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> That's more or less the level of what I'm trying to do too. I make POV-Ray
> render some insane stuff, build AVIs out of it, and then put it onto a
> real DVD so it can be played anywhere. (Plus playing uncompressed video
> seems to stress my HD.)
For playback on PCs (and on the PS3 connected to my TV) I usually convert to
h264 which is really good for high resolution. I found a program called
xvid4psp which is free and has a nice GUI to do all the conversion, without
needing some huge command line only to find that your player doesn't support
"adaptive b-frames" or some pyramid thingy.
> The thing I've got seems to crash a lot. It allows you to do some limited
> video editing, but stubbornly refuses to allow you to do things like
> insert pauses or writing and so on.
Oh, Windows Movie Maker is good for stuff like that, it's what I usually use
for simple editing with text, still images, pauses etc. I've got a feeling
that it's only the version that comes with Vista that lets you do HD quality
though, but I guess that's not a problem for you.
> You do realise that I was *in* Curries looking at new TVs only a few days
> ago, right?
That's funny, on their website they have plenty of HDTVs under 400 pounds.
> Really? That's a rather sudden price drop, don't you think? I mean, the
> format is still brand-spanking-new.
Hmm I don't think so, once the PS3 came out, basically nobody could sell a
blu-ray player for above 400 pounds. Since then the prices have gradually
come down from 350 or so to the 200 you see today.
> Are there even any BluRay titles to play yet?
Amazon only have 1507 titles listed.
> Now that's just puzzling. I tried to use Windows Movie Maker once, and it
> wouldn't do *anything* I wanted it to do. Sure, I could take a bunch of
> videos and join them together to make one video. But that seemed to be the
> sum total of its abilities.
You didn't notice the fades and text and all the effects you could add then?
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