I just tried it with three video files and it converted them all and made a nice ISO file I could mount and play with the Apple DVD player, so I assume I could burn it and play it on a real DVD player. Nice. The three files were an AVI with a cinepak video inside, and mp4 file with an MPEG-4 video inside it and an mov vile with an Apple Animation file inside it. So it would appear to handle the conversions without a fuss. If you're looking for the original site this came from it is here:
http://www.smallsoftware.co.uk/smalldvd/ It appears to need something called iMagine Photo which is some kind of scriptable image editor it uses to build the menus. That can be found here: http://www.yvs.eu.com/imaginephoto.html and is also free. CB william lomas wrote: > ah shame that dv tool wn't convert avi files? or will it? > > On 12 May 2009, at 19:41, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > >> >> The program Small DVD will do most of what you ask accessibly. >> There's a link to it in the software picks at www.Lioncourt.com >> <http://www.Lioncourt.com>. It is what I use to make simple DVD's, >> including chapter breaks and a main menu. :) >> >> Josh de Lioncourt >> >> ...my other mail provider is an owl... >> >> >> >> On May 12, 2009, at 8:46 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> Hi, I've never tried on an AVI file, but I have tried on mpeg2 >>> files and Imovie won't use them. I've googled to see if I can find >>> an importer, and some very inelegant solutions exist. You have to >>> be a bit careful though because some of the videos like low bit >>> mpeg2's or avi files are lossie compressed video. It's somewhat >>> analagous to making cd's out of mp3 files. Possibly necessary bbut >>> not totally advisable if there's a posibility of avoiding it. I >>> really don't see though why it should be so hard to find a program >>> that will >>> *import video files using existing or open source codeks, >>> *Accessibly allow for title and chapter points to be added b time or >>> by frame, >>> *Accessibly allow for the insertion of an image, sound, or flash >>> movie to use as a menu background, >>> *And then nicely encode the dvd to a video_ts folder, preferably >>> mangling the video as little as possible. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> erik burggraaf >>> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. >>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> On 12-May-09, at 10:42 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>> >>>> Ditto. This might be a non-trivial process. DVDs are usually >>>> playing MPEG2 format video and AVI is a Microsoft Video for Windows >>>> format which they came out with in 1992. It is just a container >>>> which can hold mpeg2 and other content types but DVDs are not >>>> typically formatted that way. DVDs in addition to being a specific >>>> physical media also has an entire spec about how the hierarchy of >>>> files is organized and how those files are formatted. So you can't >>>> just throw any old file on a DVD disc and expect it to work in a >>>> DVD player. That said, I wonder if iMovie could import the AVIs and >>>> make a DVD out of them. Or maybe QT Pro could export the AVIs in >>>> something iMovie can import. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> erik burggraaf wrote: >>>>> Hi Will, >>>>> >>>>> If you copy a set of avi files into the untitled dvd folder and burn >>>>> them, you will get a disc full of avi files in whatever folder >>>>> structure you set them up in. >>>>> >>>>> If you want titles and chapters you need to re-author the avi files >>>>> into .vob dvd files. I haven't yet found a nice accessible program to >>>>> do that but I'm all ears if anybody has. >>>>> >>>>> Your dvd player may play .avi files or it may not, or it may only play >>>>> avi files on the root of the disc. Some experimentation is in order >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. >>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> On 12-May-09, at 6:10 AM, william lomas wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> hi all I have a set of folders of files in AVI format. Can I asume >>>>>> that when I burn these to a dvd disc, that each folder will be a >>>>>> separate title on the disc? >>>>>> When I copy the folder with the files inside it to the untitled dvd >>>>>> burn folder, can i make the disc a DVD disc, not a VCD one, so that it >>>>>> can be played in a standard DVD player hooked up to a tv? >>>>>> WIll >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
