Re: [Hampshire] Codecs

2008/8/16 James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???>:
> 2008/8/16 Rob Malpass <lug@???>:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I truly hate codecs - they seem to be the bane of my life. I have a 60
>> minute DivX file that I want to burn to DVD but my software (Vista DVD maker
>> and k3b) don't seem to allow it. Is this because I don't have the right
>> codec (doubt it because I can play the file in totem) - or have I missed
>> something obvious?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rob
>
> It is not a codec problem. It is a DVD problem. DVDs expect the file
> to be in a special format and layout, and it is that that is the real
> problem.
>
> Try mencoder from the people who do mplayer.
>
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu
>
> You need to convert the divx to a special mpeg format suitable for DVDs.
> A very easy way to do this would be to first convert the divx to dv format.
> Watch out, dv format uses a lot of disc space.
> Then use kino to edit the media file, and then use kino to write it to DVD.
>

You could also try qdvdauthor which has a GUI and handles menus etc

HTH, Peter