Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:20:15 +0000 From: Phil Brennan <phil.brennan@gmail.com> To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VCD (DivX) to DVD Message-ID: <ff0f76e004112405205f8e1e1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0411241428500.9260-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com> References: <ff0f76e004112403363845a948@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0411241428500.9260-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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No, your cdrom is a videocd ( VCD ), mpeg1. Its an old standard that most dvd players will play. What you've done there is turn a vcd into a divx, which is even less likely to work in your dvd player. You need to output to mpeg2 instead of mpeg4. On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:37:57 +0200 (EET), Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote: > O Phil Brennan =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5 =CF=83=CF=84=CE=B9=CF= =82 Nov 24, 2004 : >=20 > > Try not to confuse VCD with Divx. VCD=3Dmpeg1,DVD=3Dmpeg2,divx=3Dmpeg4 = ( roughly ) >=20 > The way i managed to see the movie with mplayer was >=20 > mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/acd1 vcd:// >=20 > and the way to rip the movie was: >=20 > mencoder -cdrom-device /dev/acd1 vcd:// -o \\ > /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts \\ > vcodec=3Dmpeg4 >=20 > # file /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi > /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 352 x > 288, 25.00 fps, video: DivX 4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz) >=20 > Thats how far i went. >=20 > The vcd:// part of the mplayer "url" maybe made me think VCD has somethin= g > to do with DivX. >=20 > I'll have the CD at work in Friday, and maybe i can give you more info/ > read some mplayer docs and have a result. >=20 > Thanx. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > If you have a divx, you should be able re-encode it as mpeg2 with > > mencoder (part of mplayer). So, you need to start reading up the > > documentation for mplayer/mencoder. There are manpages, and entire > > folder of docs. Then search the web for howtos if thats not enough. > > Hope this helps a little bit. > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:37:01 +0200 (EET), Achilleus Mantzios > > <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > i am FreeBSD 5.3* workstation/server user/admin and now i need > > > to do some multimedia as well. > > > > > > The problem: > > > I own some VCDs (DivX) (the ones that newspapers give away), which > > > my funai DVD player at home should easily play. > > > This is not the case unfortunately. > > > My funai dont play any VCDs. > > > So my problem is kinda unusual: > > > > > > I want to convert these VCDs to DVDs. > > > > > > I have played with mplayer, dvdauthor, etc... > > > but the set of standards governing multimedia DivX, VCD, DVD, MPEGx,e= tc.. > > > sound a little chinese to me. > > > > > > I have managed to view the movies on my FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2, with > > > mplayer-gtk-esound-0.99.5_2, but didnt know what to do next. > > > > > > I would be a greatful (and even more happy) FreeBSD user, if somebody > > > could > > > give a direction on how to accomplish this task. > > > > > > Unfortunatelly, i try all the above as a "break" from my ordinary job= , > > > which leaves few possibilities for extented reserach. > > > > > > Thanx. > > > > > > -- > > > -Achilleus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org" > > > > > >=20 > -- > -Achilleus >=20 >
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