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BartBuilt
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2. November 2004 @ 21:21 |
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OK, I am trying to put some DVD's together for someone of the Boston Red Sox postseason. I am purhasing and downloading each of the 14 games from MLB.com but they come in .wmv format at about 650MB each
Here are my questions:
What is a good program to convert from .wmv to DVD?
Will converting them make them larger so that only one will fit on a DVD?
If I can fit more than one on a DVD (quality is definately an issue), what is a good program to add menus to the DVD?
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!
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geebz
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8. November 2004 @ 11:48 |
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bartbuilt,
i am in your same boat, and will be very interested in any reply you receive. i was out of the country for the first time every during ALCS and WS. my life-long favorite team beat all the odds and won both. go figure. in ethiopia, i had very poor access to communication, to say least.
thanks
geebz
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DogBomb
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8. November 2004 @ 23:27 |
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Dude,
I downloaded some of those MLB games in WMV. They are 350K bitrate. They will not look too good even on DVD. But in any case, with Nero, you can use NeroVision Express and they will convert wmv files to burn on DVD.
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BartBuilt
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10. November 2004 @ 15:15 |
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Hmmmm, can't seem to get Nerovision Express to do it. Whenever I try to add the video file it tells me "Unable to insert c://(location of media file).wmv"
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mimans21
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12. November 2004 @ 06:02 |
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the quality would be horrible
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capecomm
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8. December 2004 @ 07:02 |
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anyone have any luck with this ? same deal... SOX post season...
is there any like WMV to MPEG converter??
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floydcat
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2. January 2005 @ 17:33 |
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Don't know if anyone's still checking this thread, but the videos that you purchase from MLB.com are DRM files. Short answer: you can't make copies of them unless you stumble onto an illegal converter of some sort, which I haven't seen yet.
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keebored
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9. January 2005 @ 20:21 |
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Yes, I'm still looking for a converter to burn these postseason Red Sox games ( wmv files) that I would like to watch on my DVD Player on TV. but because of DRM I can not burn to DVD. Not FAIR especially where I paid for them!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 9. January 2005 @ 20:23
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floydcat
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11. January 2005 @ 23:18 |
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Well, for the mlb stuff you could always stream it and record with a windows media recorder, but as mentioned above the quality of the video on your tv screen would be horrible (same with the ones you paid for). It's barely passable as is on the computer. You'd probably have better luck quality-wise finding sommeone who taped the games on ebay or a torrent somewhere.
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Brian48
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13. January 2005 @ 18:30 |
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Wow. I thought I was the only one. I paid for and DL'd Game 6 of the ALCS east (the Schilling game). I wouldn't mind the .wmv (or DRM) format, however you're only allowed to get the license for 3 machines I think. I reformat a lot because I swap out hardware frequently. This would meant that eventually, I won't be able to play this file.
Anyway, I'm looking for a way to convert this file to either DVD or some other format myself. If anyone has any ideas, that would be great.
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Brian48
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13. January 2005 @ 18:33 |
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Just FYI, I've also tried it with VSO's DivxToDVD and got a message that it could not decode it (DRM protected).
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13. January 2005 @ 18:38 |
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For everyones info.
I dont believe you can convert .wmv files they are from them AZZZZ Holes at microsoft and they won't give anyone the codec's to convert there files.
If you can somehow get a hold of and older version of VirtualDub it will do this, but the newer versions won't cause Microsoft got mad at them. :-(
You could also try the movie maker that comes with Media Player (I never had to much luck with that program) Maybe it will work for you
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Brian48
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13. January 2005 @ 18:57 |
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Nah, I already tried Movie Maker. I get the same "DRM Protected" error as soon as I try to import the .wmv file.
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Brian48
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13. January 2005 @ 19:14 |
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OK, I found and DL'd an older version of VirtualDub (v1.3c). I don't get the DRM copyright error any more, but now I'm getting this:
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ASF: illegal object fragment flags 0a in packet at 1301
packet size = 1117, pp = 12, send time: 0:00
Same error with both .wmv files I DL'd from MLB.com.
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floydcat
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14. January 2005 @ 19:29 |
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The streaming stuff from mlb is $4.95 per month in the offseason. It's not drm protected (at least last I checked). I tried recording a few minutes with Windows Media Recorder and it seemed to work fine. Of course, it will be in real time so game 4 alone will take 5 hours and I'm not sure how much hard drive space it will eat. As for conversion, again, I don't think the picture will be very good on a tv after the conversion process. But that's up to the beholder.
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keebored
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15. January 2005 @ 10:40 |
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yes I also downloaded VirtualDub v1.3 and it also gave me the same message. I also check every P2P and torrent looking for the games and have not found a single one. What a bummer.......
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Valomar
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15. January 2005 @ 16:00 |
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Just a suggestion, there is a program for capturing streaming video that allows you to select the area of the screen to capture. You could select the edges of the video screen, and capture the movie to mpeg and then use whatever program you like to burn to dvd.
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Stevetay8
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16. January 2005 @ 04:13 |
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Hi,
If you're still interested, the free version of TMPGEnc will do the job even though they only all conversion to MPEG2 for only 30 days. After that, you'd still be able to convert them to MPEG1 files for VCD.
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michaelam
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24. January 2005 @ 15:09 |
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I tried the WM Recorder solution and it told me missing codecs. :( oh well.
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michaelam
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24. January 2005 @ 15:13 |
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oh, and TMPGEnc said the wmv file type was unsupported...
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floydcat
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1. February 2005 @ 13:25 |
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A little late but for those of you in the New England area who receive NESN they're repeating the playoffs and World Series this week. Drag those vcr's outta the garage or buy yourself a dvd recorder! ALCS Game 4 is Thursday and that's where you want to start anyway, right?
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keebored
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2. February 2005 @ 07:47 |
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floydcat:
To the rescue again! Thank you for letting us New Englanders know NESN is rebroadcasting the games.
I scheduled my PC TV Card to record all the games directly to my hard drive. And then I'll burn to DVD. Thanks again for the info
In the meantime I sure hope someone can crack the DRM Issue!
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keebored
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2. February 2005 @ 08:03 |
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By the way... If anyone else would like to record the World Series games with out a VCR or DVD Recorder... the ATI Wonder USB 2.0 TV card works great on a PC.
I received this external card for Christmas. I had an internal one years ago. Even though it does not record HDTV and is only Analog, it records TV for DVD in resolution of 720x. Much better quality than MLB was offering in Window Media format (WMV) with DRM!
FYI: 9 hours of TV or Movie recording uses about 40GB on your hard drive.
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floydcat
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4. February 2005 @ 11:02 |
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keebored,
About that ati: Did you already have usb 2.0 on your computer? I bought the same device (for the express purpose of recording the games) and was not able to install the mmc software. The web site acknowledges the problem and refers to a Microsoft fix page, which instructs you to install Service Pack 1 (duh). Another poster on cnet said the problem lies with user installed 2.0 cards (which I had to buy & install) and the co. said there wouldn't be any fix until the next update of mmc. Was wondering if the usb was in fact the problem. I'm now going for a hauppage pci card/beyond tv combo from pcalchemy.com. They've got a lot of great combo deals. Wish me luck, game 5 isn't until Tuesday!
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keebored
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4. February 2005 @ 11:18 |
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Floydcat
Yes indeed the ATI USB 2.0 Wonder only works on a USB 2.0 on-board (motherboard) and yes, documentation states it has issues using it with a USB 2.0 add-on card.
I recorded the ALCS game 4 last night and playback looks terrific. Good luck with the hauppage pci card. That's another good capture card with good reviews.
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