I'm going to try to figure out how to put it on a DVD.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
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I did get it to DVD. Please don't drag Pert and force him to watch on computer, as I will be mailing the DVD for his enjoyment.
Technical details to follow for those interested in such things.
The process that I had to go through involved installation of numerous applications, and use of at least one that I already had installed.
1 - Mp4Cam2AVI
2 - Avi2DVD
3 - GSpot
4 - DivX - free but registration required, or Google it up from someplace. I know I didn't have to register to d/l, but I don't remember from where.
5 - DVDDecryptor
Item 2 required me to try several mirrors before I found one that didn't say it was at max connections, or whatever.
Heh. Here is page that would have told me while I was getting item 1 that I was gonna need item 4. Oh, well.
Here is what I had to do, as best I can recall:
I saved a copy of the movie locally. It is a .mov file.
A little probing around told me that I was going to need to get to a .avi file before I could create a playable DVD.
The utility for that is Mp4Cam2AVI.exe. The download is actually a zipped folder, MP4Cam2AVI_v2.27.zip.
I opened this, and found that it contained a folder named MP4Cam2AVI_v2.27.
I simply dragged and dropped a copy of that entire folder in c:\program files\,
and created a shortcut to
c:\program files\MP4Cam2AVI_v2.27\Mp4Cam2AVI.exe
on my desktop.
I launched that app, pointed it at my .MOV file, accepted the default settings,
and hit start. Ended up with a c:\VideoOut.avi file.
This is the point at which instructions you can view or download here became indispensible. That's also where I saw all the possibilities that I didn't want to venture into on this go-round.
In the process, I retried a few times, because I'm like that, and it
kept telling me that I was missing a codec. It was even pretty specific about which one.
When I went out looking for that codec, though, I also learned about
an application, GSpot, that can be used to evaluate the ability of your system
to play a given video file, and to learn exactly what you are missing.
I installed it, and it confirmed that the expected codec was what I needed.
I found several discussion forums where people had asked about the exact same codec. There were several really complicated answers to solving the problem, but each time, someone would provide the same simple reply: "install divx". So I did.
Problem solved.
I followed those really handy instructions from above, and got all the way to having a good .iso file.
I ended up skipping Step 6 [preview your vcd/svcd/dvd] because I couldn't figure out what player I had that would load a .ifo file. But I sure knew what to do with the iso.
That is where DVD Decryptor comes into play.
Instructions on use of that tool will be placed here shortly...
(easier to start a new comment)
I was pretty confused by the user interface of DVD Decrypter at first, but it is really really dirt simple.
The pulldown menus are "File View Mode Tools Help". Your main interest is in "Mode - ISO - Write" in this project. When ripping, you are interested in "Mode - ISO - Read".
Once you have the mode selected correctly, you can go to the "Source" area in the dialog, and click on the little file symbol to browse for your ISO. Drop a blank in your drive, select the correct drive in "Destination".
Once you have your ducks in a row, that graphic at the botton with a hard drive pointing at a DVD becomes a button. That will start the burn process.
When the burn is done, it will play the happiest music you ever heard, and you will be filled with joy.
I'll put your instructions to the test first chance I get. I may have a program for creating a menu, if I'm not mistaken...
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