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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: Video Gurus

Posted by: Howard Apr 8 2006, 02:55 PM

A friend made a fun video. It's a take off of the 'Streets of Paris/Ferrari' thing done in this area. The VOB (DVD) file is 566mb. Is there an easy way to convert it to something less bulky that could be posted?

Posted by: Rand Apr 8 2006, 06:08 PM

Something cool to know... With *some* DVDs, you can just copy a .vob file from the DVD to your hard drive, rename it to .mpeg and your standard media player will play it. If that works, you can re-encode the mpeg file with any number of free tools to get the file size down (as long as you don't mind losing quality or frame size).

There are a ton of encoders. A couple ideas for starters.... Depending on which target format you want....

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encoder/3000-2140_4-10381392.html?tag=lst-0-2

I haven't yet decided on my favorite program for recrunching mpeg to a smaller mpeg. I've looked at Super Fever, Flask, some DivX stuff... don't know yet. Maybe someone else will pitch in here.

Posted by: turboman808 Apr 8 2006, 06:58 PM

Darn I can't think right now what I use but I have to do this type of work time to time. When a client loses originals and needs something changed on a dvd this is very handy to know. FYI

If no one else answers you by monday I can tell you how I do it. I just can't remember right now.