converting .avi

[runnernorth]

Hi, I have some(many) .avi files I have to convert to files I can play on my wd tv live mediaplayer... I would like to convert them lossles if possible...
The wd tv live player supports: Video - AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9
When i run mediainfo, this is what it tells me about my .avi file I want to convert:
Generelt
Complete name : K:\video\HI8 video\1-6-2002 - 13-11-2002.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 18,6 GiB
Duration : 1t 27min.
Overall bit rate : 30,5 Mbps
Video
ID : 0
Format : Digital Video
Codec ID : dvsd
Codec ID/Hint : Sony
Duration : 1t 27min.
Bit rate mode : Konstant
Bit rate : 24,4 Mbps
Width : 720 billedpunkter
Height : 576 billedpunkter
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Original display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Konstant
Frame rate : 25,000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Sammenflettet
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.357
Stream size : 17,6 GiB (94%)
Lyd
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Unsigned
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 1t 27min.
Bit rate mode : Konstant
Bit rate : 1.536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 kanaler
Sampling rate : 48,0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 959 MiB (5%)
Interleave, duration : 40 ms. (1,00 videobillede)
Interleave, preload duration : 40 ms
Hopefully someone can help me convert to the right format, using the right soft....

[hech54]

What you have right now is as "lossless" as you are going to get. Compression = Quality Loss....so don't delete the original file until you are certain.
That is an hour and a half video so I would convert to standard MPEG2 DVD first....burn that to a DVD for safe-keeping.
Then take a small portion of the original file and compress with h246 or Xvid or Divx and test them in your HDD player to see which one looks best...and also compare it to the DVD quality as well.

[runnernorth]

Thank you, but isn´t better to convert to ex mpeg4? I don´t store on dvd, but uses hdd instead. Do you know what soft to use for this operation, SUPER is it ok or too difficult to use??

[hech54]

For MPEG4(Xvid, Divx) I use AviDemux. For h264 I use VirtualDub.....just personal preference.
If you are talking about converting your original uncompressed AVI file to....something...then deleting
the original uncompressed AVI file...I personally would pick DVD first....burning it to a DVD...then do whatever
else you want to the original. Convert it to BOTH Xvid/Divx and h264 and save them as data on either a CD or DVD.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

[jagabo]

Your source is DV AVI. DV a lightly compressed format used by digital camcorders. It probably contains interlaced video so you're best off converting it to interlaced MPEG 2. And if you do that you might as well make it with DVD compatible settings so you have the option of burning to DVD (as well as playing in the WDTV) in the future.

If you really must have smaller files use h.264 (interlaced) and TS or MKV containers. You can use MeGUI or Xvid4PSP.