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[vmg]

Hello All

I captured Titanic ( 3 hours 11 min) last night at 352 X 240 NTCS
2.40 bit/sec 48 kHz 16 bit stereo. Tried to make a DVD using Nero Express
6.
Got an error message to the effect that that .mpg was too big. How does one
compress this MPEG1 to a smaller size? Should I have captured at a lower
bit rate?

Thanks in advance
vince

[vmg]

Biz

I'm new at this stuff... what do you use to covert the audio?

Thanks
vince

"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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[Biz]

Convert the audio from PCM to AC-3 or MPEG(provided your player supports
MPEG audio)

"vmg" <vgerace@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
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[Biz]

There are tons of tools available. I use BeSweet partially because its
free, but its hard to learn.

www.videohelp.com
www.doom9.net

Have all teh info you need.

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[Netmask]

I read your latter post and you indicated that you are new to this - so
although what I am about to explain is the long way around you will pick up
a few skills on the way.... so give it a go

Get the free program AutoGK (latest version) it will turn your mpeg file
into a DIvx file - I would suggest you set the size at one cd and everything
else auto.

After you get your 700meg avi file if you don't have a DVD player capable of
DivX then you go to the next step.

Obtain the free program VSO DivXToDVD

Select your DivX file and come back in 1 hour and you will have you VIDEO_TS
folder with the program ready to burn as a DVD complete with 20 chapter
points.

If this proves successful I would capture in future at a higher rate if you
have the space. I regularly capture off digital TV movies at the full rate
720 x 576 PAL and follow this process. The avi file is really good quality
(certainly not HD!) and there is no perceptively loss to DVD


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[Biz]

"Netmask" <netmask56NoFleas@geemail.com> wrote in message
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[vmg]

Hello Again

I downloaded BeSweet 1.4 and the GUI .... this program seems to deal with
audio.
I'm trying to fit a 3 hour video on a 4.7GB dvd..... Do I need to download a
plugin
to work with .mpg extensions or do I need to use a different program.

Thank You
vince


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[vmg]

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[Netmask]

I agree and I normally use ProjectX - demux, edit the subtitle in SubTitle
Workshop and then author the mpeg 2 file and srt subtitle track in DVDLab
Pro. BUT for someone apparently starting out, the fairly automated method I
outlined is easy to do and unless you have actually done it the
"perceptible" loss is not too bad.

I am a professional film editor and sound engineer and I also teach for a
living. So my professional experience has shown that if you take small steps
at first you acquire confidence to move on.

I am guessing that the original writer is mainly interested in content
rather than a talibanesque purity of video quality. As I said try it out and
do a A B test or in gutter language "suck it and see"

If you noted the original capture quality it was pretty bad to start with

"I captured Titanic ( 3 hours 11 min) last night at 352 X 240 NTCS
2.40 bit/sec 48 kHz 16 bit stereo. Tried to make a DVD using Nero Express
6. Got an error message to the effect that .mpg was too big. How does one
compress this MPEG1 to a smaller size? Should I have captured at a lower
bit rate?"

So he was trying to reduce the size of the mpeg file to allow
NeroVisionExpress to accept the file - it was probably not the size so much
as the format (352 x 240 NTSC) also note it was a MPEG1 file. MPEG 2 is
optimum for DVD burning.

The principle I try to follow is the same as music teachers who give their
students starting off instruments with fixed scales that sound good even if
they make mistakes - it genders confidence allowing you to move on at a
faster rate without feeling frustrated.



"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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[Biz]

You asked what I use to convert the audio, I told you. You have to demux
(seperate)the audio from teh video, re-encode the audio, then remux(rejoin)
the new much smaller audio file back together. Leaving the audio as PCM is
what is eating all your space on the disk..That is also how standalone
recorders do it, they use compressed audio, and NOT PCM audio...
I also gave you links to two very good sites with guide s and tutorials
aplenty so you could do some reading...
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[vmg]

Biz
I appreciate any and all help.
My reply was precipitated by downloading BeSweet and it's
inability to accept a .mpg file. Therefore i assumed, there is
a plugin or add on that deals with .mpg extensions. I've seen those two
sites,
printed the FAQ's ...but it just takes time to sink in. There are so many
tools
out there and i have a lot that came with the three DVDs i bought in the
last
two years.

Thanks again
vince



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