Video conversions :o|
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1. AnyDVD 2. Handbrake.
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
martin_hughes wrote:
if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity
Nope.... the wife does :)
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
My wife doesn't understand why I keep the various videos of her, the munchkins and other assorted domestic fauna in a convenient digital format regulary backed up to 3 HDs instead of on those handy dandy DVDs. In a wordly way you've justified my on going fight. Go rest the vascular system, you've earned it.
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
Yup, one of the better and more true posts I've read in some time. I'd imagine a lot of people go through this sort of thing when it comes to video work. It seems you either know everything or nothing about it and there aren't that many people in between.
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My wife doesn't understand why I keep the various videos of her, the munchkins and other assorted domestic fauna in a convenient digital format regulary backed up to 3 HDs instead of on those handy dandy DVDs. In a wordly way you've justified my on going fight. Go rest the vascular system, you've earned it.
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I've re-surfaced briefly to tell you to continue the good fight :)
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Yup, one of the better and more true posts I've read in some time. I'd imagine a lot of people go through this sort of thing when it comes to video work. It seems you either know everything or nothing about it and there aren't that many people in between.
I'm in that kind of business which is frustrating because although I'm working on some software it's so specialised I can't write an article about it, this would mean exposing trade secrets. I'll try to make time to write one about things I've learned in the process though.
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
Well written, Martin, and far more than I've ever wished to know about DVDs. :-D
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
From someone who's filmed and produced their own DVD's I can empathise fully with you. I've had my fair share of battles with interlacing myself. (Did you know some models of Sony video cameras interlace the fields the other way round - I didn't. I didn't even know there was an order until I hit that problem)
Simon
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
Well said dear brother in distress. I now work in this field having been self-inflicted/taught the joys of video edit and conversion. I do feel your pain X|
Tom
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Why is it that simple, straight forward things are never simple or straight forward? Today I have been wrestling with what should have been a very straight forward task: copy a DVD and convert it to an altogether more shareable format (before anyone starts spouting off about the evils of video piracy, this is my wedding DVD and if I don't own the rights to that particular work of video mediocrity I shall be livid). Agenda the First: Find a suitable tool for converting between video formats. The search was easy; I checked out a few free tools, read some reviews and eventually settled on TMPGEnc Xpress. It wasn't free, but it wasn't particularly expensive either and I reasoned I might have some use for it in the future. First stumbling block of the day: when it came to checkout the site came up with one of those "Verified by Visa" boxes, demanding a password. Now I'm fairly certain I've never setup one of those passwords, and I must have spent a good few dumbfounded moments there paralysed wondering what to do next. Anyway, I decided to give my issuer a ring and get that reset. That in itself was a trial to test the patience of a saint as I was passed from pillar to post, bounded from rock to hard place (including the return trip) several times and caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Eventually, after what must have been an hour-and-a-half of answering absurd questions about the maiden name of my mother's second-cousin's best-friend's neighbour's aunt Dorothy, having to hang up twice to be phoned back - the first return call never happened - and generally going round in circles I managed to get the password reset and the product bought. (I shall mention for the record, viewers, that a certain person known to this parish, I was to find out later, had in fact setup a "Verified by Visa" password and just hadn't bothered to tell me). Agenda the Second: Install software and start ripping DVD. Installation, authentication and registration was a breeze. Nope, can't quibble about that. However the actually ripping I can (and am about to) quibble about at length. Problems started about 80% of the way through the rip when up popped a message about a CRC failure. Oh dear. Cancel and try again: same result. Cancel and try again: same result. Realising the folly of trying the same thing more than once and expecting different results, I popped the disc out and gave it a good clean. Popped it back in and tried again: same result. Time to consult Google. Half an hour later, having waded
I also had a seemingly simple problem - creating a DVD from three video clips. Very little editing, the videos were already on my hard drive and I had the latest version (14) of the editing software. I have very carefully stayed with the same editor since version 6 (and invested a lot of money over the years upgrading), so I thought I'd be fine - my "know-it-all" gene was working overtime... The only fly in the ointment: two of the clips were standard definition and the third was high definition. I created the project and burned the DVD. The first two clips worked fine, but the third started stuttering about 100 frames in and then the picture froze (the sound continued). Like you, I tried again (with the same result). When I visited relatives in the USA at Christmas(bear with me, there's a reason for this segue...), I had my new PAL HD camera and needed to create an NTSC DVD. A friend of my Dad's loaned me his laptop and I was able to use his software to burn the DVD. After I retuned to the UK, I found that this s/w was on sale at Amazon for half the price that I paid for version 14 of the "tried and trusted" s/w, so I bought it. I even went so far as to install it on my machine, but I hadn't used it in anger because of its unfamiliarity. I fired the "cheap" s/w up, did the editing and burned the project. The DVD worked first time (at 3.30 in the morning...)! Next day: The third clip was also needed for a YouTube video. I applied for GoogleMail and YouTube accounts, created the video with the version 14 s/w and tried to use this software's "Upload to YouTube" option: nada. I tried multiple times with the same result. I created a file of the recommended resolutions, etc., for YouTube and uploaded it. God, did it look awful - washed out, pixellated and impossible to watch. I checked the "cheap" s/w and it also had a "Upload to YouTube" option. It rendered the clip in less than half the time taken by "version 14" and it uploaded without a hitch. For a YouTube video, it's pretty sharp. I'm happy, and I won't be using the version 14 s/w anymore! I now no longer believe that you "get what you pay for". I also believe that staying with a piece of s/w because it's "the devil you know" is definitely not always the best option.