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TS files are often saved as multiple files on a DVD, such as moviename1.ts, moviename2.ts, moviename3.ts, and so on.You can open and play TS files using various media players and video editing software, including the programs we list below. VideoLAN Client is one thing that is that. This option is found on the menu bar at the top of your Mac s display. VLC supports a number of Linux distros officially and Ubuntu is one of them. VLC Media Player quickly became very popular thanks to its versatile multi-format playback capabilities and the fact that it. Capture DVD screens using VideoLan Client Jul 03, '02 09:18:45AM. Contributed by: ElProgramador Recently I purchased a Polish/Japanese DVD which would not play with the DVD Player in my PowerBook 400, even though I could play it in my standalone DVD. VideoLAN is currently the best media player for OS X at this moment (IMHO anyway). With the new releases of 0.6.x, you're now able to transcode video played through VideoLAN pretty easily. Open the VideoLAN client. Open a file that you want to play and/or transcode using File - Open (I don't think any of the other options have the required advanced options). VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 1.1.12, a bug and security fix release with improvements for audio output on Mac OS X and with PulseAudio. This release was necessary due to a security issue in the HTTP and RTSP server components, though this does not affect standard usage of the player.

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MPlayer [and Mencoder] do a pretty decent job too... I'd say MPlayer is equal to VideoLAN Client, or even superior since in MPlayer I can save my playlist... haven't found out how to same it in VLC... but then again... it might be just me...

This is also a good way to get the video off a SVCD disc in the native mpeg2 format as there is not a good way to do this in OS X without losing some info at the end of the file..

Can you give a little more detail about how to transcode? Whats teh exact process? For one thing I am not seeing any 'transcode settings' even in the 'Advanced Settings'. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. Checks the VLC docs, but they don't seem to say anything about transcoding either.

you must be using the latest version of Videolan for this to work...
at the very bottom.. before you open a file... there is an option to check for 'Advanced Output'
check this box and you can stream/transcode video..

I finally got it. Seems you have to select 'Open Disk' to get the Advanced checkbox. You will still get a chance to select only a file in the dialog that appears though.
Doesn't really matter though. Every time I tried transcoding something using various settings, VLC would fail with some error... can't remember exactly, something about being 'stuck'. Never completed even the smallest transcode.

... also - I was looking for a way to use the cli version of VLC, but I never found any info. Turns out if you go into the VLC pkg contents, and execute the VLC command in the terminal you will be able to use the cli client.
cd /Applications/vlc-0.6.2/VLC/contents/MacOS
./VLC -h
if you just execute ./VLC all it does is luanch the app itself.
Some interesting stuff inside the pkg too. Have a look at /Applications/vlc-0.6.2/VLC/contents/MacOS/share/ some interesting admin web pages. NOt sure exactly how they are used though. I was impressed to find that VLC can actually be used to stream files TO other location. Similar to a poorman's QuickTimeStreamingServer... also VLS, is a full fledged QTSS replacement.

This might sound like a stupid question, but, what the heck is transcode and what application does this play in video? (Application meaning 'what does it apply to' and not App)
Is this similar to 'ripping' video off DVDs?
Does this allow saving video in other formats? If so, what formats?
Thanks.
SA
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'I can do everything on my Mac I used to do on my PC, plus alot more ...'
--Me

transcoding is the process or converting one video format to another.. for instance you can use this to transcode a divx movie into mpg1 to burn on a VCD (although ffmpegX is better suited for this)