kit1cat
Prominent Member
I have started moving programs that I want to keep from my virgin+ HD box to a external usb drive for streaming to my media player. (Helios x5000)
I have been taking the following steps which work well.
1. record program on virgin+ box in HD with 5.1 sound.
2. copy program to Panasonic HS2 dvd recorder in xp mode with stereo pcm sound.
3. high speed dub program to dvd-ram disk.
4. copy video file from ram disc to computer and change file extension to mpg.
This produces a video file in mpeg format 704 x 576 with 1536 kbps, 48 Khz 2 channel pcm sound about 4Gb in size. These files play fine on my computer and media player.
What I would like to do is reduce the file size without losing the 1536 kb stereo sound. I have tried converting to avi but the best sound I can get is 256kb mp3, other formats are similar.
Does any one know of a video converter that can convert a video file but leave the sound intact? Can it be done?
Thanks
I have been taking the following steps which work well.
1. record program on virgin+ box in HD with 5.1 sound.
2. copy program to Panasonic HS2 dvd recorder in xp mode with stereo pcm sound.
3. high speed dub program to dvd-ram disk.
4. copy video file from ram disc to computer and change file extension to mpg.
This produces a video file in mpeg format 704 x 576 with 1536 kbps, 48 Khz 2 channel pcm sound about 4Gb in size. These files play fine on my computer and media player.
What I would like to do is reduce the file size without losing the 1536 kb stereo sound. I have tried converting to avi but the best sound I can get is 256kb mp3, other formats are similar.
Does any one know of a video converter that can convert a video file but leave the sound intact? Can it be done?
Thanks