Posted by Davey Boy 2 on 04/24/06 09:14

>
> I would like to pull short segments (2-3 minutes) from a DVD and keep
> as high a quality as possible within an approximately 100 MB size and
> in common format for viewing over DSL or cable lines that provide lets
> say a minimum 300 kbps bandwidth.


My first question is - why the 100mb limit? I'm guessing that you are either
(a) not using steaming video or (b) you are using an external provider who
charges for file sizes.

> My initial research shows this may be a bit involved so I am hoping to
> get a sketch outline of the steps and some help on the following:
>
> Once the video is on the hard disk using something like DVD Decrypter
> what is a basic editor that would let me cut and paste a short segment
> to a separate file?

If you are using Windows Media Server for streaming you can use Windows
Media File Editor to set In and Out points for streaming - you don't need to
editing the original file. You can then encode using Windows Media Encoder.
Both of these are FOC downloads from Microsoft.

I do have Windows Movie Maker 2 and it may be all I
> need for the simple task at hand although conversions into and out of
> Movie Maker may be necessary. Is DivX a good choice for preserving
> video quality while keeping file size reasonable? I am hoping for a
> resolution around 720 x 300 so that full screen viewing is high
> quality.
>

I don't use DivX but WMV which I then load onto a streaming server.

What bandwidth do you have available at the server end? And what equipment?
How many concurrent users are you expecting?



> As I see it the process might flow as follows
>
Extract video - YES
Convert if necessary to format editor can handle - YES
Cut and paste desired segment - OR MARK IN/OUT points as described above
Convert segment to DivX (or other recommended format) - Depends on delivery
method
>
> Thanks for all the help.
>

Dave

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