[vdr] Re: converting vdr to mpeg does not work

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

On Sunday 17 November 2002 19:01, you wrote:
> hi,
>
> i want to archive some startrek-episodes. after cutting one is about 1gb.
> i want to reduce its size to about 700mb to fit on a cd. i tried to
> convert the .vdr files with pvastrumente and ds.jar to an mpeg(ps) file.
Wrong way. Try tosvcd, it gives you reliable results and the possibility to 
make vcd-mpeg1-mpegs as you wish I guess. But I cant see any logic in what 
you want. 
- VCD-resolution will give you the possibility of 2 episodes per CD I guess
- SVCD resolution will give you good results with one episode per CD

> it worked, the mediaplayer on winxp played it. but here is the first
> problem, the files have a 480x576 resolution which is not what i wanted. i
> tried to recode it with tmpgenc, to get a resultion of about 320x288
> (the half of pal), but it can not read the format. 

Try Frameserver under win for that

> i have no
> idea why. then i tried to convert the .vdr to divx, with mplayer. it
> worked, i can play it with mplayer, but it also has the 480x576. then i
> tried to convert the divx back to mpeg with tmpgenc. it worked, but only
> sound, not video. 
Try dvd2svcd

> so can anyone give me a hint how to convert a .vdr-file
> of about 1gb to a mpeg-file of about 700mb which fits on a cd an plays
> well on mediaplayer and mplayer within vdr?
>
Make svcds out of it and you can use than the vcd-plugin, mplayer should play 
near all you have done. 

Like I said: tosvcd is your friend

> thanks
>
> Olli



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