How do you convert H264 to AVI ?

[Shadowofthedarkgod]

Hi

I'm having great difficulty in converting a .h264 file to AVI. I've already tried Super (didn't work) and AVCTOAVI can't seem to run on my computer. Is there any other software that can do this besides the 2 that I mentioned?

Thanks!

[freebird73717]

Is avc2avi giving you an error? Are you trying to double click the avc2avi.exe? It is a command line program that must be run from the command prompt.

Open a command prompt.
type this
C:\ Path to\avc2avi.exe -i C:\Path to\input.h264 -f 23.976 -o C:\Path to\output.avi.

edit- added option to set output fps. Change 23.976 to whatever fps your source h264 file is. Without this option the default settings will output a 25fps avi.

[45tripp]

AVCTOAVI can't seem to run on my computer.

why not?

also avc2avi and super do completely different things.
and is it an elementary stream you are working with?

perhaps you should be more specific about your goal,
as well as more specific about how the methods you've used failed.

other than that,
if the plan is to recode,
using avisynth with directshowsource(), [or AVCsource() with DGAVCDecode if it's elementary]
and pretty much any encoder you please,
is the way to go.

tripp

[45tripp]

Is avc2avi giving you an error? Are you trying to double click the avc2avi.exe? It is a command line program that must be run from the command prompt.

there is a gui available

[freebird73717]

Really. I didn't know that. Good info to know. What is it?

I wrote my own simple little gui just for my own personal use but I never released it.

[45tripp]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89979

[freebird73717]

Thanks tripp. I will check that out next time I'm booted into windows. Running ubuntu right now.

[Bjs]

Would be nice to know what container it may be using > gspot helps

Avidemux > open file
Warning = use safe mode or it'll come out like crap

Audio > copy
Calc > check bitrate for file size required
Video > compressor > xvid > enter for single pass bitrate > enter number from calc

Save as new file > name.avi (must add the file extension)

Wait till completed

Note: You can also use this method to sample, prior to running the entire file process