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Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :

For the holidays I got one of those Hauppage Mediamvps that I can hook to my network and play video from my computer right on my tv. That with my tv capture card makes a nice little DVR set up.

Now I was trying to play a Divx avi file, but apparantly my computer can't quite handle the decoding to the Mediamvp. It plays Mpeg 1 and 2 files quite nicely though. I'm trying to find a program that will convert Divx avis to mpeg 1 and 2 files, but am having trouble finding one.

Any ideas? I'm even willing to pay up to $30 if it is a good one, though free is nice to.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Have you Googled "convert DivX AVI to MPEG2?"

Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :

I know of one that works wonders on me and is also free to use, but I'm not on my own computer right now and I can't remember the name of it.

Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :

I tried that Tom. I keep getting either regular avi and not dix, or stuff that converts mpeg to avi.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Almost every DVD burner of which I'm aware actually converts AVI to MPEG. The problem you're going to have is that DivX AVIs have compressed audio, and some converters can't handle that. If the converter you eventually settle on can't do it, grab a program like to strip the audio from the DivX file and save it as a .WAV.

In my case, I use the bundled software that came with my Pinnacle installation to do most of this.

Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TomDavidson:
Almost every DVD burner of which I'm aware actually converts AVI to MPEG. The problem you're going to have is that DivX AVIs have compressed audio, and some converters can't handle that. If the converter you eventually settle on can't do it, grab a program like to strip the audio from the DivX file and save it as a .WAV.

In my case, I use the bundled software that came with my Pinnacle installation to do most of this.

Is that why TMPGenc says it doesn't support it when I try to open the file there?

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

It's possible, bearing in mind I've never used TMPGenc. [Smile]

I was going to suggest a program like VirtualDub to pull out the audio, but then realized I have no idea if it's even still around.