DVR-MS to DV

[f0rd42]

Hi

I need to somehow convert DVR-MS ( Microsoft format from MS Mediacenter) to something I can work with in iMovie (I believe it needs to be DV).

I tried ffmpegx but encoding is done in a second with a file size of 0 Byte.

I want to cut out commercials and burn on DVD, but the source is dvr-ms.


Can anyone help?

Andre
PS: I'm quite a newbie to video stuff, so please don't assume to much when explaining.

Thanks a lot.

[edDV]

Hi

I need to somehow convert DVR-MS ( Microsoft format from MS Mediacenter) to something I can work with in iMovie (I believe it needs to be DV).

I tried ffmpegx but encoding is done in a second with a file size of 0 Byte.

I want to cut out commercials and burn on DVD, but the source is dvr-ms.


Can anyone help?

Andre

PS: I'm quite a newbie to video stuff, so please don't assume to much when explaining.

Thanks a lot.

One way,

On the Windows Media Center PC you can import and edit the DVR-MS file to Windows Movie Maker and output as DV-AVI. You can then convert that at the MAC to *.DV raw with Quicktime Pro for import to iMovie.

Or to avoid Quicktime Pro conversion you could

1. Use WinDV on the PC to stream the DV-AVI file to a DV camcorder and then capture to iMovie at the Mac.

2. If the machines are close, use WinDV on the PC to stream the DV-AVI file directly to the Mac over a Firewire connection.

[f0rd42]

hi edDV

thanks a lot. So, it seems that I can't convert dvr-ms directly on my mac ... too bad.

My Problem is now, that my windows movie maker doesn't accept dvr-ms as a valid file format.

Andre

[edDV]

It would need to be the XP SP2 or Vista version of Windows Movie Maker.

I've found some hints but not confirmed that the latest MPlayer for Mac will play a dvr-ms file.

[f0rd42]

it is. Windows MCE SP2
Movie Maker 2.1.4026.0

[edDV]

Mine plays it. Maybe you lack a MPeg2 decoder? Can you play a DVD?

Correction: Only Vista WMM seems to open it.

[f0rd42]

strange. No, I have nvidia and PureDVD installed.
It just refused to open / import.

Andre

[edDV]

Some clues here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVR-MS