On 3/22/10 11:47 AM, Dan wrote:
The best fundamental tool to do transcoding (convert one format to
another, frame by frame) is called ffmpeg, a free open-source package.
This multi-platform tool uses a command line interface, so it can be a
bit difficult to use.
ffmpegX (shareware) includes a fully built release of ffmpeg plus a nice
GUI.
Burn (freeware) comes with ffmpeg built in, plus other tools. You drop
the avi onto it and it does all the transcoding plus the necessaries to
produce a basic DVD-Video.
Commercial apps such as Toast do all this too. Expensive tho.
My current fav... is to do the transcoding myself with ffmpeg, then use
an old freeware app called Sizzle to create the DVD-Video as a DMG file,
with some nice menus and backgrounds. Then I test the DMG by mounting
it on my desktop (just double-click on it) and playing the video with
VLC. I burn the DMG to a DVD using Disk Utility.
HTH,
- Dan.
Anymore tricks up your sleeve, Dan. This is all very useful but I'm
craving for more. How about DVD to avi?
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