[MacDV] Creating XVCD - need help with ffmpegx app

[Mark M. Florida]

Yeah, I've noticed that with a lot of the newer options becoming 
available to create these kinds of discs on Mac OS X, the documentation 
is sparse or missing altogether.  The problem (of sorts) is that these 
apps are created (or ported) by programmers, not user interface and 
documentation specialists.  I guess they figure if they could figure it 
out, then you can too...  not the best assumption to make for most 
users. (myself included!)

On the bright side, more compression apps are coming out that have some 
sort of GUI to ease the MPEG creation/transcoding process.  I don't 
have any specific links for any foolproof software just yet, but when I 
do, I'll be sure to share the info with the MacDV list.  ;-)

- Mark


On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 03:02  PM, hawkgx at planetkc.com wrote:

> I've been trying for awhile to create the necessary files to burn an 
> XVCD
> disc but
> everything I've seen so far has me jumping through all sorts of hoops.
>
> Hoping someone here has experience with the ffmpegX encoder/decoder
> application
> for OS X. It looks like a nice GUI front end for decoding a number of
> different video file
> types, then encoding for everything from VCD to XVCD to SVCD.
>
> I downloaded ffmpegX from VersionTracker, but there's no manual or help
> file with it.
> I guess I'm clueless enough to not be able to figure it out on my own 
> yet.
> Anyone
> successfully used the program or know of someplace online (i.e. 
> website or
> user
> forum) that discusses how to use the app?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Clark
> Kansas City
>
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