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D.M. Procida
Jun 17, 2012, 8:35:37 AM6/17/12
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I have some files (high definition video, apparently) that I want to put
on a DVD using iDVD so they can be played on a normal television.
HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
use for their output?
Daniele
on a DVD using iDVD so they can be played on a normal television.
HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
use for their output?
Daniele
Warren Oates
Jun 17, 2012, 10:45:33 AM6/17/12
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In article
<1klu5bw.1vesyhltunggN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
What are the original files? And how old is your DVD player? Handbrake
won't create MPEG2-based VOB files (at least not the version I have).
--
... do not cover a warm kettle or your stock may sour. -- Julia Child
<1klu5bw.1vesyhltunggN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
won't create MPEG2-based VOB files (at least not the version I have).
--
... do not cover a warm kettle or your stock may sour. -- Julia Child
D.M. Procida
Jun 17, 2012, 12:15:50 PM6/17/12
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Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article
> <1klu5bw.1vesyhltunggN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
> real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote:
>
> > I have some files (high definition video, apparently) that I want to put
> > on a DVD using iDVD so they can be played on a normal television.
> >
> > HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
> > use for their output?
>
> What are the original files? And how old is your DVD player? Handbrake
> won't create MPEG2-based VOB files (at least not the version I have).
They are Matroska files.
> In article
> <1klu5bw.1vesyhltunggN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
> real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote:
>
> > I have some files (high definition video, apparently) that I want to put
> > on a DVD using iDVD so they can be played on a normal television.
> >
> > HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
> > use for their output?
>
> What are the original files? And how old is your DVD player? Handbrake
> won't create MPEG2-based VOB files (at least not the version I have).
But I don't see why the age of the DVD player is relevant. iDVD creates
more or less standard DVDs, as long as you feed it with files it
understands. All I need to do is convert the files I have into something
iDVD can handle, and it will do the rest.
Daniele
Warren Oates
Jun 17, 2012, 12:39:43 PM6/17/12
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In article
<1klufv1.2aibdx1367igyN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
well as standard MPEG2 DVDs.
If iDVD doesn't understand .mkv, then use Handbrake to create an "MP4
file" using the "Normal" profile. Note that iDVD will probably convert
_this_ file to MPEG2 if it's going to create a DVD for you to burn. It
will take a long ol' time.
<1klufv1.2aibdx1367igyN%real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk>,
real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote:
> They are Matroska files.
>
> But I don't see why the age of the DVD player is relevant. iDVD creates
> more or less standard DVDs, as long as you feed it with files it
> understands. All I need to do is convert the files I have into something
> iDVD can handle, and it will do the rest.
What I meant was that newer DVD players can play MPEG4/DivX files as
> They are Matroska files.
>
> But I don't see why the age of the DVD player is relevant. iDVD creates
> more or less standard DVDs, as long as you feed it with files it
> understands. All I need to do is convert the files I have into something
> iDVD can handle, and it will do the rest.
well as standard MPEG2 DVDs.
If iDVD doesn't understand .mkv, then use Handbrake to create an "MP4
file" using the "Normal" profile. Note that iDVD will probably convert
_this_ file to MPEG2 if it's going to create a DVD for you to burn. It
will take a long ol' time.
D.M. Procida
Jun 17, 2012, 1:53:20 PM6/17/12
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Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > But I don't see why the age of the DVD player is relevant. iDVD creates
> > more or less standard DVDs, as long as you feed it with files it
> > understands. All I need to do is convert the files I have into something
> > iDVD can handle, and it will do the rest.
>
> What I meant was that newer DVD players can play MPEG4/DivX files as
> well as standard MPEG2 DVDs.
I don't think ours will be up to doing that!
> > But I don't see why the age of the DVD player is relevant. iDVD creates
> > more or less standard DVDs, as long as you feed it with files it
> > understands. All I need to do is convert the files I have into something
> > iDVD can handle, and it will do the rest.
>
> What I meant was that newer DVD players can play MPEG4/DivX files as
> well as standard MPEG2 DVDs.
> If iDVD doesn't understand .mkv, then use Handbrake to create an "MP4
> file" using the "Normal" profile. Note that iDVD will probably convert
> _this_ file to MPEG2 if it's going to create a DVD for you to burn. It
> will take a long ol' time.
Daniele
Steve Firth
Jun 17, 2012, 2:16:38 PM6/17/12
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D.M. Procida <real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
> use for their output?
If you're after wide screen DVD then render them as 720x576 strict
> HandBrake will convert the original files - but what profile should I
> use for their output?
anamorphic which should result in an output file that is 720x576
anamorphic that will render as 1024x576 on screen. Convert to mp4
because that will suit iDVD. I would make the average bitrate around
1500 kbps with the output audio as AAC, Stereo, Auto sample rate,
192kbps.
The "Apple TV legacy" preset gets close enough to this for government
work and iDVD should be happy with the m4v file that produces.
Alternatively use the Apple/Apple TV preset which is IIRC identical to
the above.
Martin S Taylor
Jun 17, 2012, 4:59:52 PM6/17/12
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Steve Firth wrote
noted. However, it has a range of innovative and entertaining ways of
screwing up your time, your life, and your sanity as it does so.
I use it an awful lot, so if it starts doing something obviously flaky drop
me a line and I will probably have seen it somewhere before and may be able
to help. But no promises.
MST
> The "Apple TV legacy" preset gets close enough to this for government
> work and iDVD should be happy with the m4v file that produces.
iDVD should convert most HD formats to a standard DVD direcly, as others have
> work and iDVD should be happy with the m4v file that produces.
noted. However, it has a range of innovative and entertaining ways of
screwing up your time, your life, and your sanity as it does so.
I use it an awful lot, so if it starts doing something obviously flaky drop
me a line and I will probably have seen it somewhere before and may be able
to help. But no promises.
MST
dorayme
Jun 17, 2012, 6:30:28 PM6/17/12
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In article <1klul1r.babi37vzb08tN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
distorted and your experience similar to the average badly set TVs in
cafes, waiting rooms of all sorts?
--
dorayme
%steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> If you're after wide screen DVD then render them as 720x576 strict
> anamorphic which should result in an output file that is 720x576
> anamorphic that will render as 1024x576 on screen.
Does that not make everyone look fatter, everything stretched and
> If you're after wide screen DVD then render them as 720x576 strict
> anamorphic which should result in an output file that is 720x576
> anamorphic that will render as 1024x576 on screen.
distorted and your experience similar to the average badly set TVs in
cafes, waiting rooms of all sorts?
--
dorayme
Jaimie Vandenbergh
Jun 17, 2012, 6:53:51 PM6/17/12
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:30:28 +1000, dorayme <dor...@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:
No - if you watch the original at 720x576 it'll be tall and skinny,
but when reconstituted to 1024 wide it'll be correct. That's why it's
called anamorphic.
(Or at least, that's the intention)
Cheers - Jaimie
--
"Dawn is a beautiful way to end an evening. It's a lousy way
to start a day." - Dominic Flandry
wrote:
but when reconstituted to 1024 wide it'll be correct. That's why it's
called anamorphic.
(Or at least, that's the intention)
Cheers - Jaimie
--
"Dawn is a beautiful way to end an evening. It's a lousy way
to start a day." - Dominic Flandry
Steve Firth
Jun 17, 2012, 6:59:34 PM6/17/12
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through an Einstenian relatavistic landscape that is moving towards the
horizon at 9/16ths of c.
dorayme
Jun 17, 2012, 9:13:42 PM6/17/12
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In article <1kluye1.dvtjw61d1kaw1N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
In the fabulous western The Big Country, the opening or at least in
the closing credits or as the story ends, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
and Ramón and their horses ride into the sunset all thin... They do
this in other movies deliberately, I like it a lot for this special
purpose.
(I have some films that will play well on my computer because one can
adjust for the format. But played on the TV, the same film will make
everyone looked stretched wide - something that seems not to bother
many people I have noticed. I once did reexport and fiddled about with
anamorphicity, shmamamorphicity, and sundry shfiddlings and -
amazingly - it was successful in the end! But talk about taking a long
time (just a Macbook 2.26 and 4 Ram)! In the time it took to export, a
cat died, another was born, Greece had seven different changes of
government...). Easier to drag the Macbook over to the TV and use the
more sophisticated players available!
--
dorayme
%steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> dorayme <dor...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > In article <1klul1r.babi37vzb08tN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> > %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> >
> > > If you're after wide screen DVD then render them as 720x576 strict
> > > anamorphic which should result in an output file that is 720x576
> > > anamorphic that will render as 1024x576 on screen.
> >
> > Does that not make everyone look fatter, everything stretched and
> > distorted and your experience similar to the average badly set TVs in
> > cafes, waiting rooms of all sorts?
>
> No. It means that they dont look like Giacometti figures striding
> through an Einstenian relatavistic landscape that is moving towards the
> horizon at 9/16ths of c.
OK!
> dorayme <dor...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > In article <1klul1r.babi37vzb08tN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> > %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> >
> > > If you're after wide screen DVD then render them as 720x576 strict
> > > anamorphic which should result in an output file that is 720x576
> > > anamorphic that will render as 1024x576 on screen.
> >
> > Does that not make everyone look fatter, everything stretched and
> > distorted and your experience similar to the average badly set TVs in
> > cafes, waiting rooms of all sorts?
>
> No. It means that they dont look like Giacometti figures striding
> through an Einstenian relatavistic landscape that is moving towards the
> horizon at 9/16ths of c.
In the fabulous western The Big Country, the opening or at least in
the closing credits or as the story ends, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
and Ramón and their horses ride into the sunset all thin... They do
this in other movies deliberately, I like it a lot for this special
purpose.
(I have some films that will play well on my computer because one can
adjust for the format. But played on the TV, the same film will make
everyone looked stretched wide - something that seems not to bother
many people I have noticed. I once did reexport and fiddled about with
anamorphicity, shmamamorphicity, and sundry shfiddlings and -
amazingly - it was successful in the end! But talk about taking a long
time (just a Macbook 2.26 and 4 Ram)! In the time it took to export, a
cat died, another was born, Greece had seven different changes of
government...). Easier to drag the Macbook over to the TV and use the
more sophisticated players available!
--
dorayme
Warren Oates
Jun 17, 2012, 10:12:48 PM6/17/12
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In article <dorayme-CD043F...@news.albasani.net>,
dorayme <dor...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In the fabulous western The Big Country, the opening or at least in
> the closing credits or as the story ends, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
> and Ramón and their horses ride into the sunset all thin...
heh.
> In the fabulous western The Big Country, the opening or at least in
> the closing credits or as the story ends, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
> and Ramón and their horses ride into the sunset all thin...
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