Losing sleep trying to convert .rm and .mov

[Skele]

i need help! i have tried for a whole month to find a freeware program capable of converting a .rm movie and a .mov movie to anything (avi,divx,mpg,wmv)


plz help me!!

[dcsos]

HERE's a new tool that makes REAL PLAYER FILES FROM DVD's
HOW QUAINT!
http://filmshrink.sourceforge.net/dl.html

then once you have these UNPLAYABLE RM files CLICK on CONVERT on the LRFT and you'll see how to make a Real Player file uselful again
There's a SEFY's guide for this also https://www.videohelp.com/sefy/?id=encoding13.html

[Cobra]

.MOV to anything....

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?tools=&madeby=&formatconversionselect=MOV+to&howto...or+List+Guides
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=&s=&orderby=Name&hits=50&convert=MOV+to&dvda...+or+List+tools

.RM to anything....

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=&s=&orderby=Name&hits=50&convert=RM+to&dvdau...+or+List+tools
https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?tools=&madeby=&formatconversionselect=RM+to&howtos...or+List+Guides

You can search tools and guides by your desired format conversion. It's really useful - why don't you do and have a shot with it? It will save you time - you need not wait for a reply to a post. It also saves me time - I don't need to search for it! :P

Sleep well, and welcome to VideoHelp!

Cobra

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I can tell you right now that Boilsoft's RM Converter is pure and simple SHIT.
Do not waste your money on it (like I did).
The program simply does not work and there is NO support for it. Also, they will not refund your money.

[Skele]

i used Bink video for mov's but NOTHING WORKS FOR RM'S!!

i don't mean to whine...

[p_l]

Although the interface is at first not the most intuitive, EO Video ended up doing the job just fine for me.

[Gurm]

Just delete the RM's. You'll be happier. Real Networks = The Devil.

[junkmalle]

I use EO Video to convert RM (usually RMVB) to XVID+MP2 AVI. It's damn slow but it keeps audio and video in sync. Unfortunately it has a bad habit of raising the black level -- dark shades are lighter after conversion. Oh, and it's NOT free.

[celtic_druid]

mencoder is free and can convert both mov's and rm/rmvb files.

[Skele]

(REAL NETWORKS)


mencoder doesn't work! hmm, i think i am screwed

[Skele]

EO video is working, thx lol!

[p_l]

Great, glad to hear it! Now, do yourself and the world a favor and as Gurm suggests, once you've converted your RM files out of that evil format into something else, nuke your RM files.

[Soopafresh]

I've tested a bunch of apps that convert RM to other formats, and the only one that worked pretty well was DVDSanta (man, what a dumb name).

[dcsos]

DVDSanta is A DUAL LAYER CHAPPIE who lives at the NORTH POLE and hates REAL MEDIA as much as the rest of US!

Did anyone see that link this program actually makes RM direct from DVD's?AND IT S NOT A SHITTY REAL NETWORKS PRODUCT
Open Souce Freeware it is!
and there are many new players for real that don't reqire the Real Player now! http://filmshrink.sourceforge.net/

[sanjayk]

WinAVI Converter can convert mov to any other format though I am not sure of rm files.

[celtic_druid]

It still uses Helix producer like all other free real converters.

mencoder has worked every time I tried it.

[Skele]

dude, mencoder is for Linux.

[dcsos]

WinAVI Converter can convert mov to any other format though I am not sure of rm files.

Yeah it says its doing it , but it failed ..It said it was done, tried it on 3 different clips..NO GO!
Produced aa AVI file that WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER said it couldn't supply the requested "CLASS"

[mgh]

For converting rm/rmvb files to avi
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Real7ime_Converter
Pl.download Helix codecs as mentioned there.
For frameserving via avisynth 2.5.x
go to
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82222
from the linx there download Sure Stream capable version of Rmmux
and the HFE...... and the real media splitter-install all three
The HFE is a decoder enhancement and a must-default setting is good enough.
The Rm mux file only needs to be extracted to a folder-run the exe file-load your rm/rmvb file-if there is only one video stream and one audio stream-just cancel to exit-else check video stream with highest kbps and audio stream with highest kbps-hit merge button save under new name.
Next open real player -file -clip properties-clip source- note down encoded at fps

Open singlevideo and audio stream file in avisynth via
Directshowsource(file,encoded at fps)
Load into TMPGEnc or the Main Concept Encoder to convert to mpeg 1 or mpeg2.
The single audio and video stream can also be converted via graphedit.
Ask it to render your file-delete the video and audio renderers-replace with encoders you want and connect finally to correct muxer-and then to file writer
In the attached graph i have used mainconcept demo mpg encoder-which is encoder-muxer-filewriter in one

[mgh]

For those who are still in the middle ages and velieve real video is junk-a short clip from another site-unfortunately site is not working-a short encode from matrix series in rmvb format at 503 kbps without audio
mat.zip

[Gurm]

RMVB can be decent... but the only time I've ever seen it be decent is short "example clips" like yours. Every time I see an entire video encoded in RMVB it suffers from the usual RealMedia problems - blurry edges, bad antialiasing, blocking, etc.

MPEG1 can be decent, too - doesn't mean we haven't moved past that.

The world has moved to broadband while Real wasn't looking.

Add to that the fact that even if their codec is capable of being halfway decent, their software is coded by spyware-happy chimps and takes over your entire computer... and you have a recipe for... hmm... could it be... SATAN!?!?!

[mgh]

try the freeware encoders from forum.doom9.org-you will change your mind
surprisingly real's own encoder is the pits-which is one of the reasons for the bad rep
At high kbps like over 1000,it might be found wanting but below 1000 kbps -well you try it out if you are open minded-if you think that you know everything-you are entitled to your opinion and i am entitled to mine

[celtic_druid]

Have you compared it to say x264, Nero Digital AVC or On2's VP6.2/7?

mencoder runs under linux, windows and OSX.

[Skele]

uh, how do i put this, my problem is fixed!

EO Video kicks ASS!!!

[mgh]

Have you compared it to say x264, Nero Digital AVC or On2's VP6.2/7?

mencoder runs under linux, windows and OSX.

The impression from forum.doom9.org sems to be that rmvb is the bestfor anime-which has very sharp borders.The latest flavors with vv much improved rate control(from doom9 forum nly) and the hfe enhancement handles fast motion very well which wasn't the case earlier.
My own experience
Above 1000 kbps all codecs are good-matter more of personal taste than otherwise-like selecting speakers from a given price range for audio
People seem to think that with broadband here-file sizes do not matter-they should investigate how many people actually have broadband.
Haven't tried the Nero codec and x264 has crashed for me so far(your builds only with win98 )- am trying again.
Vp6 is a super duper codec-no longer available free except in some codec packs.Was finding it the best wrt filesize/quality- important for internet.
With videos with sharp borders in the images(not anime-i am not an anime fan) my own experience is that both realvideo 10 and vp6 handle them superbly-DivX and XVid do not
All the latest versions of xvid and divx are moving away from the artificial sharpness which have made them popular
Have checked mainconcept demo h.264 -no artificial sharpness and only aims at 70% file size of mpeg 1 and mpeg2-excellent