.MOV to DVD conversion question re: Kerry Movie.

[kaitykaity]

I downloaded the Kerry movie, all 617MB and burned
it onto a CD, but it won't play in my DVD player.
Any audio/video whiz kids out there know how I can
convert the .MOV to the DVD format???

TIA.

edit: typo

[democracyindanger]

1. http://www.videohelp.com/

It's not easy. CD and DVD are two different formats, and there are several DVD formats. If there's software that will do this, you can find a link on here. You're definitely going to need a DVD burner--not just a CD burner.

[bullimiami]

2. with many new cd burning programs

you could just set the format for video cd and it will do the conversion and burn it.
i think pretty much every dvd player will play video cds as well.

[kaitykaity]

7. My burner program will burn video CDs but it won't read the

.MOV format. "unsupported file format."

[Dogmudgeon]

3. You need to convert it to VCD for CD-R use

Most DVDs will play VCDs and the higher-resolution SVCDs, but you need a program to convert the MOV file.

Nero 6 Ultra does it; there are less-expensive programs like VCDEasy that are more specialized. There's also some freeware out there, but it's a little trickier to use.

--bkl

[qnr]

4. Actually, it's not really that difficult

You simply convert the quicktime file into VCD format (or SVCD if your player supports that).

I can't tell you how to do that on your machine (I'm guessing that you are using Windows) but it is not hard to do - I've seen literally thousands of references to it. For me, a simple one-liner will do it for me on my Linux machine (making an SVCD).

transcode -i goingupriver.mov -export_fps 0,4  -V -y mpeg2enc,mp2enc -E 48000 \
-F5,-S3000 -w 2500,250,100 -b 224 -Z 480x480 -j -66 --pulldown -o goingupriver \
&& mplex -f 8 -o  goingupriver.mpg goingupriver.m2v goingupriver.mpa

Edit: reformatted - \ = line continuation

[kaitykaity]

5. I can solve one banana problems maybe.

I saw that go way way over MY head.

Whooosh.

[qnr]

6. :) don't worry, it's just showing that it isn't a complicated job

--- you have lots of nice GUI oriented programs that will help you do it.

[kaitykaity]

8. GUI?

Is that an acronym for dumbass? (That's how I feel today.)

;)

[qnr]

9. Graphical User Interface

The point and click thingamabobbies.

Edit: typo buster

[kaitykaity]

10. Thanks, folks, here's how I did it.

It's in process now, so I'm hoping I haven't
spoken too soon.

Digital Media Converter
QuickTime 6

And away we go.

Thx bunches!!!