Transcode RealOne media to MPEG-1/2?

[MichaelLAX]

I purchased a copy of the Chicago Cubs Division clinching game against the Pittsburgh Pirates from Major League Baseball. The download cames as a RealOne file, which of course, plays fine on my computer.

However, I would like to watch the game with my parents at their home (we are transplanted Chicagoans). So I am looking for a way to transcode the file to either MPEG-1 (so I can burn a VCD) or MPEG-2 (so I can burn a DVD-R).

I know that RealOne media is proprietary, but maybe someone out there figured out a way to do it.

If not, I am going to try to connect the S-Video output of my Powerbook G4 to the S-Video input of my ReplayTV. After ReplayTV redigitizes it for me to MPEG-2, I will use DVArchive to transfer it back to my Powerbook and then CaptyDVD to author, compile and then burn it to a DVD(s).

[lordsmurf]

Load Virtual PC, get EO Video or another PC Real converter, and convert to MPEG.

[galactica]

im blanking at the moment if Real ONE is .rm files....

but perhaps this post will give you some insight

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147811

[MichaelLAX]

.rm is indeed Real Media.

EO Video transcoded about 15 mins of my 2hr 40min file in over 2 hours, so I gave up on that approach. Thanks for the tip, though.

I went ahead and re-digitized it to MPEG-2 with my ReplayTV, as indicated in my original message, edited it in PixeDV and burned a couple of DVDs. It works like a charm, and now shows me that I can digitize other content this way.

[galactica]

Great!
glad it worked out for you.