http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ 2010-09-06T19:20:35-06:00 http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-11-29T22:51:04-06:00 http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/video:convert_video_for_ipod_iphone?rev=1228024264&do=diff Resolution The iPod Nano resolution is 320×240. The iPod Touch and iPhone resolution is 480×320. FFMPEG Use the following command to convert an FLV file to an MPEG file. That file, then, can be imported into iTunes and converted to MP4 from there. text/html 2009-03-17T06:38:23-06:00 http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/video:cut_video_with_ffmpeg?rev=1237293503&do=diff Here is a quick command that you can use to cut a piece of video with FFMPEG. ffmpeg -sameq -ss [start_seconds] / -t [duration_seconds] -i [input_file] [outputfile] Explanation -ss position Seek to given time position in seconds. “hh:mm:ss[.xxx]” syntax is also supported. text/html 2009-03-18T10:45:41-06:00 http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/video:format_and_codec?rev=1237394741&do=diff Video Formats and Codecs I shoot home video's with a DVD camcorder. It records directly to DVD's, which is exactly what I wanted. I can pop the DVD's into any DVD player and watch them, as-is. I can also create backups of the originals quite easily using my DVD Burner. Loading video from the DVD player to edit on a computer is a little more difficult. text/html 2008-11-20T08:22:09-06:00 http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/video:home_video_dvd_backup_process?rev=1227194529&do=diff This is a work in progress, but is my current process for quickly backing up my home video's. I shoot home video's with a DVD camcorder. I use Linux, and the following php script makes a copy of the original VOB, then makes a light weight VCD quality copy. This would probably work under Windows with very minimal adjustments.