[ubuntu-uk] Need to convert dv files into vob files in kino

[Javad Ayaz]

all those command lines made my eyes dizzy! :) i dont think ill be able to
cope with that! .

Something visual clickety i prefer. Sorry im not techie!!!


On 28/01/2008, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:02:49PM +0000, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ill give kino one more go and see if i miss out any option. Then ill try
> > devede...since i have no other option. !!!
> >
>
> There are always options :)
>
> You could (for example) use a command line tool such as ffmpeg or
> mencoder.
> Personally I use ffmpeg to do all my video conversion, but I appreciate
> some
> people don't like command line tools.
>
> In case you fancy having a play, here's what I do to get a good ffmpeg. I
> compile ffmpeg from source because the version in the Ubuntu repositories
> doesn't have everything enabled that I like to use.
>
> 1. Get pre-requisites to compile ffmpeg:-
>
> sudo apt-get install liba52-dev libdts-dev libgsm1-dev \
> libvorbis-dev libxvidcore4 libxvidcore4-dev libdc1394-dev \
> libfaac-dev liblame-dev libx264-dev libfaad2-dev \
> libtheora-dev libsdl1.2-dev
>
> 2. Get the source code
>
> wget http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2
> tar jxvf ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2
> cd ffmpeg-export-*
>
> 3. Configure ffmpeg
>
> ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-pthreads \
>            --enable-libvorbis  --enable-liba52 \
>            --enable-libgsm  \
>            --disable-debug --enable-shared --enable-libxvid \
>            --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame \
>            --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaad --enable-libtheora \
>             --enable-x11grab --enable-swscaler \
>              --prefix=/usr/local
>
> 4. Compile it
>
> make -j3
>
> (the -j3 is useful if you have a dual core machine - both cores get used
> so
> the compilation process is faster)
>
> 5. Install it
>
> sudo make install
>
> 6. Run it
>
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
> time ffmpeg -i foo.avi -sameq -foo.vob
>
> FFmpeg version SVN-r11584, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
> configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-pthreads
> --enable-libvorbis --enable-liba52 --enable-libgsm --disable-debug
> --enable-shared --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame
> --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaad --enable-libtheora --enable-x11grab
> --enable-swscaler --prefix=/usr/local
> libavutil version: 49.6.0
> libavcodec version: 51.49.0
> libavformat version: 52.5.0
> libavdevice version: 52.0.0
> built on Jan 21 2008 11:59:59, gcc: 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu
> 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
>
> Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98
> (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
> Input #0, avi, from 'foo.avi':
> Duration: 01:36:38.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1011 kb/s
>    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98
> tb(r)
>    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s
> Output #0, svcd, to 'foo.vob':
>    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22],
> q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 23.98 tb(c)
>    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
> Stream mapping:
> Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
> Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
> Press [q] to stop encoding
> frame=139013 fps=207 q=0.0 Lsize= 1764296kB time=5798.0
> bitrate=2492.8kbits/s
> video:1696519kB audio:45297kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.290598%
>
> real    11m10.528s
> user    10m31.567s
> sys     0m11.961s
>
>
> In the above example I converted a 1.5 hour, 700MB mpeg4-encoded avi file
> to
> a vob file. Note how specifying .vob made ffmpeg choose the mpeg2 video
> and
> mp2 audio codecs.
>
> Magic :)
>
> The -sameq parameter tells ffmpeg to try not to reduce overall  video
> quality during the conversion ('same quality').
>
> alan at tp:~$ file foo.avi
> foo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 624 x 352, 23.98 fps, video:
> XviD,
> audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
>
> alan at tp:~$ file foo.vob
> foo.vob: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex
>
> > BTW i tried windows movie maker this morning and it refused to accept
> vob
> > files!
> >
>
> Out of the box Windows doesn't support mpeg2 video if I remember
> correctly,
> so this makes sense.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
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