I don't know what it would take to make DivX using Linux. I haven't began to 
look there. It does take a bit of reading and trial and error to get it 
right. 

I'm currently using Windows to convert my DVDs into DivX. I can give you 
some starter links and names of the applications that I use (they are free) 
if you want to use Windows.

Otherwise, for Linux, I'd start with a search at google for "DivX for Linux" 
and go from there.


On Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:50 pm, George Toft wrote:
|Great!!!
|
|What does it take to create a DivX file?  I have a WinTV card,
|a Linux box, CD-R, and whatever Linux distro will support the
|software you recommend.
|
|George
|
|Jeff wrote:
|> I've been into video a lot lately and personally, AVI is my favorite.
|> Well... Actually, DivX. The compression is excellent. I have a CD with
|> Braveheart on it. It's excellent quality even on a monitor, but when
|> viewed through a TV card onto a TV, I don't even notice a difference
|> from my couch. If you go right up to the TV then you can see the pixels,
|> but who really watches movies from a foot or two away?
|>
|> I think we all know how long of a movie Braveheart is and it fits onto a
|> 700 MB CD!!! (overburned of course)
|>
|> I'm probably not answering your question, I'm just saying instead of
|> MPEG 1 or 2, I'd go with MPEG 4 (DivX is MPEG 4 I think, which has a
|> .divx or .avi extension)
|>
|> On Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:49 pm, George Toft wrote:
|> |Let's say my stack of videotapes is growing - not to mention a CD-R is
|> | $0.15 each and a video tape $2.00.  I want to record a TV show onto CD
|> | instead of video tape.  I have the Hauppage WinTV card.
|> |
|> |I've tried Broadcast2000, with works OK, except that 30 seconds of
|> | video takes up 200MB and there is no audio playback.  It's also an AVI
|> | file, not an MPEG.
|> |
|> |What does it take to record video and audio and store it in an MPEG
|> | that xtheater understands?  I'm a total digital video newbie and need
|> | a gentle shove in the right direction.
|> |
|> |Thanks in advance.
|> |
|> |George
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