Making scrapbook of grandson. Need help getting the initial "frame" of an MPEG file converted into a JPEG or TIF "still shot." Also need help making a CD dub of his favorite tunes for him. [more inside]
posted by yazi on Sep 10, 2008 - 8 answers

I am looking for a free video (mpeg, wmv, etc) editor with some very basic options! [more inside]
posted by princeofpersiaxz on Nov 24, 2007 - 4 answers

How do I edit audio in a MPEG1 without going through a video re-encode? [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Nov 13, 2007 - 7 answers

How do I convert a (simple) SMIL file into an mpeg (or anything else I can upload to YouTube)? [more inside]
posted by DU on Mar 6, 2007 - 3 answers

I regularly use ffmpeg to encode videos (from mpeg2 to mpeg4) for my ipod. I've been doing this for nearly a year with no problems. Now, every time I start an encode, my system is suddenly under a lot of pressure - I can't use any other application. If I go into the windows task manager and set the priority to 'below normal', all is fine again. Anyone have any idea why this change might have occured, or any idea how I can get around it (preferably without using task manager)? [more inside]
posted by ascullion on Jan 31, 2007 - 5 answers

Can I record video from my ATI DVR straight to my iPod? [more inside]
posted by beammeup4 on Jan 15, 2007 - 2 answers

Help me make good looking movies with small picture dimensions. [more inside]
posted by oddman on Dec 29, 2006 - 4 answers

Can anyone recommend a good (preferably USB-based) hardware MPEG-2 encoder? Not a PVR, just an encoder. [more inside]
posted by ostranenie on Dec 3, 2006 - 2 answers

ppt -> mpg ?? [more inside]
posted by ハッカー on Jul 23, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I convert the various popular flavors of digital video floating around the Internet into a format I can easily and reliably burn to DVD and play on a DVD player? [more inside]
posted by killdevil on May 15, 2006 - 7 answers

Why are some YouTube videos so much better quality than others? What video specs and file format (AVI, MOV, MPG) produce the best results?
posted by JudgeBork on Apr 23, 2006 - 6 answers

can anyone recommend a simple piece of Mac (or unix) software that will take a bunch of image files named abc001, abc002, etc and string them together into a video file that i can view with a lowest-common-denominator video player? [more inside]
posted by sergeant sandwich on Mar 4, 2006 - 6 answers

How come I can't burn a working DVD to save my life? [more inside]
posted by bondcliff on Jan 3, 2006 - 17 answers

Problem with iMovie bloating files and crashing. [more inside]
posted by chronic sublime on Nov 6, 2005 - 4 answers

The MPEG website seems pretty dead. Is anyone doing anything interesting with MPEG-7? Is anyone doing anything interesting with MPEG-21?
posted by Pretty_Generic on Mar 16, 2005 - 2 answers

Best way to rip video from a DVD into MPEG or AVI? I need to grab scenes from a movie and monkey with them in Premiere (Windows).
posted by vraxoin on Apr 24, 2004 - 5 answers