How to convert RM/RMVB to AVI or MPEG1/2

kschang · Member Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: United States

In general, the reason to convert from RMVB to any other format is because RM format / codec can't be read, and some other codec can. Since you did not transcode, stuff is STILL in RM codec, thus you did not solve the problem. IMHO, of course. Whatever works for you, the more power to you.

ross_diadame · Member Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Location: Philippines

rm formats can be read if you have the right player and codec. the reason why many convert to avi format as far as i know is that its the most widely used and many players can play them unlike that of rm. when i converted it, it no longer is in RM format but in avi (XVID specifically).

tuxmask · Member Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Location: United States

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

tuxmask:
Have you identified the video codec with gspot?
And try play with VLC.

But what has your problem with rm to avi conversion? Make a new topic if your problem has nothing to do the with topic subject.

tuxmask · Member Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Location: United States

tuxmask · Member Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Location: United States

I updated the graphic driver on my Acer's notebook and now I am able to play the avs file thru the media classic player. Both video and audio works fine.

pepsiguy · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Location: United States

Everytime I try to save the avi I get "Stats file not found!" and then "Cannot start video compression: The operation is not supported. (error code -1)".

I'm follwing the first post exactly. Can anyone help out?

kschang · Member Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: United States

Pepsi... Your AVI encoder is set to 2-pass / 2nd pass. Set it to single-pass encoding.

Coolpplse · Member Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Location: United States

syreocna · Member Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: Spain

Hello,

I have followed step by step your recomendations and when I load the .avs script into virtualdubmod I've got the following error message:

Avisynth open failure:
Scripterror:DirectShowSource does not have a named argument"convertfps"
(C:\CITESDOR\eps01.avs, line 1)

The avs file script loooks like:
DirectShowSource("C:\CITESDOR\Episode01.rm", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

I also tried with
DirectShowSource("C:\CITESDOR\Episode01.rmvb", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)
or even (thinking the path could be the reason)
DirectShowSource("C:\Episode01.rmvb", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

Can anybody help me? I struggle trying to convert rmvb into avi for my kids...

Thanks

Syreocna-

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GavSalkeld · Member Joined: 24 Aug 2002 Location: England

Is it possible to change the FPS command line to 25fps for PAL users? Do I need to put in 25 or 25.0?

Thanks a lot, this guide has been so very useful. Kudos to you, my man.
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Sakuya · Member Joined: 23 Dec 2002 Location: United States

negativeions · Member Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Location: Canada

The reason I want to convert RM to any other format (preferably xvid, avi) is because rm is a worthless garbage format that should be banned from the internet. I mean, I've downloaded many RM files that I want to post on YouTube but I can't split them. I have no idea why. I've used Boilsoft's AVI MPEG RM WMV splitter and it won't split them. It just stalls in the middle of splitting the second file. So I've been trying to convert to a different format... but your guide isn't that great. Why would I want to change the framerate to a constant one? I just want to leave the video at the same frame rate as the original rm. I have a couple of videos that are 15 fps. If I set it to 30 that's a complete waste of space. This is ridiculous. Does anyone know why I can't split soem RM video files? What other programs are there that'll do the job properly?

goku127 · Member Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Location: United Kingdom

I managed to convert the RMVB file to DIVX except the original files dimension was 640 x 480 and the converted DIVX file is now 320 x 240. How do I keep the original dimensions.
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MarkOD · Member Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Location: Australia

I have been trying to convert rm files to avi using the method in this guide but I keep getting an error message.

I have installed Real Alternative 1.6.0
AVISynth 257
VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2

I have saved the following script

DirectShowSource("D:\file.rm", fps=25, convertfps=true)

I can play the rm file in Media Player Classic but when I try to load it using the script I get this error

DirectShowSource: Could not open as video or audio

Video returned: "DirectShowSource: Couldn't open file D;\File.rm :
An object or name was not found.

Audeo returned: "DirectShowSource: Couldn't open file D;\File.rm :
An object or name was not found.

I can open a wmv file in the same directory with Media Player Classic if I change the filename in the script so it seems that it is only rm files that AVISynth cannot open for some reason.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled all of these programs and I have also installed FFDShow and run the wmv config.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Sakuya · Member Joined: 23 Dec 2002 Location: United States

Try removing the "D:\" and just have the file name and file type in the quotes. Make sure the RM file is in the same folder as your AVS script.

MarkOD · Member Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Location: Australia

Same error!

Stiiv · Member Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Location: Queens, NY

Try SUPER. It handles Real formats quite well.
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Sakuya · Member Joined: 23 Dec 2002 Location: United States

I have a strange problem. I have a 25fps RMVB which I have used the above convertfps script on. I've also tried using another script with AssumeFPS to convert to 23.976fps. However, it keeps coming out of sync in my MPEG2 for some reason even though it plays fine when I play the script in MPC or Vdubmod.

I have set the correct options in TMPGEnc. If it was converted to 23.976, I set it to 23.976, 3:2 pulldown in TMPGEnc. I've also tried converting it to 29.976 as well as just leaving it at 25fps and it would still come out out of sync! I've also tried opening one of the above scripts in Vdubmod and while it plays fine, when I save as an AVI in DivX codec, it's out of sync again.

The only solutions were to use WinAVIConverter but I don't like that because it turns out blocky in high motion scenes. Anyone know of a way to make that program turn out higher quality MPEG2?

kimicg · Member Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Location: Europe

Try not to change audio streem to Full Procesing but Direct, its worked to me.

abhisham · Member Joined: 05 Mar 2005

I am getting an error message:

avi import filter error: (unknown) (80040154)

Any clues?

tigredefogo · Member Joined: 20 May 2007 Location: Brazil