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    I'm new here so I don't know if I'm posting in the right place.

    I have a lot of movies in avi format (alot of them are vhsrip or dvdrip Xvid) and I want to burn them on a dvd+r that will play on most stand alone dvd players.

    Everything I'm using is on an Emac g4 with 10.3.9

    I have ffmpegx to covert the files.
    Toast titanium 6 for burn software.
    And a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D as my dvd drive/burner.

    Can someone help me along with steps on how to burn a copy of these to play on stand alone dvd players and ps3.

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    Moving you to our ffmpegx section.

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    The developer of ffmpegX has published a how-to guide on http://www.ffmpegx.com/dvd_sub.html

    If you need more help, then do post back with specific questions.

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    just one question...
    what is the difference between "DVD ffmpeg" and "DVD mpeg2enc".
    And which one will allow me to play the burned DVD on a standalone player.

    Thanks for your help

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    Ffmpegx aggregates a collection of tools written by many different people. For the DVD presets you've identified, you have a choice between two different pieces of software to perform the conversion: ffmpeg, and mpeg2enc. Having been written by different people, these two tools will have different features, quirks, speed of conversion, etc. Notice how, when you choose one over the other, the available options change. The end destination-- producing a DVD -- is the same for both, but the particular route you take is different.

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    So both will give me the same quality when converting so I can burn it on to DVD?

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    Not necessarily the same quality, no. These use different algorithms, so they will not produce the same results. Plus, they offer different options for the user to select parameters that affect quality, so there's an additional element of variability right there.

    That said, here's my opinion, based on a moderate amount of experimentation: ffmpeg's mpeg encoder is faster than mpeg2enc, but the achievable quality isn't as high. But many factors affect quality (and different people look for different things), so you need to evaluate my opinion with a big grain of salt. I'm sure that others will chime in with their opinions shortly.

    The only definitive way to answer your question in a way that is relevant to you is for you to run some experiments yourself. Take a few short clips of various types of scenes (e.g., some with lots of motion, others with lots of detail, contrast, etc.), convert them with both encoders with various parameter settings, and compare. You can run a lot of experiments in a short time. Then take a look at what you've got, and make a judgment based on however you weight conversion speed, motion artifacts, etc.

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    Ok I'll definitely try that.

    Thanks

    I'm also thinking I should just invest in a DVD player that plays avi files.

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    It might be a good idea to look for a Divx player if you're going to be watching a lot of movies in this format. But, one possible gotcha is that not all such players are equally flexible in terms of what they'll accept. There are certain combinations of bitrate, resolution, etc. that these players will accept. I think that there's a common subset that they all have to support in order to get the "Divx certified" logo, but beyond that, different vendors add features. Depending on where you get the files, they may or may not have been encoded to the common subset, or to a special set of parameters that only some divx players will handle properly. In that case, you still have to convert.

    Makes the decision a bit tough, doesn't it?

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    HA, It's never easy is it.
    I've heard philips 5992 is pretty good with that so I'll pick one up.

    Otherwise I can deal with having to convert some of them.

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    And is it possible to convert the avi's in ffmepgx i have to the common subset so they wil play on Divx players?

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    I'm sure that's possible. I've just never looked into the particulars of what the common subset might be. I don't know if the "Divx certified" specs are openly available -- I've never bothered to look for them. I bet someone else on this Forum knows, though!

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    thank you




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