From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 27 19:38:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-31-203-60.mmcable.com [65.31.203.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6DCE237B417 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:38:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 91329 invoked by uid 100); 28 Nov 2001 03:38:32 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15364.23608.444780.192696@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:38:32 -0600 To: David Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video format's and sizes In-Reply-To: <20011127183345.8269A44A9DB@spitfire.velocet.net> References: <20011127183345.8269A44A9DB@spitfire.velocet.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David types: > (I figured i would send this too chat, because it's not really specific > too FreeBSD in itself.) But it would have been appropriate for -multimedia, where it's a fairly common topic of discussion. > I'm looking at transfering VCR video's to cd or dvd if necessary, ( > preferably cd) but am uncertain as too what size's I would be dealing > with. ( dealing with video "sizes" between 1.5 and 2 hours) > > I'm wandering if someone has done this, and/or what would the best format > too convert the video too, and would it be possible to be fit a 2hr video > on a cd? Yes, it's been done before. Check the multimedia archives for details. The answer to the last question is probably "yes but the quality will suck". http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message