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Cyrusm

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From: Bozeman, MT

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 1,053

transcode quicktime files to play on dvd player

okay, so the situation is I have several short home videos in quicktime *.mov format that I would like to transcode into *.mpg such that I can use dvdauthor to burn these files to a dvd (so that my grandma, who doesn't have access to a computer can enjoy them). 

I know the general process for doing this with *.avi files is

transcode -i movie.avi -y ffmpeg --export_prof dvd-ntsc --export_asr 3 -o movie -D0 -s2 -m movie.ac3 -J modfps=clonetype=3 --export_fps 29.97\

which outputs an audio file and a video file, that can be multiplexed together with

mplex -f 8 -o dvd_movie.mpg movie.m2v movie.ac3

however, I'm not really sure how to go about this same process with quicktime files.

any ideas?

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brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 1,799

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Re: transcode quicktime files to play on dvd player

i use the following in my dvdcopy script before using dvdauthor on the resulting mpeg.

mencoder dvd://$TITLE -dvd-device $DEV -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf -vf scale=720:480,harddup \
    -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=${vbr}:keyint=18:vstrict=0:aspect=16/9 \
    -ofps 30000/1001 -oac copy -o "$WD/movie.mpeg"

i'd be willing to bet it'd work with anything mplayer can read by simply changing the `mencoder dvd://$TITLE -dvd-device $DEV` part to `mencoder /path/to/file` to change the input source.

you'll need to define $vbr and $WD (or hardcode them).

Last edited by brisbin33 (2010-04-01 20:24:46)

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fabertawe

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From: Lloegr

Registered: 2009-11-24

Posts: 282

Re: transcode quicktime files to play on dvd player

Does ffmpeg's "-target dvd" option not work?

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