Windows video compression tools
playback
Use the latest ffdshow you can find from a mirror. You can choose which fourCCs to enable at any time.
rip
ChopperXP to chop vobs
DGIndex to demux vobs and create d2v file
compress audio
faac -b 64 -o clip.aac clip.wav
compress video
GK 0.35 to compress to h264 in .avi using VFW
x264.exe or megui to go direct
compression settings
container
MP4Box (yamb 1.4) to extract h264 from .avi and then mux .h264 and .aac into .mp4.
Extract video stream to .h264 file
MP4Box—aviraw video myfile.avi
Mux to .mp4
MP4Box.exe -add “full.aac” -add full.h264” -new full.mp4
Splice out a 30 second section
MP4Box -splitx 30:60 full.mp4
mp4ui 1.0rc2 – front end for mp4creator does not handle h264 video
errors
WMP reports “The CLJR codec is required to play this file” but plays the file fine – try windows update?