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MetalheadGautham
26th June 2007, 09:30
This is the extreme of n00bishness, but can anyone please tell me which format I can convert my .DAT files I coppied from my old Charlie Chapplin Movie Collection so that there is no reduction in quality? I searched the forum, but found nothing mentioning this topic.

Info:

total size of files: 1.25 GiB
planned storage media: DVD(I already burnt many of my games as iso files in a dvd. I have 2 coppies of them for safety)
movie type: PAL
framerate: 25fps
Aspect ratio: 30:23
video: mpeg1 11120 kbps
audio: mp2 224 kbps
channels: 2
sample rate: 44100 khz
diementions: 352 x 288


Need:

transcode it to a format resulting in NO loss in quality, and maximum reduction in size, similar to VP3 to Theora convrsions.

container no bar. I will use mkv if there is no alternative.


Notes:

should I transmux it or transcode it?

it has that booooring old symphonic sounds found in all old films. I think It can be compressed easily. And 2-channel is not required for this music.

mpeg1 is old. There are several new codecs based on the same. should I use one of those? will the result be lossless and size reducing?

What audio should I use? Vorbis or mp2 or mp3 or AAC or anything else?

what audio bitrate should I use? You can get near cd quality these days with 128 kbps lame mp3 and vorbis q4 I hear...

PS: Is it true that many chaplin movies are in public domain now? I mean, there were many released before 1922....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg
foxyshadis
26th June 2007, 11:57
Isn't dat just mpeg-ps with mpeg-1 audio and video streams? VCD streams should be legal to burn directly onto DVD, if you recreate the dvd disc structure properly; you should be able to import the files into a dvd authoring software (not an encoder) and let it do the rest.

Why would you want to re-encode anything when you have 3 times as much space per disc as you have files?
Wilbert
26th June 2007, 12:12
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic141726.html#vcd
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/vcdgear#comments

otherwise google ...
nixo
26th June 2007, 14:56
You'll have to reencode the audio, though. Dvd specs are 48000 khz.

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Nikolaj
MetalheadGautham
26th June 2007, 17:07
Isn't dat just mpeg-ps with mpeg-1 audio and video streams? VCD streams should be legal to burn directly onto DVD, if you recreate the dvd disc structure properly; you should be able to import the files into a dvd authoring software (not an encoder) and let it do the rest.

Why would you want to re-encode anything when you have 3 times as much space per disc as you have files?


I am going to put more stuff than that you know... I realised that lots of chaplin stuff(including mine which I paid for. grrrrrrr:mad:) is in public domain. Just go to google video advanced search and select site as video.google.com and type chapplin. I am going to do a lot of downloading. Hence I want to fit them in a DVD. I plan to give it to friends now.

Anyway, I hence ask for the settings I must use while transcoading/muxing.

space is very important.

ou'll have to reencode the audio, though. Dvd specs are 48000 khz.

I am not storing it in dvd video format. DVD Flick says 95% FULL when I dragged and dropped these files into its creator.

<insert your fav swear word here>95%:angry: