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I had some shows on tivo that I figured I wanted to keep on a CD in case I might ever want to watch them again. (Not that you care, butthis really is for my own personal use. I wouldn't have the bandwidth to "share" this stuff even if I wanted to.)<BR>
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So I downloaded a 1 hour show with TiVo ToGo, and I jumped through a few hoops to "free the mpeg", and I got a nice 2 GB mpeg file that looked and sounded great in mplayer. But it doesn't fit on a CD.<BR>
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So I ran:<BR>
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ffmpeg2theora free.mpeg -x 320 -y 240 -o free.ogg<BR>
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(320x240 seems like about the right tradeoff between image quality and file size.)<BR>
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Then I tried to play free.ogg in both HelixPlayer and mplayer. And I got the same exact results from each:<BR>
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The video looked great. And the audio sounded great. But they didn't look and sound great together. The video was slightly faster than the audio, so that 10 minutes into the show, the people's mouths were moving a full second before the line was played, which makes the show entirely unwatchable.<BR>
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I don't know if the problem is in the encoder, or in the player(s), or in the input file, or in my head. I'd appreciate any suggestions (different software, different options, etc.)<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
Sal<BR>
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