|
There are a variety of video formats. You have many choices for the
format you would like to convert to. avi files are
essentially a container for video encodings. An AVI file might
contain, for example, a DivX encoded video.
Here is an example of taking a single chapter (happens to be chapter
19 of title 1 of one of my DVDs) and encoding in several formats
(where there is a choice, they are 2620 kbit/s, but VCD is only 1152):
| Type |
Ext |
Time |
Size |
Comments |
|---|
| VOB |
.vob |
2m |
239MB |
Audio somewhat poor. |
| SVCD |
.mpg |
23m |
99MB |
Very blocky. |
| VCD |
.mpg |
16m |
51MB |
No choice of kbit/s. |
| divx4 |
|
|
|
|
| divx5 |
.avi |
10m |
94MB |
|
| xvid |
.avi |
10m |
103MB |
|
| xvidcvs |
.avi |
10m |
103MB |
|
| ffmpeg |
|
|
|
|
| fame |
|
|
|
|
| af6 |
|
|
|
|
But to determine the best procedure, format and parameters for
grabbing a DVD into a compressed form suitable for hard disk storage
is not a trivial exercise. For example, deinterlacing may be required,
but it is (almost) only needed for material which was shot using a
video camera, or transmitted for TV.
The following table summarise some of the file format capabilities of
various players:
| Player |
mov |
avi |
wmv |
rm |
mpg |
mp3 |
|---|
| Xine |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
| VLC |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
| Mplayer |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
| RealPlayer |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
Copyright © 1995-2006 [email protected]
|
