How Do I convert the AVI from my Digicam to MPEG2

[Excelsior123]

My Canon digital camera records movies in AVI. However, these movies are only playable in the Quicktime player on my PC computer. I am using Windows XP.

I want to convert these movie so I can play/record them on dvd's to show others.

Can anyone help?

[yoda313]

Hello,

Try tmpgenc first. Check the guides for avi to mpg

Kevin


https://www.videohelp.com/convert

[Excelsior123]

I am having trouble using TMPgenc. It won't recognize the file. The AVI file, I believe is a different codec than the noraml avi tha will only be read by the quicktime player.

[GeorgeW]

My Canon digital camera records movies in AVI. However, these movies are only playable in the Quicktime player on my PC computer. I am using Windows XP.

I want to convert these movie so I can play/record them on dvd's to show others.

Can anyone help?

Is that a Digital Still camera (that can also film movies), or is that a digital camcorder? What make/model is it?

[canadateck]

Use this with Tmpgenc.


https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=TMPGEnc_Mov_Plugin

[Excelsior123]

My camera is a digital still camera (Canon A70).

The video file is not a "mov" format. Yet, the AVI file must be an Apple codec since it will only play in the Quicktime player.

[canadateck]

Did you try it? Use Gspot and take screen shot of the file so we can see the Specs,.

[canadateck]

Here a screen shot of mine Video from the Same Camera and it opens fine with Tmpgenc.

[Excelsior123]

I did a Gspot (Iam not sure how to attach a screen capture to this message base).

It states 4CC codec MJPG.

[Excelsior123]

I compared your screen shot. The differences are:

me: MJPG motion jpeg including ...

you: MJPG ding huffman tables


Under Stream Type and A/V Interleave

me: Stream Type AVI

you: Open DML AVI



Also, I have under comments/metadata:

ISFT Software Canon MV101


What version of Tmpgenc are you using?
What plugins are you using?


Anybody else have any other thoughts?

[Excelsior123]

Can anybody help on this?

[canadateck]

Ok I did some testing,I if you want to call it that..LOL


Anyway since you cant get Tmpgenc to TAKE the file.

Open the file up in VirtualDub and save it to AVI and use that with TMpgenc.

Please let me know if you get it to work.

[dcsos]

You need Quictime Pro for this..
Please import your CANON MOVIE to Quick TIME, Now on the EXPORT MENU, Choose DV Stream.. You can convert your LOW QUALITY camcorder movies to a 25MILLION BITS PER SECOND stream (DV NTSC)..Without any quality loss from the ORIG, This will import directly to any other program for AUTHORING or RE-CODING to MPEG-2

make sure the outputted DVD stream has AUDIO, if your Camcorder records it (some Still cameras don't do audio)

Note: You already have QUICKTIME PRO INSTALLED!
All you need is a $20 NUMBER from Apple and your already installed QUICKTIME becomes PRO and unlocks many new features already on your machine (no download needed)

[Excelsior123]

Thanks for all of your help.

Here are the solutions that I found from this site and others (per the attached links)

To quickly summarize the easiest solution appears to be to install a MJPEG codec (Morgan's MJPEG codec worked!). Then use TMPgenc to convert to a MPEG file.


https://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t247395.html

http://www.valsphotography.co.uk/information/Canon_A40.html

[pbar]

I have this camera, the AVI files it creates are standard, they have nothing to do with Quicktime, they will play with any standard AVI software, e.g. Windows Media Player. It's just that on your system, AVI files are associated with Quicktime by default.