Hi all, I have a raw video file (1 hour long) that I captured from a camcorder. In the raw .dv file format it's about 12.2GB ... if I export it to type .avi the file size is about the same. If I export it to .mpeg it compacts down to 1.8GB, but I'm not sure about the quality -- the video plays just fine in mplayer or vlc, but full screen, it looks a little grainy. I want to end up with a burned DVD that can be played in a traditional DVD player, not just in a computer.
Is there some sort of compromise compression between none (raw) and maximum (mpeg)? I am using kino to do this -- from the export tab, if you're doing DV File you can choose file types DV AVI Type 1, DV AVI Type 2, OpenDML AVI, or Raw DV (type 1 and raw are both 12.2GB in size). MPEG gives more file formats, I tried Generic MPEG2 and DVD. I also set Output dvdauthor XML to "Create DVD-Video (dvdauthor)". Once I get it to where I want it, there is an option I want to try, "Burn to /dev/dvd with growisofs". I'd rather not waste a stack of DVD-R disks, especially since these are the more costly 8.5GB size (which is why I'm testing out files first). Any advice is most greatly appreciated! Thanks, Theresa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
