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How to convert RM/RMVB to AVI or MPEG1/2
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dvdragon
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Post Posted: Jan 19, 2006 07:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
gastorgrab wrote:
Now try the RealMedia *.AVS file again. This time remove the path as your file is not on kschang's PC.

Edit to remove what's in red.
Quote:
DirectShowSource("C:\LOTR.RM", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)


Make sure the *.AVS files resides in the same directory as the RealMedia source-file. Now what happens when you load "LOTR.avs" into VirtualDubMod?
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Removed the C:\

.avs and .rm are in same directory. .avs plays in MPC AND VirtualDubMod. with sound but no video, just black screen.

Abond
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Post Posted: Jan 19, 2006 09:48 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Try
DirectShowSource("C:\LOTR.RM", fps=23.976)
or
DirectShowSource("C:\LOTR.RM", fps=23.98 )

gastorgrab
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Post Posted: Jan 19, 2006 10:43 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
dvdragon wrote:
The .rm plays fine in MPC but not in WMP. Sound but no picture in WMP.


Here's the deal:

Media Player Classic has it's own filters built in so if you installed RealAlternative without installing RealMedia DirectShow filter you would still be able to view *.RM files in MPC but not WinMedia Player.

If you didn't install the RealMedia DirectShow filter i doubt (but cannot prove at the moment) that sound would play in WinMedia player.

The filter installs to the operating system and gives it the ability to view a *.RM, or *.RAM source, as well as provide the ability to "Split" the Audio from the Video stream and send them to their respective decoders for playback. Old, old Media Player (before 6.4) had *.RM listed as a legitimate file extension, or source type. Decoding whatever stream is inside the RAM package is another story. Installing RealAlternative without the RealMedia Splitter could possibly playback only part of the file.

Last thing you could try then is to reinstall the RealMedia DirectShow filter, located here.
http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/formats/realmedia.shtml

I'm running out of ideas. If this has no effect, i will begin to wonder if something is wrong with your setup. Do you have trouble with any other file types?
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dvdragon
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Post Posted: Jan 19, 2006 15:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Still no help. MPC works fine playing everything I throw at it. I use it as my primary videoplayer. I never even noticed until now that WMP would not play .rm files.

gastorgrab
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Post Posted: Jan 19, 2006 16:42 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Sorry, i havn't got a clue whats wrong. sad.gif

Even if your system had a problem with DirectShow you'de never notice it using MPC. Media Player Classic is so self sufficient it bypasses half of what could go wrong.
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kschang
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Post Posted: Jan 20, 2006 02:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
One addition to the article: fps should be kept on 29.97 for NTSC TV output, or 24 for NTSC film output.

jds3
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Post Posted: Jan 21, 2006 12:54 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi,
The guide works for me perfect, but I can only process one at a time. if I want to convert a few RMVB files to AVI format, how should I do it?
Please advice
Thanks

kschang
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Post Posted: Jan 21, 2006 13:53 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Setup a couple different AVS files, each for one RMVB file. Then do them all in VirtualDubMod in "Job Control" mode. I'll have to add a few screenshots... Here we go.

To set up batch jobs in VDubMod, you need to create one AVS file for EACH of the RM/RMVB file you wish to transcode. Keep the AVS file named the same as the RM/RMVB file to avoid confusion.

Once you have it done, load the first AVS file into VirtualDubMod, and do File // Save As. You should see the following screen



Notice the cursor pointing that choice? Make sure it is checked, and make sure all your OTHER settings are correct. Enter a filename for the output (you may want to keep the filename the same as the source, albeit different extension), and hit Save. You'll be immediately returned to the main workspace. Your first job is set!

Repeat the process until ALL AVS files are similarly set as jobs.

Now, go to File // Job Control (or just press F4) and you'll get the job contorl menu.



I had a lot of older jobs I didn't clean up, but you should only have the jobs you just put in. When you're ready, hit START, and let the computer crank away! Make sure you have enough disk space for everything, of course.

jds3
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Post Posted: Jan 21, 2006 14:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks KSchang
I figure it out the way to use the job control.
I have already start my jobs.
I got 2 windows one is for job control, the other is for file process -- the only concern I have is that my file process window's progress bar is not moving ( job contr l's one is working) is that looks right? (btw, the screen preview window shows working fine)
Thanks

kschang
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Post Posted: Jan 22, 2006 12:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I wouldn't worry about it. In fact, turn OFF the preview stuff. It would make things go a wee bit faster.

Sakuya
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Post Posted: Feb 01, 2006 02:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm trying to convert an RMVB directly to MPEG-2 for DVD. But it's going to take a bit over 1 hour's time. Is there a way to lessen this?

One thing it's doing right now is that it's encoding the audio as well. I usually process the audio separately from the video for AVI files. Is there a way to extract the audio from the RMVB without having to encode to AVI so that I can just convert the video to MPEG-2 in TMPGEnc? I believe that will cut down on the encoding time.

Aznbemazin
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Post Posted: Feb 03, 2006 20:05 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
IT FREEZES AT 99% ahh what do i do i left it on for 10 hours still no progress was its the code i used HELP PLEASE

kschang
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Post Posted: Feb 09, 2006 09:15 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Freezes at 99%? That ****s. You sure you have enough disk space and all that? Try again.

dynek.pl
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Post Posted: Feb 15, 2006 12:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi! Thanks for this tutorial. Finally I found fast way to cut parts from rmvb files.

I have question to kschang:
Is it possible to set 2 pass compression using Job Control panel ?

kschang
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Post Posted: Feb 16, 2006 11:53 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If you want a complicated set of settings you may want to look into VDubMod's scripting capabilities. I've seen programs like AutoGK script-control VDubMod for these things.

Gi-Ma-Mi
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Post Posted: Mar 01, 2006 12:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
how come i still got a very big size of avi file (more than 1GB) even though i already used the compression option? I'm using XviD, and my orginal rmvb file is 300mb

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Mar 01, 2006 12:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
are you using compression for the audio also? audio->full processing and audio->compression

kschang
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Post Posted: Mar 01, 2006 23:11 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Load the AVI into GSpot and tell us about its composition (i.e. how much video and how much audio)

It's not unusual for RMVB to balloon in size. My Initial D epsiodes that takes about 80 meg for 28 min in 640x480 ended up taking 250-300 megs in AVI/XVID.

mgh
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Post Posted: Mar 02, 2006 02:34 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
could be a sure stream file- avisynth does not work with sure stream file(multiple video, audio streams meant for streaming)-first extract one video stream and one audio stream to new file using the sure stream beta from
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86264

nemo81
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Post Posted: Mar 11, 2006 20:21 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Anyone able to help me?

Ive done as the guide says, and it works great!

BUT.. Audio is out of sync.

Specs:
amd xp64 3500
1,5gb ram

Nothing of note running in background (just the regular stuff smile.gif )

Oh, and OS is winxp sp2

kschang
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Post Posted: Mar 14, 2006 17:23 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What kind of audio did the RMVB came with? What codec?

clapper
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Post Posted: Mar 28, 2006 22:52 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I was wondering if it's possible to get a .avi file of the same quality and file size as the original rmvb file ? Thanks

cutiteo
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Post Posted: Apr 15, 2006 21:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Please help. I got this message when i open file with virtualdubmod
Avisynth open failure:
Evaluate: System exception-Access Violation
(C:\HTHL2.avs, line1)

Please help me how to fix this problem. Thank you very much

john.

kschang
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Post Posted: Apr 15, 2006 22:52 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
That's a memory problem. Reboot and try again. If it still happens, something's wrong with your system or some sort of incompatibility with AVISynth, provided you ARE running the latest and fits all the other specs fine.

cutiteo
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Post Posted: Apr 16, 2006 22:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi kschang,

i try reboot and reinstall but i still got that same message. when i try to open a file has this code version(), it's work.... Any ideas? Thanks, John.

kschang
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Post Posted: Apr 17, 2006 10:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Then there is something seriously wrong with your system. Post the script maybe?

cutiteo
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Post Posted: Apr 18, 2006 11:38 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
would you please show me how to post the script? i'm not a computer literate.

kschang
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Post Posted: Apr 18, 2006 15:07 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
AVS file is just TEXT, so copy it from NOTEPAD and paste it here.

koohlar
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