Of course, you’re right. I am trying to hand out something to the group members who want to share with others and are overwhelmed by Youtube! Sort of all access. It doesn’t hurt that I have hundreds of blank CDs and DVDs which I could put to good use. There are people here that think you have to understand quantum physics to get on the internet. Some of them had jobs before the invention of the ballpoint pen!
But then the issue morphed. I may not NEED to burn copies of the concert, but I WANT to be able to. I hate failing at this! I know in the past I had software and settings that allowed me to create DVDs. I will make a few copies of CDs with the mp4 file and print up a youtube address for others. That may be an ok resolution but doesn’t help me if I need to make DVDs in the future.
Still, I appreciate all the suggestions given here.
It should be possible to render your video from kdenlive directly in mpeg2 from all the screenshots of the render panel I’ve seen on the manual.
Handbrake work fine but to my knowledge only offert to encode video file in the most common format/codec, but you can still use ffmpeg, it is command line only but you can always manage to find the right command to convert your file.
I’ve just tested a solution provided on stackoverflow with a mp4 file and it worked just fine
Thanks to all the tips here, I’ve had a degree of success. I’ve made 3 copies of the mp4 version for neighbors that can use a computer. I made 3 copies for DVD players using DeVeDe NG. I actually made 5 copies because the first two failed.
I neglected to change the video format to NTSC for US players from the default PAL format. The next failure I had was because I did not uncheck the option to add Titles. The resulting disc had a picture of a CD with the title of the file beneath it. The actual file would not run. I couldn’t get to it with any of the remotes or menus that were available. Even if I had, it would be too complicated for my anything-but-tech-savvy neighbors. When I unchecked that menu or title box, the resulting recording ran without a problem.
These two issues notwithstanding, the DeVeDeNG software was nice to use. It was simple and fast. After converting the file for DVD, a dialogue box came up with button the said “BURN”. Pressing that brought up k3b, which did the actual burn, essentially with one click.
Once again: I am grateful to all who made the effort to help me with this project. There are a bunch of old people here that thank you, too!
