how to convert WMV to MPG without losing quality?

[hamohd70]

i need help on this please:

i need to convert wmv files to mpg with the same dimensions and quality(clarity) !!!

i have tried windows movie maker and winavi but output file will always be of lesser clarity compared to the original one.

am i missing some settings or so!!

[Forum Troll]

There's not much you can do. You are trying to recompress an already compressed file, which always has a quality loss. You might convert the WMV to an uncompresses AVI and then convert to MPEG, but the quality most likely wont be the same.

[slacker]

I DON'T think Windows Movie Maker encodes to MPEG2. Lose the WinAVI. If you want to encode to MPEG2, use a better encoder, i.e. Mainconcept, Procoder.

[guns1inger]

What is the source resolution and bitrate ?

Neither tool you have mentioned is particularly good at what you are trying to do.

[hamohd70]

Forum Troll:
thankx

guns1inger & slacker :
this is info for one of my videos

Video size: 640x480
Audio: 44100hz, 16bps, 2ch
Length: 0:39:30
Bitrate: 1053kbps

conversion doesn't have to be to MPEG2 only. MPEG1 will still do.

[guns1inger]

mpeg1 will definately reduce your quality. Keep it mpeg2, NTSC 4:3 CBR 8500 with 192 2 Channel AC3. Use a good quality encoder (tmpgenc, procoder express, CCE basic). The results should be no worse than your original.