DVD DIGEST - LIVE UPDATE Issue 13 DIGITAL DIGEST - http://www.digital-digest.com DVD DIGEST | LIVE UPDATE Issue 13 What's new at DVD DIGEST ? Monday, 21st February, 2000 ******************************************************* TOP NEWS SUMMARY : 1. MPEG-4 video with MP3 audio - encoding now possible 2. What's new at DVD Digest Downloads ? - Encoding utilities : - Framerate Converter - BBMPEG & AVI2MPG2 1.2.b19 - DivX Codec 3d - DVD2MPG v1.16 - FlaskMPEG 0.52 - Radium MP3 Codec - Re-MPEG 1.41 - VCD Cutter 4.03 - Region-free utilities : - DVD Genie 3.30 3. How to cancel/change your subscription email address - how to maintain the subscription to this newsletter even if your email address has changed 4. A simple thank-you - a thank-you message for all those that joined this list ******************************************************* 1. MPEG-4 video with MP3 audio - encoding now possible DVD Digest has added it's first article/guide on how to encode into the newly discovered MPEG-4/MP3 (DivX) format. This format has the following nice features : ** Video is encoded into the latest efficient MPEG-4 format ** Audio is encoded into MP3 at a variable bitrate/frequency ** 4-5 times faster to encode than MPEG-1 (.mpg) ** Only 15% the size of original VOB file, but still at 640x480 resolution and 48kHz sound ** A 650MB CDR can hold 80-90 minutes of 640x480/48kHz video/audio - smaller than VCD and better quality too !! ** Output format is an AVI file, and can be played back using Windows Media Player, PowerDVD ... Sounds like the perfect way to back-up your DVD? It sure is =) Read the newly released VOB Conversion guide to see how you can do this (you can also find out how to burn VCDs from ripped VOB files), with all the neccesary softwares included (except VCD burning software) : http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/vob_convert.html - VOB Conversion Guide - software included http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/mpeg4mp3.html - MPEG-4/MP3 DivX encoding guide - software included http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/dvd2mpg-guide.html - DVD2MPG install/usage guide - software included http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/flaskmpeg-guide.html - FlaskMPEG install/usage guide - software included ******************************************************* 2. What's new at DVD Digest Downloads ? - Encoding utilities : - Framerate Converter - Converts framerate of VOB files - BBMPEG & AVI2MPG2 1.2.b19 - A new beta version of the encoding tool - DivX Codec 3d - Needed for MPEG-4/MP3 DivX encoding (see above) - DVD2MPG v1.16 - A few bug fixes - removed the macrovision errors - FlaskMPEG 0.52 - Must faster than before, and can now encode to AVI (to make MPEG-4/MP3 DivX movies - see above) - Radium MP3 Codec - Needed to make MPEG-4/MP3 DivX movies (see above) - Re-MPEG 1.41 - Some very useful functions to manipulate MPEG-2 streams, including encoding to lower resolutions/bitrates - VCD Cutter 4.03 - Cut large MPEG files into smaller VCD burning compliant files -------------- - Region-free utilities : - DVD Genie 3.30 - A few more bug fixes, and a whole lot of new tweaks for WinDVD 2000 (TNT/TNT2 users take note) - the usual high quality release from InMatrix (http://www.inmatrix.com) ... ******************************************************* 3. How to cancel/change settings for your subscription to this newsletter Changing subscription settings for this newsletter can be hard, so here is a short guide : 1. Go to this link : http://www.listbot.com/cgi-bin/subscriber 2. Enter the email address this newsletter is sent to and also the password you chose when signing up to this newsletter. The email/password should have been sent to you in an email from "ListBot" or "ListBot Verifier", with the subject "Account Activated" or "REPLY REQUIRED: DVD DIGEST LiveUpdate Subscription Verify". 3. You should find options to change/cancel your subscriptions. Note : using your sign-up account, you can sign up to the 1000's of other newsletters available from listbot.com ******************************************************* 4. A simple thank-you Just a note to thank all the thousands of people, including you, who joined the DVD Digest LiveUpdate program. We've spent quite a bit of time developing this site, and making it what it is today, and really do appreciate your continued support. We have changed most of our click ads into banner impression ads, which means you no longer need to click on them, although it will still helps my advertisers. We hoped you enjoyed this LiveUpdate newsletter. Thank-you ======END OF LIVEUPDATE NEWSLETTER======