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neverskatewsandles · Dec 30, 2006, 09:48 AM

I have a movie i ripped using mac the ripper and it is 7. something gb in size. will ffmpeg be suitable to convert the movie to less than 4.7gb so it fits on a dvd? Or do i need something else. If so what is a free app to use?

P · Dec 30, 2006, 11:17 AM

ffmpeg can do it. ffmpegX (the GUI for OS X) is probably the easiest way to do it. DVD2OneX is another option, but that one isn't free.

neverskatewsandles · Dec 30, 2006, 11:26 AM

ok i cant even priview these videos it is in like 3 or 4 different formats they are vob,ifo,bup can ffmpegx convert these?

neverskatewsandles · Dec 30, 2006, 11:27 AM

Oh and can i just burn these straight to dvds like they are or do they have to be converted?

TETENAL · Dec 30, 2006, 11:57 AM

Handbrake

P · Dec 31, 2006, 05:39 AM

.vob is the actual video file, the rest is a bunch of info. I think that ffmpegx wants you to drop the entire video_ts folder onto it. You can't burn them straight to a DVD, you have to make an image file of the correct format first, but most apps will do that for you as well.

neverskatewsandles · Dec 31, 2006, 02:24 PM

Handbrake worked perfect! Thanks