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- leftwave
calling all video experts....
a client gave me a DVD with 5 minutes of video that i need to put on their website in quicktime format.
1. what is the best way to convert this?
2. how do i achieve the fastest download time for the user?
thanks in advance :)
- brandelec0
i used flaskMPEG
it'll spit it out as an MPEG, drop it into a timeline in premier and export it as an .mov
- ********0
you're going to want to pull that data from the DVD and edit it with a Video/Sound Editor. If you're on a PC use something like Sony Vegas Video, for simplicity sake. Once you are done mixing and mastering it, export it out as .mov and re-import into Sorenson Squeeze thereby reducing the size of the file but not the quality and export again as .mov. Or if it is fine and doesn't need editing just capture video with Sorenson and export out in a compression mode into .mov. ;)
- brandelec0
jaz, why you gotta show me up like that for huh? huh?!? HUH?!!
*pumps out chest
jk bud
ya, what he said
- leftwave0
brandelec & jazx, you're both the best! thank you BOTH for the good advice. :)
- leftwave0
i tried using flaskMPEG, but the AVI that i get has no sound. any idea what i'm doing wrong??
- brandelec0
when you open the file from the dvd, it'll tell if it detected a video and an audio track
you can also extract the audio track separately under 'Run.../Extract Audio to .wav'
- Naygon0
I just bought Cinamatize for demuxing DVD's, if you want to do it fast try it out at:http://www.miraizon.com/produ...
Pretty cheap software, if your lazy like me otherwise some great advice already posted.
- leftwave0
when i play the video in flaskMPEG there is no audio. when i play it with my DVD player there is. i noticed there is a video_ts folder, but no audio_ts folder.
i tried the 'Run.../Extract Audio to .wav' option, but still SILENCE. now what?
- brandelec0
when you press the 'Audio Player' button under 'FlasK it!' the player comes up, does it play any audio?
- leftwave0
no audio, just video
- brandelec0
under 'configure'...
hit the audio tab, make sure 'decode audio' is selected
- leftwave0
aha.. there's the problem. "don't process audio" is selected.
the next problem is that the 2 other options are greyed out!
- blackspade0
id Use
'Handbrake' for ripping the movie to mov (or other format)
http://handbrake.m0k.org/the use 'Cleaner' for compressing for the web
simple as that
(os x)
- brandelec0
when 'decode audio' is selected, it won't be saved separately, it'll be in your .avi file
which two other options do you mean?
- leftwave0
that's the problem: "decode audio" and "direct stream copy" are greyed out. i can't select them. the only option is "don't process audio"... hence the silence.
- leftwave0
blackspade, thank you, but i'm on a PC not a Mac.
- blackspade0
sorry didnt realise that
- brandelec0
thats wierd, i've tried turning everything on/off and i can't grey out those two options
and you said that when you open the audio player in this program, it doesn't play the audio?
- leftwave0
that's correct.. no audio at all. i totally appreciate you trying to help so much. maybe i can find an alternate software that can read the audio properly?
i'm going to pick up this project later. it's lunchtime!
once i figure out how to get this crap off the DVD, how hard is it to put on the web as a streaming download so the user won't have to wait a lifetime for the video to download?
- leftwave0
i've FINALLY figured out how to do this, so here's the solution. hopefully this will save somebody from wasting hours of their time.
here's how to get a DVD clip on a website:
convert the VOB file to an AVI by using this (free!) program:
http://www.virtualdub.orgonce you have the AVI, convert it into a MOV using quicktime.
stream on website.
it's that simple. i'm sure there's many other ways to accomplish this, but this worked out perfect for me. thanks again to everyone for all the advice.