it that is a propriaoratery ATI file a VCR >> file. I made it on an old windows computer with an ATI video card >> and library and all that went up in smoke. If someone here has and >> ATI video librairy can convert this for me to any file I can use in >> Linux I would be willing to pay a reasonable price to get it done. I >> sure can't buy an ATI board and software put into XP just to get a >> usable copy. I would rather sail the dvd over the river than give >> them another nickel. I have been all over the internet looking for a >> convesion solution and it seems all leads wind up in a dead >> end. ANY HELP, >> ANYBODY? >> >> Doug > > Can you play the file with mplayer? Then you can convert it using > mencoder or maybe ffmpeg. > > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > No I have not been able to play it with anything and I have tried several. I had converted it after I made the original dvd at that time I converted it to an mpg file which at that time was the only thing it would convert to in ATI's program. The MPG DVD and the vidio tape were both lost in the fire so the DVD is the last copy there is. I'm wondering If I could make an ISO copy so as to have a copy on the computer as well as an extra DVD though I won't know what's there until I can change it to a readable file. This video represents about 1500 miles of travel by sailboat down the inland waterway, living aboard the boat in Florida and the the Bahamas and Florida keys. I have hours of other video to add to this but this is the key to it all. I really feel lucky to have any of the video left at all. Doug --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Thomas Ronner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CinCV] VCR file Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:28:13 +0200 Reply-To: [email protected] On 24 Aug 2009, at 03:04, Douglas Pollard wrote: > No I have not been able to play it with anything and I have tried > several. I had converted it after I made the original dvd at that > time I converted it to an mpg file which at that time was the only > thing it would convert to in ATI's program. The MPG DVD and the > vidio tape were both lost in the fire so the DVD is the last copy > there is. I'm wondering If I could make an ISO copy so as to have a > copy on the computer as well as an extra DVD though I won't know > what's there until I can change it to a readable file. This video > represents about 1500 miles of travel by sailboat down the inland > waterway, living aboard the boat in Florida and the the Bahamas and > Florida keys. I have hours of other video to add to this but > this is the key to it all. I really feel lucky to have any of the > video left at all. I guess your only option is to find the ATI software to convert it again. What is the name of the ATI card? Thomas -------------- Were you ever able to play that DVD on anything, or was it simply a backup of the VCR file? If you WERE able to play it, it is possible that the DVD has physically deteriorated. You might try DVD decrypeter to see if it can extract anything: http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ I found that some DVDs that I had recorded using a stand-alone DVD recorder were corrupt and could not be played by anything. Some, but not all of these, could be recovered with this program. Another program to try might be VLC Have you looked at this?: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1980803.php It might be worth a try. I hope that these suggestions might be helpful to you. Murray __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
