[mythtvnz] MPEG, Kino and DVD's

[Steven Ellis]

Scott Newton wrote:
> I hope this is not considered offtopic for this list.
>
> I have taken an mpeg file and have imported it into Kino and would like to 
> covert it into a simple playable DVD. I'm currently using the Export -> MPEG 
> tab with settings File Format = 3 - Generic MPEG2, Deinterlaced = None, 
> Aspect Ratio = Autodetect and Output dvdauthor XML = Burn with K3b. 
>
> In terms of quality/size etc - are these default options good? If not, what do 
> other people use? 
>
> And are their any good reference sites about what all these options actually 
> mean in terms of size/quality?
>
> Thanks
>   
Hi Scott.

1. Is the file from MythTV or another source?

2. Have you taken a look at Avidemux2 ?

Couple things if you use Avidemux rather than kino.

1. You don't always have to re-encode. You can just cut the MPEG2 file.

2. If you do need to re-encode you can do a 2-pass encode based on final
file size.

I tend to use Kino for editing DV files, and then pass the final DV
output onto Avidemux for rendering to DVD.

Steve

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