Changing the container from .ogm to .avi for DVD player

[odt]

My DVD player can play .avi files but no .ogm and no external subtitles. I understand that .ogm is just a container like .avi or QT. So it should be possible to somehow convert the .ogm to .avi without actually "converting" them in a matter of seconds, am I right? If I am, how can I do so?
And, is there an easy way to burn the subtitles into the movie, in order to get rid of the extra file?

Thanks in advance

[galactica]

i dont know about a matter of seconds... but if MplayerOSX can play that file then you have a chance with any of the mencoder GUI's

[deadsierra]

.ogm is like an avi, but with Ogg audio. You'd need to convert the audio, because nothing supports ogg.

[odt]

Unfortunately I don't really know much about this stuff. It would be helpfull, if you could get a little bit more detailed.
Galactica, could mencoder change the container without reencoding the video, just the audio?
Deadsierra, how excactly would you go about that?

Thanks

[galactica]

not entirely sure.. i just said if mplayerOSX plays it then you have a possibility

1. does mplayerOSX play it?
2. if so id try a passthough with ffmpegx to see if you can get something like .mp2 audio out of the file.

try that first ... see what ya get

[galactica]

woops... probably want to know how to do passthough dont ya

1.**** Open FFMPEGX
2.**** Locate the .ogm file by clicking OPEN and selecting the file
3.**** Set the VIDEO CODEC to Passthrough (ffmpeg)
4.**** Unclick ENCODE VIDEO from the as seen next to the VIDEO CODEC pull down menu.
5.**** Click on the AUDIO tab
6.**** Change the AUDIO CODEC to .MP2
7.**** Set AUDIO BITRATE to 224 kb/s
8.**** Set SAMPELING to 48000 hz
9.**** Ensure ENCODE AUDIO is checked
10. Set your save location and save the file as AUDIO_48KHZ.mp2
11. Click ENCODE

[maguirer]

ogmdemux (which is part of ogmtools) could be of some help, as well. It uses a CLI, so YMMV...

[odt]

Thanks for the instructions, but ffmpegx didn't work.
Yet ogmdemux did. I have now got three files: and .avi the .ogg audio and the .srt file. I guess I should not have a problem with converting the audio, but how do I melt all the files into one .avi for dvd player playback?

[galactica]

you would have to get the .ogg over to .mp2 [some how]
when thats done, its divx to m2v and then mux the two together

problem is...... i dont know how to get the .ogg to .mp2

[odt]

you would have to get the .ogg over to .mp2 [some how]
when thats done, its divx to m2v and then mux the two together

problem is...... i dont know how to get the .ogg to .mp2

I guess I will find a way to do that. What I don't know is how to mux the video, the audio, and the .srt file together.

[galactica]

if you can get the audio over to .mp2, you can always make this into a dvd [which is easier to get subtitles into].

[odt]

Do you think there is also a way without having to reconvert the video?