How to Convert RMVB(Real Media Variable Bitrate) to AVI

deletrius · Member Joined: 17 Mar 2004

How to Convert RMVB(Real Media Variable Bitrate) to AVI/MPEG/WAV with Eo Video
By DeLeTrIuS

Lately, i have been searching for a solution to convert RMVB files, but all I found were guides on converting RM files. So I began searching everywhere and finally, one day I discovered a solution! Also, since there were no guides around and a lot of people were asking how to convert RMVB files, I decided to make my own RMVB converion guide! This is my first guide so sorry for any errors and feel free to post comments, suggestions and problems!

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This gudie will explain how to convert a RMVB file to a AVI file.

Tools Required:

EO Video (has a 30 days-trial)

Step 1 - Preparing

Dowload and install EO Video

Open up EO Video.
First, click on File and go to "extension manager".

A screen will pop up..

Next, find Real Media

go to its extension and click on it, then type ",rmvb" ("remember to add a comma before it") .

After, press close. (Now you can use RMVB files!)

Find your RMVB file and drag it to the "Playlist" section.

Step 2 - Converting

Click on the "converter button" in the lower left-hand corner, beside "Player" and "Joiner".

if you not on the profile page, click on the "Profile" button.

Choose your output format, (im going to use AVI)
Next, change the options to whatever you like in the "video and audio box."
(I usually leave it as it is...)

Step 3 - Output

Now click on the "Output button".

1a)If you have more than one file in your playlist, chose either joining the two files into one new AVI file when its done converting or
1b) Just have them separately by choosing "convert each Playlist item into separate output file".
1c)Or you can chose the split option using the file's time or size.

2a)After chose the file destaination folder and
2b)it's output name.

Step 4 - Convert

Finally click on the convert button

check that your converting the right file and press the "Start" button.

This process will take some time so don't stare and wait for it

Well that's it, Good Luck on converting!!!

-DeLeTrIuS-

nickel-01 · Member Joined: 18 Aug 2002 Location: NYC

OK... first, I'd like to say I HATE Real Media too!

Now, unfortunately, my girlfriend found these HK / Japan TV Dramas from Bit Torrent sites, somehow I think Asians like to encode in RMVB, probably b'coz of the filesize or may be they just don't know about MPEG4. Anyway, some of these r probably encode using RM's highest quality so a 10 minutes clip is like 40 MBs! (Which is crazy!! Why do they use RM if they want high image quality is beyond me!)

So... my problem is, I tried using EO Video to encode these RMVB into XVID avi. I have no problem encoding them w/ 1 pass "CBR" or "quality" settings, but when I change to 2 pass, it fails! (Gave me an "encoder error, code 100") Does anyone know what that means or why I can't encode using 2 pass?

Thanks.

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StoneColdWhat · Member Joined: 02 Feb 2002

Thanks for the guide, gonna try it out now.

anh_tuan · Member Joined: 19 Feb 2003

I tried it and unsuccessfully. Anyone have any tip on making it work. I wait for my conversion for 24 hrs and it's still converting. Anyone know how long should I wait? Thanks

hotty · Member Joined: 14 Jul 2004

Thanks for the guide...been looking for something to convert from rmvb
to avi/mpg. my girlfriend has also found these chinese/korean/taiwanese
dramas for me to download !.....i tried to convert an episode to avi but it took ages and the file was getting huge so i gave up in the end ! one episode is about 250MB.

in the end i decided to convert it to mpeg so i can then make a vcd from it. the quality's not as good but its watchable. it takes me about 3 hours to convert a 1 hour episode. 250MB converts to about 650MB so u can fit it on 1 cd.

anyway, i better carry on converting now...got 21 episodes to do !!!

Camille · Member Joined: 07 Aug 2004

[SOLVED]

Thanks for the guide.
I installed the programme Eo Video. I wanted to convert a rmvb file to an avi file so I followed the steps in the guide, but I got this weird error that there's no Real Media engine...
I don't know what to do
Here's a screenshot:

hopefully someone can help me

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

Lord Rakim · Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Location: IllaNoyz

ok its not workin for me... my sound is waaay outta sync.... any ideas?

mgh · Member Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Location: India

I had tried it long back.
It works best and without problems-if you encode the audio and the video separately and then mux.

Lord Rakim · Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Location: IllaNoyz

I'll try that then.... are there any other programs that have a hope of converting RMVB???

Sandoria · Member Joined: 21 Jun 2004

I tried to extract the audio from a movie file and compress it to mp3, but I get a "Can't write audio to output file. (Err=30229)" error.

Can anyone explain this and perhaps provide a solution?
Thnx

Alan69 · Member Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Location: Cary, NC, USA

hfinkel · Member Joined: 07 Dec 2004

I am using a licensed EO Video v1.36, trying to convert RM to SVCD.

After a minute or so of video, the output video freezes. Is there a remedy for this? What is the cause?

Thanks.

training42 · Member Joined: 01 May 2002

chinnubp · Member Joined: 21 Jan 2005

hello admin,

i am having an EO VIDEO converter. when i tried splitting .avi file.
an active window poped up where video was there but no audio and showing an error
Error! cant read frame. [err=30402 - 0].
but the movie is running good in the media player.
please help

regards
chinnu

XFlamez · Member Joined: 07 Mar 2005

i tried converting rmvb to avi, a rmvb file that is 189mb, converting only halfway came about 19gigs as AVI. can someone tell me how to make the file reasonable, normally it should be 433MB.

novadragon849 · Member Joined: 05 Jan 2005

How come when I finish the converting the outcome file turned out to be only half so the top half is black an the bottom half is the picture how do I fix that problem?

MartinB · Member Joined: 02 Nov 2004

I was receiving an error that the Real Media Engine could not start.

I was able to solve this by uninstalling Real Media 10 and installing Real Media 8, which is the version recommened on EO's website.

Hopefully, this may help someone else with this problem.

mgh · Member Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Location: India

To convert any real media file to avi you need just two things-
1. Helix yuy codecs-download from doom9 forums-real video-utilities sticky and install
2.Real7ime Conveter
Real7imeConverter
(Drag and drop your file on the window)-set video to your choice of codec-audio to uncompressed

Any properly encoded rmvb file can be frameserved via avisynth.

elite1 · Member Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Location: North America

bushdiver · Member Joined: 14 Jul 2002

I just use WinAvi to convert an RMVB file to DVD. Worked perfectly.

koic · Member Joined: 09 Jul 2002

Guys/Gals,
does anybody know and tell me stupid
1. how to convert RMVB->AVI (Divx, Xvid) with two passes.
This is to get better quality.
2. how to split RMVB into video and audio.
This is to solve synchronization problem.

junkmalle · Member Joined: 10 Feb 2004

junkmalle · Member Joined: 10 Feb 2004

EO Video is the only program I've found that reliably converts RMVB files with variable frame rates. Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, it's very slow, half the speed of VirtualDubMod for example. It also screws up the black level -- blacks become dark gray, colors are less saturated, etc.

koic · Member Joined: 09 Jul 2002

About EO Video. There is 24 not 23.989 Frame rate.
How does this affect synchronization problem ?

acijess · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2005

koic · Member Joined: 09 Jul 2002

Ok,
first, looks like EO Video still the best choice for the job:
1. 24 frame rate works OK, - no synch problems.
2. to make 2 pass DivX work one should change Destination Folder (see Step 3, 2a)
for the second pass, but this means that you cannot do several files at once

elite1 · Member Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Location: North America

EasonLiew · Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Asia

Hello guys..i'm totally new in this forum, as most of the members' problem, i'm also facing a big trouble using EO Video.
My problem is after converted RMVB to VCD, video is ok but audio is totally out (no Sound), may i know what causes this problem? doest it affected by my pc requirement?
I'm using P4 2.66Ghz, 512MB RAM, Geforce2 MX 400..
Any one can help??

Wilbert · Member Joined: 17 Jan 2003