[mythtvnz] Pause between video files

[Tim, Donna & Erin Gibson]

OK, thanks for all the replys...

I've only copied the main movie file to "backup" my DVD's our wee girls just 
loves to watch again and again and again and.... well I'm sure you all 
know...

The files are as per they were on the DVD and in 
a /media/videos/dvd/moviename/files structure.  No extra's and not shrunk in 
any way.  I use xine to play the files, might try mplayer since it's there...

Now an interesting thought, If I don't really need them as copied from the DVD 
and can use a different codec which should I chose and how do I go about 
this?  I've not tried the myth rip dvd etc how does this work?

Regards
Tim


On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:13, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:49:06 +1300
>
> Steve Hodge wrote:
> > On 2/8/06, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
> > > If you work out mp4 format
> > > and an h.264/aac codec combination then you can probably knock another
> > > 30-40% off file size
> >
> > Any idea what sort of spec you need to play DVD-resolution h.264
> > files? I can't play h.264 HD content on my desktop which is an Athlon
> > XP 2000+.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Those are not the same thing of course, DVD resolution is certainly not
> HD. I can play mp4 files at near DVD resolution on my athlon 1133
> desktop and i'm pretty sure they will also play on my myth box (epia
> m9000). They are not necessarily full dvd 720x576 resolution, but
> probably about 600x400 or thereabouts. I don't have a lot of mp4/x264
> files about.to experiment with.
>
> I couldn't answer what is required to watch HD, but there will certainly
> be people on the mythtv-user mailing list who will bombard you with
> statistics :-)
>
> Certainly the more complex the codec, the more computing power is
> required to play it back. However with Moore's Law, the reducing cost of
> storage space, and the increasing efficiency of codecs, we will soon
> get to the point where your entire movie collection can be stored on a
> flash keyring.

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Regards
Tim, Donna & Erin Gibson
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