>> I was just asks by the senior management of my firm if one could
>> download a AOL mpg file to HD burn it to disk and then play the
>> file back in a TV DVD player.
>> I am fairly certain one can download the file, burn it and play it
>> back in a computer but I have no idea if a mpg file will play in a
>> TV DVD player and produce picture and sound.
>> Hopefully someone has had experience with this and will
>> enlightenment me as to possibilities.
Just because you put an MPEG file on a DVD, that doesn't mean it will play
in a TV DVD player. You can be sure that it will not. The Video DVD is a
specially formatted disc that can be created by specific software. The
software I use is Pinnacle Systems Studio Plus. It will burn DVDs _and_
Video-CDs that will play in my TV DVD player. But that doesn't mean your
boss' player can view them.
In a nutshell, what a DVD video player will play varies greatly. They all
play "pressed" DVDs (purchased movies). Some play various combinations of
DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM (usually Panasonic). Oddly the
cheaper players from China tend to play more formats until recently. Why?
Japan had a large VCR industry. China did not, but built a lot of CD-Rs.
When the Video-CD format was developed (a low-rez DVD-like format), it was
cheaper for homes in China to buy a Chinese-built CD recorder than a
foreign-built VCR. Thus, China had a large Video-CD market. So when they
got into building DVD players, it was natural for them to play Video-CD
formats. But the Japanese players only had that ability in their more
expensive players. Thus the cheaper players from China became a favorite of
video hackers. For a while, there were many mod chips available for such
players.
Pressed DVDs are dual layer, and hold just over 9GB. A regular recordable
DVD is about 4.7GB. There are recordable dual layer DVDs, but they are
quite rare and rather expensive. A Video-CD is just a regular 600MB CD-R
formatted to hold video - about 20 minutes worth. You can get almost an
hour on a video-CD in low resolution (worse than VCR).
To build the DVD or Video-CD (aka "VCD") you will need an application that
does this. I use an app that runs on the "other" OS, but I found these
Linux apps that might do the trick:
Linux Video Editor - edit the video and burn a DVD
http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/
DVD Styler - DVD Authoring system
http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/
Hope that helps.
Ken Elliott
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of SOTL
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:13 PM
To: SLUG Linux
Subject: [SLUG] AOL video to disk
Hi All
I was just asks by the senior management of my firm if one could download a
AOL mpg file to HD burn it to disk and then play the file back in a TV DVD
player.
I am fairly certain one can download the file, burn it and play it back in a
computer but I have no idea if a mpg file will play in a TV DVD player and
produce picture and sound.
Hopefully someone has had experience with this and will enlightenment me as
to possibilities.
Thanks
Frank
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