[clue-tech] video file conversions

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 04:05 pm, Michael Fierro wrote:
> On 9/16/06, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
> > So I burned one of these .avi files I have on hand here,  and then find
> > out that my DVD player in the other room won't support those.  It
> > apparently will deal fine with CDs containing .mp3 files or .wma...
>
> MP3 and WMA are audio formats. It sounds like your DVD player only
> supports actual DVD video.

I have a _CD_ here with a tv pilot on it that shows up on the computer as 
an .mp3 file,  and it plays just fine -- on the computer _or_ in the DVD 
player.

> So you'll basically need to convert the .avi files to mpeg2, then master a
> video DVD, then burn that to DVD.

No.  I don't have a DVD burner here,  just a CD burner.

> I have an article on my blog about doing this:
>
> http://apt-get.biffster.org/2006/05/13/apt-get-install-dvdauthor/
>
> Which links to a great article/howto on linux.com

I will have a look.

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