[ale] Need help from video junkies...transcode and iMovie '09

[Geoffrey]

scott wrote:
> look at a program called Handbrake.  it runs on the Mac, Windows and  
> Linux.  Linux is CLI and can be scripted.  I use it on Mac and Linux  
> CLI all the time.  It works wonders.  Is it the fastest tool on the  
> planet?  probably not but it produces good output as long as the input  
> is good.
> 
> Back at BarCampATL I did a talk about using it to get video to your  
> iPod/iPhone.  Let me digg up the link to the preso for you.  I use it  
> to encode my DVDs to go onto my mythtv box (which I also copy them to  
> my laptops to watch on the road) with no issues.
> 
> http://handbrake.fr/

+1

I've handbrake on my Mac a number of times.  Nice to know there's a 
Linux variant.


> 
> On Nov 25, 2009, at 8:13 AM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
>> Chuck -
>>
>> I've already got video capture hardware with S-Video input in a fast,
>> capacious machine - I really just need a software solution at this
>> point.  As I said, I'd rather restrict the MacBook part of the  
>> exercise
>> to editing and DVD+R output, not initial capture or transcoding.
>>
>> Chuck Payne wrote:
>>>
>>> iMovie want the format to be .mov (quicktime) H264, you know for $80
>>> iomega a great usb device that you let you transfer movies to the mac
>>> very easy.
>>>
>>>
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