On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 08:13:34AM -0500, kynn@panix.com wrote: > > > > I have some very large mpg files (almost 2 GB each) that I want to > split so that I can burn the parts into separate CDs, and then view > the movie segments off the CDs. (I know that the split command splits > files into smaller chunks, but I doubt that these chunks could be > viewed as movies without first reconstituting them into a single > file.) > > I'm sure this is a pretty common problem, but I don't know the first > thing about video, so I'm pretty lost. Are there any Debian packages > for doing this mpg splitting? > > Thanks! > > kj > Hi, would another possibility for you be to convert the movies to divx? You would get higher CPU usage, but much smaller files... Generally I think you need 350 to 400 Mhz to be happy with the result of the conversion. If you are interested, I can send you a script (based on mencoder) which automagically does the conversion. Not written by me, it is used like reencode.sh --size 700 movie.mpg and you get movie_reenc.avi, nicely sized to 700Mb. Mail me off the list if you are interested. -- Andreas Rippl -- GPG messages preferred Key-ID: 0x81073379
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature