[vdr] Re: Convert on a WIN PC

[Andreas Reichel <andreas.reichel@i-kit.de>]

On Sun, 26 May 2002 15:37:05 +0200
Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de> wrote:

> Well the .vdr files are normal MPEG2 files, they should be read easily.
that's wrong definitly.

> However you can try Mplayer's mencoder http://www.mplayerhq.hu , it also
> should be able to convert them into AVI files without having to
> recompress anything.
wrong again. mplayer can replay or transcode *vdr files, but converting
into divx needs a couple of seconds.

> Anyhow, I doubt you will find much Windows
> video-compression software. Especially since AVI-files are limited to
> one hour or 2Gb, nobody wants to support them.
that's wrong too, there are some excellent transcoding tools -- even open
source. i myself would like to see pvastrumento and flaskmpeg on my
linux-box. further divx-avi-files are state of the art unless you own a
dvd-recorder.

there are differences beetween rumors and information.

best regards,
Andreas Reichel
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