OGG to Avi

[seanyeap]

Hi All,
I have downloaded a movie file and it is checked by Gspot that it uses ogg. I managed to play back by using ogg codec but how do I convert it to avi so that those without ogg codec installed aslo can view it. Thanks a million.

[redwudz]

You may already have it, but otherwise, DL the OGG DirectShow Filter / OggDS / OGM Codec and use VirtualDub or my favorite, VD Mod, and save the Ogg audio out as a MP3. Many OGM video files are Xvid video and Ogg audio, so it may already be a AVI type video as a Xvid.

In that case, you just need to convert the audio to MP3. VDM can do that easily with the addition of the Lame MP3 codec. Then you may end up with a Xvid video with a MP3 audio. Ogg audio has advantages in that is a highly compacted format that can have multiple audio tracks and other features. But it's not too compatible with Xvids for a Xvid or Divx standalone player.

[celtic_druid]

Is it actually ogg or ogm as per redwudz' advice?
ogg means Theora video and VDubMod can't parse ogg video files.

[seanyeap]

Hi redwudz & celtic_druid,
Thanks for the prompt reply. If the ogg audio is saved to MP3 using VDubMod, does it mean it will end up with a avi file (Xvid video with a MP3 audio)? Apparently,my Divx standalone player is able to play most of the avi movies file except avi with ogg audio. Pls adv.

[celtic_druid]

If you re-encode the vorbis audio to mp3, then you end up with an avi containing mp3 audio and whatever video the ogm file originally contained. So if the ogm had Xvid video then then avi will to. Ogm can store any VfW video stream though, doesn't have to be Xvid.

[seanyeap]

Thanks a lot...

Please get what I have done wrong. Thanks

[celtic_druid]

Looks like you just renamed it to avi there. Think I read somewhere that actually works for some MTK based SAP's though since they support vorbis decoding and can actually parse ogm's, just not the extension .ogm. Not a good idea generally to be renaming file extensions.

[seanyeap]

Thanks