[ale] Linux, DVD, and AVI/MPG conversion

[Bob Kruger]

Dan;

Thanks.  Time is not the issue.  The compilation of files will have to 
play across a broad spectrum of previously purchased DVD players for 
standard televisions. 

I was hoping to find some folks with personal experience doing this that 
might be able to assist in shortening the learning curve as much as 
possible.  Even though I have used Linux since it first came across my 
system while running Fidonet back in 1994, I am still much more at home 
with the simple text prompt from bash than I am with graphics or anyting 
to do with them.

V/r

Bob

danverde wrote:

>Start here http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net.  It may take quite a while 
>transcode your video files to standard DVD format.
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>My other suggestion would be to buy a $35 dvd player that will play native 
>xvid/divx, mpg, etc... video files.  Then you can just burn your movies to a 
>regular data dvd and play them in the native format (provided it is supported 
>by the dvd).  I have several DVD player that I use for this.  Before you buy 
>one you can check out if the models support your video format first here:
>http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers
>I have saved tons of time just playing in native format instead of converting 
>to DVD format.
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>Dan
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