Re: Need help converting Quicktime/MOV to DVD
* Scott Ehrlich <scott@ehrlichtronics.com> [2005-05-31 20:45]:
> I captured home video from a Sony camcorder to my G3 running 10.3 via
> iMovie. I then used iMovie to convert the captured files to MOV -
> averaging 12 - 13 gig per file.
>
> I now want to perform the final step of burning the MOV files to DVD.
>
> I tried doing this with Roxio Toast 6 Lite but its encoder was so horrible
> the resulting video on DVD was horrendous. I tried one burn to test
> timing and quality. I have since learned I probably need to convert the
> MOV files to MPEG2, and then to DVD format? My G3 is too underpowered
> and my budget cannot affort the expense of testing various utilities for
> 10.3 to see whether or not they might work.
>
> What is the best way under Debian to:
>
> - Prepare the MOV files for DVD?
>
> - Burn the resulting files to DVD?
>
>
> I have a Pentium II with 384 Meg RAM and a Pentium III with 384 Meg RAM.
> Ample disk space on both.
Scott, I'm not sure how long it'll take, but on my PII
400 w/320 Meg RAM, it takes about 8 hours to transcode
390 megabyte divx to 50 minutes of DVD. I have no idea
how the long the MOV files will take. I do know you
will get better results if you can use the original
source file vs. the MOV. The best resource I found for
this type of task is:
http://mightylegends.zapto.org/dvd/dvdauthor_howto.php
This resource has been invaluable to me, and works
well, though it is quite painstaking to follow. Hope
this helps, and I think you should plan on using the
PIII if you can!
Paul
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