Video format and volume problems

[mikehende]

Here's my situation, I have Vista Home Premium on my new laptop. I've am not quite knowledgeable with different video file types and their requirements, I would like to simply have all different file types play on just one player and would like all videos to play at one volume so I don't have to keep adjusting the volume level for different videos which have different recorded volume levels.

The main file types I have are flv files which I copied off of youtube but I also have 1 avi file and two others which I don't know what file type they are, they both read as "File Folder" and then name of those are "Video_TS" and when I open them I am seeing multiple types of the same 3 files, IFO, VOB AND BUP. These were a compilation of mulitple videos put together.

I am thinking that the first step should be to convert all files to one format? If so, I am looking at this

http://www.applian.com/replay-converter/index_keepvid.php?src=KeepvidConvert

would this work? Or what would be your advice please? Thanks.

[guns1inger]

The IFO/BUP/VOB collections are DVD structures ripped from DVDs.

VLC or The KM Player will play all those formats. Nothing will solve your audio problem other than normalising, which will take some work.

Re-encoding will reduce quality. The lower the source quality, the more you are likely to take a hit if you re-encode.

[Baldrick]

You could try use a software player that has a built in normalizer audio function like kmplayer. Or use use ffdshow as audio decoder and use its normalize function(Under ffdshow Audio Decoder->Volume). Reconverting everything isn't really worth it...if you are not going to convert to some other format like dvd then.

A video_ts is a dvd-video.

[mikehende]

Thanks a million for the help guys!! So far so good, working on the KM features now.