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OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93448] Sun, 09 December 2007 01:59 Go to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod
once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to m4v?
I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,
but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
there's something that will do it in less than real time?

Like I said, not terribly important. :)

S
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93451 is a reply to message #93448] Sun, 09 December 2007 05:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gantt Kushner is currently offline  Gantt Kushner   
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iTunes will play movies so it seems to me that it should be capable of doing
the conversion. Haven't tried it though...

Gantt

"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod

>once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to
m4v?
>I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,

>but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
>there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>
>Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>
>S
>
>


Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93452 is a reply to message #93448] Sun, 09 December 2007 07:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gantt Kushner is currently offline  Gantt Kushner   
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Hi Sarah,

I've just been poking around on iTunes and did not find any indication that
it can convert videos. Maybe Quicktime? I'm a Mac guy so I don't know much
about PC alternatives.

Gantt

"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod

>once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to
m4v?
>I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,

>but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
>there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>
>Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>
>S
>
>


Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93458 is a reply to message #93448] Sun, 09 December 2007 09:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dedric Terry is currently offline  Dedric Terry   UNITED STATES
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Sarah, we use a dvd ripping app that may not be available anymore but I
can't remember the name (it decrypts to streaming mpeg); then we use
mpegstreamclip to convert to whatever format. Quality is good, but none are
fast. If I can find a link to the ripper I'll email it to you.

I just got an iPod Touch and might be doing the same thing - are you on Mac
or PC?

Dedric

On 12/9/07 2:59 AM, in article 475bbd63@linux, "Sarah"
<sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:

> Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod
> once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to m4v?
> I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,
> but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
> there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>
> Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>
> S
>
>
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93469 is a reply to message #93452] Sun, 09 December 2007 11:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
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On 10 Dec 2007 01:30:18 +1000, "Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>Hi Sarah,
>
>I've just been poking around on iTunes and did not find any indication that
>it can convert videos. Maybe Quicktime? I'm a Mac guy so I don't know much
>about PC alternatives.
>
iTunes won't. You need QuicktimePro, which is right around $30. I
don't have a video-capable iPod, so I've never dug further. There are
probably some other 3rd-party things floating around, but I'm not
aware of what's out there.

pab
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93479 is a reply to message #93448] Sun, 09 December 2007 15:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
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Sarah,

Generally video work is just slow. I made a video clip of myself, about 4
minutes or whatever... song length... and processing it from the edit
in the app down to wmv format for the web took about an hour as I recall.
Typically converting a DVD on my Athlon 64 3000+ takes somewhere approaching
half the DVD play length. That's not a slow machine of course, so if you're
doing it on that old Paris box you were speaking about, which I assume is
closer to 1 gig, then that sounds like a fairly quick time to me.

Cheers,
Kim.

"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod

>once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to
m4v?
>I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,

>but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
>there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>
>Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>
>S
>
>
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93492 is a reply to message #93479] Mon, 10 December 2007 00:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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Thanks guys. Quicktime Pro only $30? That works for me. No, the old Paris
box only does Paris stuff, my computer is pretty old though, it's an AMD
Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47 GHz, w/512 of RAM. Due for an upgrade, just not sure
what I wanna do yet.

S


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:475c6b39$1@linux...
>
>
> Sarah,
>
> Generally video work is just slow. I made a video clip of myself, about 4
> minutes or whatever... song length... and processing it from the edit
> in the app down to wmv format for the web took about an hour as I recall.
> Typically converting a DVD on my Athlon 64 3000+ takes somewhere
> approaching
> half the DVD play length. That's not a slow machine of course, so if
> you're
> doing it on that old Paris box you were speaking about, which I assume is
> closer to 1 gig, then that sounds like a fairly quick time to me.
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
>
> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>>Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod
>
>>once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to
> m4v?
>>I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,
>
>>but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
>>there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>>
>>Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>>
>>S
>>
>>
>
Re: OT and of very little importance . . . [message #93493 is a reply to message #93492] Mon, 10 December 2007 01:52 Go to previous message
Erling is currently offline  Erling   NORWAY
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I believe Nero can do this thing too but am not sure. I think you can
try it out for a month before buying, so you can find out if it workes
for you. I have converted plenty of films with it but never for iPod.
But as said here, it will take a long time to convert. So here you
need a real strong computer to get it done faster. A dual or quad
processor will make it faster than a single processor. A year ago I
tested to convert the same film on an AMD dual 3800+ and an AMD single
4000+ and the dual processor was about 20-30% faster to do the job in
Nero7, as far as I remember.

Erling

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:28:58 -0800, "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com>
wrote:

>Thanks guys. Quicktime Pro only $30? That works for me. No, the old Paris
>box only does Paris stuff, my computer is pretty old though, it's an AMD
>Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47 GHz, w/512 of RAM. Due for an upgrade, just not sure
>what I wanna do yet.
>
>S
>
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:475c6b39$1@linux...
>>
>>
>> Sarah,
>>
>> Generally video work is just slow. I made a video clip of myself, about 4
>> minutes or whatever... song length... and processing it from the edit
>> in the app down to wmv format for the web took about an hour as I recall.
>> Typically converting a DVD on my Athlon 64 3000+ takes somewhere
>> approaching
>> half the DVD play length. That's not a slow machine of course, so if
>> you're
>> doing it on that old Paris box you were speaking about, which I assume is
>> closer to 1 gig, then that sounds like a fairly quick time to me.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>>
>> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>>>Was thinking I might like to stuff some of my favorite DVDs into my iPod
>>
>>>once in a while. Anyone know of good software to convert DVD movies to
>> m4v?
>>>I tried a shareware thing by Cucusoft today, and the quality seemed fine,
>>
>>>but it took about 38 minutes to convert a 30 minute clip. Ow. Maybe
>>>there's something that will do it in less than real time?
>>>
>>>Like I said, not terribly important. :)
>>>
>>>S
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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