FacebookTwitter
Hatrack River Forum   
my profile login | search | faq | forum home

  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» Hatrack River Forum » Active Forums » Books, Films, Food and Culture » Video conversion help.

   
Author Topic: Video conversion help.
Stephan
Member
Member # 7549

 - posted      Profile for Stephan   Email Stephan         Edit/Delete Post 
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.

Posts: 3134 | Registered: Mar 2005  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
TomDavidson
Member
Member # 124

 - posted      Profile for TomDavidson   Email TomDavidson         Edit/Delete Post 
Have you Googled "convert DivX AVI to MPEG2?"
Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Altįriėl of Dorthonion
Member
Member # 6473

 - posted      Profile for Altįriėl of Dorthonion   Email Altįriėl of Dorthonion         Edit/Delete Post 
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.
Posts: 3389 | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Stephan
Member
Member # 7549

 - posted      Profile for Stephan   Email Stephan         Edit/Delete Post 
I tried that Tom. I keep getting either regular avi and not dix, or stuff that converts mpeg to avi.
Posts: 3134 | Registered: Mar 2005  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
TomDavidson
Member
Member # 124

 - posted      Profile for TomDavidson   Email TomDavidson         Edit/Delete Post 
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.

Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Stephan
Member
Member # 7549

 - posted      Profile for Stephan   Email Stephan         Edit/Delete Post 
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?
Posts: 3134 | Registered: Mar 2005  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
TomDavidson
Member
Member # 124

 - posted      Profile for TomDavidson   Email TomDavidson         Edit/Delete Post 
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.

Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
   

   Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
 - Printer-friendly view of this topic
Hop To:


Contact Us | Hatrack River Home Page

Copyright © 2008 Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.


Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2