From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 20:52:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 053B216A46E for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:52:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78D7213C4A7 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: FROM dell1 (Unknown [141.211.15.39]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 472F7E43.587A9.1952 ; 5 Nov 2007 15:34:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:34:46 -0500 From: William Bulley To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071105203446.GO28456@dell1> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Seeking DVD to Real Media conversion solution... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:52:57 -0000 I have an open DVD with about 22 minutes of video/audio which I plan to stick on our WWW site. I have grabbed the content into a *.VOB file using vobcopy. From this file I have created an *.AVI file that is playable with mplayer for the Windows visitors to the WWW site. Now, I want to convert this content into a Real Media (*.RM) file (for the Mac users?), but I have been unsuccessful. There is a Real Producer (basic) application from Real Networks for Linux that is "unsupported" and that installs itself and runs under Lunix emulation[sic] on FreBSD, but it fails to convert the video content. So far I have been successful converting only the audio portion. When I asked Real Networks support, they told me I needed to use a video codec for the video part of the file given to their Real Producer (basic) application, BUT they would NOT tell me what video codecs were acceptable as input to that program! I have read everything I can find, including the documentation that comes with the Real Producer (basic) application, but all this says is, for Linux, only *.AVI, *.MOV and *.WAV files are valid input. I have tried ffmpeg, vlc, transcode, avidemux2 until I am blue in the face. Is there anyway to accomplish what I want? Can anyone provide a pointer to a HOW-TO, or to a FAQ for video conversion going from DVD (or *.VOB or *.AVI) to Real Media (*.RM) file format playable by realplay on FreeBSD? If realplay can recognize and play it, then WWW users should also be able to view/listen to it. Everything that Google has turned up on this topic is either worthless for my purposes or pertains to going the other way: going from Real Media to DVD creation, sigh... Thanks in advance. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu