Peter Salisbury wrote:
> 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
>
Or DeVeDe, which is similar.
cheers
Chris
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