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...ra_file" with my own filenames, and gave "encode" execute permission. It took about 15 minutes to encode my dv format clip, the resulting .ogg file was 6.8 MBytes, and when I played it with mplayer, the audio sounded good, but the video looked more like a slide show. When I used MainActor to encode that same dv format clip into mpeg2 format, it took about 2 minutes and 50 seconds, the resulting file was 25.3 MBytes, and both the audio and video were close to the quality of the dv format file. When I used MainActor to encode that same dv format clip into mpeg1 format, it took abo...

...a Panasonic PV-GS9 for $250. I wanted a mini-DV because it is claimed that capturing video from the camcorder to a computer over a firewire cable results in an exact copy of the recorded video. That was not my experience. The video I captured to my computer over the firewire cable, using both MainActor and Kino, was not equal in quality to the video as it displayed on the camcorder's own LCD display, or on my TV when connected to the camcorder with the provided A/V cable. When I played the captured .dv format files, that were about 225 MBytes per minute, the video was noticeably jerkier,...