Converting Quicktime files - Original Trilogy

Author: daveytod
Time: 27-Apr-2006 3:55 PM
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Can anyone offer any advice on converting quicktime files into either WMV, AVI or other DVD compatible formats?

I Have a MOV to AVI converting program but am unsure of the best settings for it. Obviously I don't want to lose to much in the way of quality but I need the file sizes to be manageable too.

Fire away with your suggestions...

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

Author: Moth3r
Time: 27-Apr-2006 4:15 PM
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I don't understand:

Originally posted by: daveytod
WMV, AVI or other DVD compatible formats

WMV and AVI are not DVD compatible, you need MPEG-2 video if you want to author a DVD.

CCE or TMPGEnc should be able to encode DVD-complaint MPEG from a MOV source (TMPGEnc might need an extra plugin, IIRC).

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Author: daveytod
Time: 27-Apr-2006 4:23 PM
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Sorry, I should have made myself clear.

This is for the Lego collection I am putting together. Since I'm not doing anything fancy (cos I don't know how yet), I simply going to be drag'n'dropping into Nero which will take most WMV and AVI files, doing the coding itself I'm assuming, but not MOV files

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

Author: RowMan
Time: 27-Apr-2006 5:10 PM
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You might want to give SUPER a try...

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

I was looking for a free MOV to MPEG2 converter and stumbled upon it. Seems to work pretty well so far.

Author: daveytod
Time: 29-Apr-2006 5:13 PM
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ok, found a MOV converter, now need something to convert WMV files into a DVD compliant file. ANy ideas?

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

Author: RowMan
Time: 29-Apr-2006 5:42 PM
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In case you hadn't looked at it, I believe SUPER does that, too.

Author: daveytod
Time: 29-Apr-2006 7:03 PM
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Well, I've just checked SUPER out and hotdamn that's a kick ass program...thanks for the heads up Rowman

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

Author: Vess
Time: 1-May-2006 7:21 AM
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A combination of RAD Video Tools and Virtual Dub will convert practically everything. And RVT does not cause audio synchronisation errors, unlike e.g. ASFTools or WinAvi.

I did find one Quicktime file that I could not convert with it or anything else - the 200 MB version of the King short, "Night Surf"...