I ripped a DVD using HandBrake on my Fedora 15 system. The video quality is okay, but the audio has a hiss in it that makes the sound hard to hear. I think this can be traced back to the VHS tape that I copied to the DVD. The tape itself has a hiss.
What is the best way to remove odd noises from an mpeg4 file? Before anyone goes all self righteous on me and says, "you shouldn't copy that tape," please note that I am a legal owner of it and the copy is for personal viewing on a personal television set. All I'm trying to do is eliminate the need for a VCR. VCR machines are getting harder to find, the one I have will wear out soon, tapes take up a lot of space, and DVDs work with portable DVD players whereas tapes don't. On the space issue, I can't throw the tapes away as they are proof of ownership, but I don't have to store them next to the television if they are ripped to a hard drive. On the subject of copying, the digital millennium copyright act is supposed to allow copying in cases where you can no longer work with the media because the equipment needed for it is going away. VHS tape to DVD for example. Lately, seems there may be some confusion because some bad laws have passed. I am not trying to profit from the copying of copyrighted video tapes that have been legitimately purchased over the years. If there was a legitimate service to get these VHS tapes converted to a usable format, I would consider it. Some movies won't copy, Willy Wonka's 25th Anniversary VHS tapes for example. I have a Grex, but the copy protection in Willy Wonka and a few other videos isn't defeated by it. Five to eight minutes into the movie, recording stops automatically. I'd like to see people copy movies themselves. Get a Grex and start copying copyrighted material you have purchased for non profit purposes. I think most judges are reasonable enough to accept that as legitimate. If people become scared and don't copy copyrighted material when it is reasonable to do so, the chances of this being allowed in the future are bleak. Think about this for a second, only when people copy and sell a production is it really damaging to the owners. You have to both copy and sell/give away the copy to really hurt the profitability of copyrighted material. Copying material can actually boost profitability if people who don't like their copy purchase another copy from the copyright holders. Besides this, some old movies have been shown on television and copyrighted or not, you can argue that you have a right to copy them when they air. I believe the courts have defended recording live television in the past. This recording of broadcast programs could become impossible in an era when most people have cable and the cable companies are starting to encrypt programs. Recording the football game for example so you can watch it later may become impossible. If you like the prospect of not being to copy a copyrighted video ever, don't ever copy one. If you care about reasonable copying though, some civil disobedience is appropriate. It isn't possible to arrest everyone. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
