Re: dvd::rip : what codecs to make a CD viewable on Windows too?

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:25:58PM +0100, Daniel Bauer wrote:
> I have tried to install tovid. I haven't found it on packman, but there was a 
> rpm for my openSuse 10.0 at rpm.pbone.net which I installed. I couldn't find 
> the gui version (can't locate tovidgui.py on my system???), so I tried the 
> command line version. All I got then was a .mpg-file, slightly smaller than 
> the avi, but Windows still can't play it.

Did you burn that file as a video CD in K3B or did you burn it as a file? I
am disappointed that it wouldn't be able to play a simple MPEG file, but
VCD is a different format, which if I recall correctly K3B should be able
to generate based on the correct MPEG file.

> I recently received a CD with some .mov files. They play on my Linux system as 
> well as on Windows and a Mac, too. How did they make those files? I want to 
> be able for that, too - and I am sure there's a way on Linux to achieve that.

Well, you could try mencoder, and convert the file to WMV7 format (lavcopts,
vcodec=wmv1). It would be pretty sad if Windows would not be able to play
that though the stand alone DVD player will most likely not accept it.

Regards,

Pieter Hulshoff