I looked at mplayer briefly, and discovered it was going to be a paing in the butt to get working under SuSE. I guess that will be my next project, when I get lots of spare time. George Jeff wrote: > > What I used was Smartripper to get the VOB files off of the DVD. Then, I > used DVD2AVI to make the audio and avi files. Then I used Nandub to put the > audio and video files together. > > I had some issues getting the audio too, until I figured out that the > program I was using (DVD2AVI) was just making two seperate files. Nandub > interleaves the audio into the avi file. > > The MPlayer option for Linux that Codie mentioned: > > | Actually, MPlayer includes mencoder which can make DiVX movies very > | fast. I can get a three pass (audio, video pass-1, video pass-2) DiVX 4 > | movies done in about 4.5 hours without copying from the DVD. It builds > | the movies directly from the DVD in the player. > > | You can make movies in any format mplayer can view. Works good on > | Windows Media Player too although it doesn't like Variable BitRate files > | too much... > | > | > | > | --codie > > Looks like it would be the best option for both of us. I'm going to have to > try that the next time I get a little time to play. > > On Sunday, May 05, 2002 1:50 am, George Toft wrote: > |Hi Jeff, > | > |Windows works for me. I spent a bunch of time at vcdhelp.com but could > |not record audio. > | > |George > | > |Jeff wrote: > |> 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 > |> |> |________________________________________________ > |> |> |See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > |> |> | doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write > |> |> | mail. > |> |> | > |> |> |PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > |> |> |http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > |> |> > |> |> -- > |> |> ~Jeff > |> |> ________________________________________________ > |> |> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > |> |> doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > |> |> > |> |> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > |> |> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > |> | > |> |________________________________________________ > |> |See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > |> | post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > |> | > |> |PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > |> |http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > |> > |> -- > |> ~Jeff > |> ________________________________________________ > |> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > |> post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > |> > |> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > |> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > | > |________________________________________________ > |See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > | post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > | > |PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > |http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > ~Jeff > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss