DVD Backup & Video Encoding Blog

making a "music video"
You might want to open one of the VOB’s on the actual dvd itself with Gspot or Avicodec to get the FPS for sure….. It’s kind of hard to know what you are working with when you don’t have your location listed, or the version of the dvd, region, format, ect. Any program you import it in is prob. going to report it as what it actually is,…

Help: Sound only plays from left speaker
The file might be around 760 mb after you save it in direct copy because maybe only one channel was used to have higher bitrate for the video.Best to leave it the way it is if you want to stay at 700mb.

MediaCoder 0.6.0 3999
MediaCoder is a free audio/video batch transcoder, putting together many excellent audio/video softwares from the open source community into one friendly GUI. On video side, MEncoder, ffmpeg are used as back-end, which provides support for nearly all known video compression and container formats as well as rich and useful video filtering features (e.g. post-processing, 3D de-noise).

Why DRM on Video Will Persist: DVD-CCA Targets Kaleidescape (Again)
Electronic Frontier Foundations - As everyone knows, CSS has been broken for years, and despite early lawsuits against products like DeCSS and DVD X Copy, easy-to-use DVD copying software remains available for free from many sources online (the print magazine MacWorld reviews one of

How to upgrade your home movies
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - While most VHS-to-DVD copying devices either do nothing else or use your computer to release your inner Martin Scorsese, a new Sony product tries to strike a balance among ease of use, versatility and creativity for non-tech types who want to keep

Using Inlet s Fathom, Amusement Park Media Achieves 80 Percent
dBusinessNews.com - APM, the studio arm of ADV Vision Inc., selected Fathom specifically for its Flash video encoding capabilities. This key feature helps APM create and deliver free, full-length episodic previews as a promotional tool for a new animated series for ADV

AviDemux 2.4
Video editor and encoder. It can edit, encode, requantize AVI, DivX, XviD, MPG, MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, DV, FLV. Very much like VirtualDub, but can also encode to VCD/SVCD/DVD mpg.

Samsung HT-TX75
Have you found a solution for that? I’m suffering the same

multiple AVI to DVD (definately resolved)
That’s a pretty good, albeit lengthy summary, paulhagstrom. Thanks. I agree with you about the subtitles. It’s a lingering question on my mind too. I remember when I tried experimenting with those, I always ended up with hard-coded subs no matter what I did. What I haven’t tried yet is to do the authoring as a separate step using the ffmpegx…

Align, Cintas, Imax, Sirona, StatoilHydro: U.S. Equity Movers
Bloomberg - Macrovision Corp. (MVSN US) dropped the most since October 2001, slumping $6.89, or 27 percent, to $19.10. The maker of software to protect digital movies and video games from piracy agreed to buy Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. (GMST US), a

We Knew FiOS Was Fast, But Why Is It Always Setting People’s Homes On
Tech Dirt - Earlier this year, we wrote about the bizarre story of how the entertainment industry could misuse the law to effectively ban DVD copying — even when it’s allowed by fair use. It involves a bit of sneaky lawyering, but here’s how it works: the group

x264 Encoder r714
x264 is an open source H264/AVC based video codec. The x264 CLI is a command line x264 encoder tool and it can be used with MEGUI.

Vegas, Xvid Encoding, Max Bitrate 56kbit only
If you have MP 11 installed, you can also try this: in windows-system32 delete or simply rename the l3codeca.acm to .bak Then rename the l3codecp.acm (professional version comes with MP11) to l3codeca.acm. That s it. Of course you can also change the registry entries from l3codeca.acm to l3codecp.acm. But first way is faster. l3codecp.acm has…

Vegas Pro 8 Cannot Open MPEG or AC3 Files
Is the ability to read MPEGs disabled in the trial / demo mode? I just want to make sure there isn’t something haywire about the software before I plunk down my cash. Other than that, I love it!

Stephen King: A Chancellor’s luck can always run out, and a chilly
The Independent - While many of you will be rushing to the Christmas tree tomorrow morning, ripping open your presents and cursing your great aunt for buying you a bottle of Katie Price’s “Stunning”, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling will be huddled over

One step ahead
Boston Globe - Maroney then further exposed the Dolphins’ 32d-rated run defense, ripping off a 59-yard touchdown run, the longest rush of his career, on third and 1 from the New England 41 to give the Patriots a 21-0 lead with 10:04 left in the half. At that

Splintered GOP Seeks Unifying Presence
Washington Post - This year, it is ripping that coalition apart. Is the GOP grounded in the social issues embodied by Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee or the foreign policy experience of former POW John McCain ? Do Republicans see their futures in a former CEO such as

Parcells saw glimpse why Fins are bad
Miami Herald - safety Jason Allen got lost. Allen didn’t line up where he was supposed to be and, sure enough, Maroney ran to that empty space where Allen should have been patrolling. No wonder Lance Schulters, who has been on the team only seven weeks, was ripping

Chargers run over Broncos’ defense
Rocky Mountain News - The Broncos’ run defense did play better than in the 41-3 loss at home in the fifth game of the season, which featured Turner ripping off two huge runs - 49 and 74 yards - on his way to 147 yards rushing on just 10 carries. The two long carries for

Police: LI brothers ripped off deliveryman
Newsday - Officers pursued and arrested two Baldwin brothers who tried to flee after ripping off a food deliveryman, Nassau police said Saturday. Rufus Kelly, 24, ordered from New Wok Chinese Restaurant in Roosevelt about 10 p.m. Friday, police said. But