[olug] Editing and reburning home-made DVDs.

[T. J. Brumfield]

You can probably buy a nice commercial product for $100 as opposed to
spending $500 on a single-use piece of hardware. Buying a Mac just to
make DVDs seems pretty silly to me.

-- T. J.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> You can get a Mac Mini for $500, though I understand the no money right now!  8)  I am considering this to dedicate a machine to video until it is done and then using it for fun after that.
>
> This would take too long to import/edit/export in a library, in my experiences, with video editing.
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Server Support
> Backups Administrator
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> Desk: (402)715-6283
> Cell: (402)510-0301
>
>
>>>> Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> 11/25/2009 >>>
> That's when you go to $COMPUTER_LAB. I imagine that Omaha's library
> might have some Macs, or if you know of another place, such as UNO,
> they've got some there.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 08:25, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>> My friend is a Linux/Windows user and isn't able to purchase a new
>> piece of hardware just for this purpose.  (Sure, an Apple laptop can
>> also run Windows and Linux, but it's an added expense he can't afford
>> right now.)
>>
>> Dan "adding gas to the flame war" Linder
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 08:16, Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
>>> Ok, let the flame war begin BUT have you thought about using a Mac??
>>>
>>> Craig Wolf
>>> Linux Server Support
>>> Backups Administrator
>>> Desktop/Network Specialist
>>> Desk: (402)715-6283
>>> Cell: (402)510-0301
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> 11/24/2009 >>>
>>> A friend of mine sent this question to me:
>>> == begin ==
>>> I made copies of many VHS home movies onto DVDs.  Most of these VHS
>>> tapes were recorded between 25 and 30 years ago in LP or SLP mode (4
>>> or 6 hour), so the quality was marginal at best.  I did the copying
>>> using a consumer VHS->DVD copier.  The copier had three modes, XP, SP,
>>> and LP (1, 2, and 4 hour modes).   I chose SP mode.
>>>
>>> The copy quality was decent and nicely preserved the original VHS
>>> movies.  However, I'd like to rip the new DVDs to PC file format so
>>> that I can edit them (splice, make titles, chapters, etc.) and then
>>> burn them back onto DVD.  As you might imagine, this poses an array of
>>> choices such as codec, sample rates, compression formats.
>>>
>>> I ripped the DVDs using the Xvid AVI codec that came with my ripper
>>> utility.  Xvid is usually ranked highest in quality.  However, when I
>>> burn the results back to DVD using Windows DVD Maker, there's too much
>>> quality loss / pixilization when I compare against the original DVD
>>> copy.
>>>
>>> I'm torn right now between abandoning my attempts at editing and just
>>> cloning the copied DVDs.  But I'd prefer to edit if I can.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have suggestions for the best codec to use?  Best software
>>> to make this happen?  I'll take any advice!
>>> == end ==
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions or pointers I can throw his way?
>>> He's a Linux user too, so if there is a great tool you'd recommend to
>>> use under there he would easily be able to use it.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>> --
>>> ***************** ************* *********** ******* ***** *** **
>>> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
>>>    (Who can watch the watchmen?)
>>>    -- from the Satires of Juvenal
>>> "I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
>>>    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
>>> ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* *****************
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> OLUG mailing list
>>> OLUG at olug.org
>>> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> OLUG mailing list
>>> OLUG at olug.org
>>> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ***************** ************* *********** ******* ***** *** **
>> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
>>    (Who can watch the watchmen?)
>>    -- from the Satires of Juvenal
>> "I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
>>    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
>> ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* *****************
>> _______________________________________________
>> OLUG mailing list
>> OLUG at olug.org
>> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>>
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug