Hi, IDVD Does it.
Thanks, Alex, On 12-May-09, 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] > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
