Hello First Post - Real Media Question

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First of all hello to everybody, and thanks for making this forum which helps video "enthusiasts" everyday.

Ok lets get right down to business.
I have started making a streaming server and I need a couple pointers. I want to convert some dvds to rm/rv in order to stream the content to my computers. I need the content not to be much more than 700k for video and 192k for audio because bandwidth reasons and i want to encode it with the best possible quality so I am trying to transfer it form vob to rm/rv directly.
I have found and tested some softwares that do just that, including Real Producer, but the problem is that i want the video to have subtitles, and none of them seem to be able to embed it from the dvd to the rm/rv.

Do you have any suggestions as to what kind of software i could use or other alternatives?

Thanks, for your help.:)

PS: I am not sold completely to RM/RV content , which do you think is the best codec for streaming video at 700k bitrate?

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PS: I am not sold completely to RM/RV content , which do you think is the best codec for streaming video at 700k bitrate?

I'd suggest considering H.264 in MP4 container. You'll get much better quality at the same bitrate and there are more tools available. For example, HandBrake allows easy encoding of DVD sources with x264 and faac. It also burns subtitles to the video if necessary.

One problem is that by default, many of the tools that output MP4, including HandBrake (until upcoming 0.9.2), don't make progressive download possible because they place the MOOV atom at the end of the file instead of beginning. You'll need to remux the file (with MP4Box, for example) to be able to play it while downloading.

If you need actual streaming instead of progressive download, there are free software / open-source solutions such as Darwin Streaming Server.