Arch Linux

astrocrep

Member

Registered: 2006-06-02

Posts: 34

What to use hd tv avi to dvd...

I have an hd tv show in an avi format, I want to burn it to a dvd to play in a standard dvd player.

Whats the best all to do it?

I believe it will need to filter down the conent to dvd quality since hd is a higher res then dvd.

Thanks,
Rich

---

HP DM1Z-4100 // 11.6" LED 1366x768 // 1.65ghz AMD E-450 // 4gb Ram // 320gb hdd // ATI 6320 // 100% Archlinux

skottish

Forum Fellow

From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: What to use hd tv avi to dvd...

You can try something like this from a terminal:

ffmpeg -i <your_movie>.avi -bufsize 1835k -b 6000k -minrate 6000k -maxrate 6000k -target ntsc-dvd -aspect 16:9 <output_file>.mpg

If you live somewhere with the NTSC standard, use that. If you're somewhere with PAL, change the '-target ntsc-dvd' to '-target pal-dvd'. Frame rate will probably be an issue here. Try this and I'll come back and help you sort out any issues.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDIT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is how I learned the basics. This will get you from beginning to end...

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709

Last edited by skottish (2007-02-05 20:35:17)

Echo

Member

From: Ohio, United States

Registered: 2006-05-16

Posts: 239

Re: What to use hd tv avi to dvd...

Tovid may be what you're looking for or Avidemux. Here's another link:

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=242455

This link's a bit dated but it should still be helpful.