Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:42 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Now if we could only solve the ultimate mystery: Why the folks > designing video standards selected audio and video frame rates with no > common divisors :-). Well, I'll blame computer geeks who don't think things through like engineers, for

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 15:16 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > 24FPS was the minimum frame rate where you didn't notice the "flicker" > of movies, but has no relationship to power line frequencies used for > a lot of video stuff Of course not, since you don't watch films with the lights on (usually, you

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Rick Stevens
On 05/11/2010 01:42 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:51:44 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>> The solution was to build a new version of ffmpeg from SVN. That >>> solves the synch problem and the rest is just a matter of playing with >>> the settings. >> >> Just to close this o

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:42 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:51:44 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > The solution was to build a new version of ffmpeg from SVN. That > > > solves the synch problem and the rest is just a matter of playing with > > > the settings. > > >

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:51:44 -0430 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > The solution was to build a new version of ffmpeg from SVN. That > > solves the synch problem and the rest is just a matter of playing with > > the settings. > > Just to close this off, I reported the problem on the RPMFusion BZ

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 14:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The solution was to build a new version of ffmpeg from SVN. That > solves the synch problem and the rest is just a matter of playing with > the settings. Just to close this off, I reported the problem on the RPMFusion BZ and a fixed v

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-10 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/10/2010 12:25 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 01:38 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> The MKV files are for standard NTSC or PAL broadcast TV (not even HD >> in >> most cases, though they could be). I've so far been unsuccessful in >> hitting reasonable combina

Re: Converting MKV to AVI [SOLVED?]

2010-05-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 01:38 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The MKV files are for standard NTSC or PAL broadcast TV (not even HD > in > most cases, though they could be). I've so far been unsuccessful in > hitting reasonable combination of options for producing a useful > result. > I've tried f

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 23:21 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 15:33 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrot

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: >>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > [...]> >> >> Part of the problem is that all the above too

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:28 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >> On 05/08/2010 10:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-05-07

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/08/2010 08:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:28 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> On 05/08/2010 10:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> >>> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callag

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/08/2010 08:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:28 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> On 05/08/2010 10:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> >>> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callag

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 15:33 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > [...]> > > > > Par

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:28 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > On 05/08/2010 10:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread sean darcy
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [...]> > > Part of the problem is that all the above tools are clearly aimed at >>>

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/08/2010 10:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> >>> On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callag

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread kalinix
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:12 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > >> [...]> > > >>> > > >>> Part of the problem is th

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 09:53 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:20 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my > > stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author > > DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: >>> >>> > Anyway, my question is this: does anyon

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 12:31 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> [...]> > >>> > >>> Part of the problem is that all the above tools are clearly aimed at > >>> people who know what they'r

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > > > >>> Anyway, my question is this: does anyone have a useful recipe for > >>> > >> this > >> > >>> kind of t

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread sean darcy
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> [...]> >>> >>> Part of the problem is that all the above tools are clearly aimed at >>> people who know what they're doing. Those of us uninterested in a career >>> in multimedia tec

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Bill Davidsen
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my > stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author > DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's > fairly limited in the formats it will accept. Xvid seems to w

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >>> Anyway, my question is this: does anyone have a useful recipe for >>> >> this >> >>> kind of thing? >>> >>> And for extra credit: how about converting FLV (Flash vide

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > > Anyway, my question is this: does anyone have a useful recipe for > this > > kind of thing? > > > > And for extra credit: how about converting FLV (Flash video)? > > > > poc > > > > > I use Avidemux. > It handles everything quite well

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > [...]> > > > > Part of the problem is that all the above tools are clearly aimed at > > people who know what they're doing. Those of us uninterested in a career > > in multimedia technology are liable to be comple

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-08 Thread sean darcy
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my > stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author > DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's > fairly limited in the formats it will accept. Xvid seems to w

Re: Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-07 Thread Michael Miles
On 05/07/2010 11:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my > stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author > DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's > fairly limited in the formats it will

Converting MKV to AVI

2010-05-07 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's fairly limited in the formats it will accept. Xvid seems to work well so it's what I tend to use