ogm to mpeg

[buddycat]

I'm following these instructions for another vid I have (https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=222005), and have run into a couple of problems. First of all, when I try to run Fit CD on it, or Gpot and they're both choking on me. I renamed the ogm file to an avi (per the instructions), but I suppose because it's a complex package, it's not working. But how do I get my parameters to figure out what I need? I doubt I can just plug it into Tmpgence and get it right the first time.

When I pulled down the stream list, the only two streams were the subtitles and the audio. (I'm going over to the subtitle forum for another question).

[aedipuss]

you usually can't just rename ogm to avi and have it work for the most part. ogm is a different animal, related but not close enough. to change an ogm into an avi try this free converter.

http://ogmtoavi.sourceforge.net/

then encode the resulting avi to mpeg.

[buddycat]

Thanks. I"ll give it a try. Makes me wonder why that guide with those instructions were put out there, though. Also, would I have to do my subtitles differently? I've not tried putting my own subtitles on a video before and plan to read the guide from the forum more carefully.