I've not had access to a PC for a few days and therefore I am late in following up:
Thanks for the replies. While I thought I was technology savvy to some extent, when it comes to video formats I glaze over. I took the video with my Digital (still) camera which recorded it in .avi format and looks very nice considering. All I did was create a data DVD and just dragged (copied) the .jpg pictures and the .avi videos across to a DVD which I tested on a second PC in the house. The in-laws in the UK tried it on their DVD player and several PCs, none of which could read the DVD. I have since put the .jpgs on a CD which I know should work because I put graduation pictures on a CD 2 years ago that they can view on their TV. The videos I put on a 2nd CD and I have yet to hear back if that can be viewed or not. I have one .avi which is 4-5 minutes in length but it's 725 Meg, - too big for one CD. Is there an easy way to "downsize" this .avi file so I can put it on a CD. I'm still not sure why the original DVD would not work for them If .avi is the wrong format, how do I convert it to something more manageable? Thanks for the response.. Brian > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 23:11:03 -0400 > From: Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Sending .avi files to the UK > > No, if this was a standard UDF no-multisession data DVD then they > should have been able to read it in any computer. Region settings > would only kick in for video DVDs played in DVD players. But know that > a good percentage of DVDs I send to our office 60 miles away in DC > don't work; I think it may have to do with anti-terrorist measures at > the post office, strong x-rays or whatever they're doing. > > I think you're having an issue figuring out exactly what your target > audience is. If they're supposed to watch this on a computer, then > there's no reason to send a bloated .avi. If on regular DVD players, > then it should be .mpg (2). > > Just how long are these videos? Unless they're really large, it may be > better to render to a format like .wmv (9) and just zip all the files > together and upload them for online retrieval. > > > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have some photos and a couple of movies taken with my digital camera in > > .avi format of a family event that I'd like to send to the UK. > > The first thing I did was put everything (photos and movies) on a DVD > and > > mailed it. Nobody there can read the DVD on any device they have - My > guess > > is because of the region codes used on DVDs. > > > > I am about to put the files on several CDs which should not be affected > by > > the region code issue, but before I do I was wondering if I need to be > > worried about whether the .avi files will display properly on PCs over > there > > given they were recorded as NTSC and it's PAL in the UK. > > > > My naive question is since the movies are not DVDs but just .avi files > is > > this something I need to worry about, if so can someone recommend an > > inexpensive (free would be nice) utility that will do the conversion. > > > > Or am I going about this the wrong way. > > > > Thanks for any advice > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
