On Saturday 21 June 2003 22:36, Alon Altman wrote: > As you are low on disk space, you will have to do the encoding in parts, > or in real-time (which is not recommended). Use mencoder to create an > uncompressed avi file and then compress it with another pass of mencoder.
Uncompressed AVI files are both huge and have a bitrate which even modern hard drives will have a hard time sustaining. An interesting question would be: what's the best intermediate codec to use - one which won't degrade quality too much? On the other hand, on my Athlon 1.4, if I don't select the "extreme high quality" options, I can easily recompress a DVD into XVID in real time -- and mind you, that includes reading the DVD, decrypting and MPEG-2 decoding -- much more than ripping from a TV card involves. Whether or not you'd be willing to use XVID (which is excellent quality and will suit you just fine) is a matter of your "free software purity" :) Tip: If you use mencoder and the TV card gives you interlacing troubles (ie. the effect of each second line on the screen lagging one frame behind), use one of MPlayer's deinterlacing filters. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
