Convert ATI AIW .vcr format to anything?

[madmartian]

I have some old .vcr files from my old All In Wonder card. How do I convert those to normal video formats?

[Baldrick]

What does mediainfo say? Isn't it mpeg2 video?

[jman98]

I am really having to go back in memory here, but if I remember correctly the ATI .vcr format was just MPEG-2 with a custom header on it. Honestly, you should never have saved in this format because ATI's cards all allow you to record in proper MPEG-2 format and the .vcr stuff just adds to the complexity. I don't know if there are programs that know how to deal with that format but I think in the past that people were using ATI's own software to convert them to standard MPEG-2 using some kind of library function that came with the software. A quick internet search showed quite a few posts from people looking for solutions to convert other than using ATI's own Media Library and I didn't find any that worked, although I hardly spent a lot of time looking.

[smartel]

i just made a quick test it's exactly like mpeg

i changed the extention to .mpg .. didn't work

and i changed the extention to .mpeg and it worked in windows media player

it's supposed to be a tv on-demand format , but it's has the same setups in ati tv like mpeg

Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 9.49 MiB
Duration : 17s 6ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 682 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 16s 850ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 365 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 000 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.431
Stream size : 8.77 MiB (92%)
Color primaries : SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : SMPTE 170M
Matrix coefficients : SMPTE 170M

Audio
ID : 192 (0xC0)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 17s 6ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 465 KiB (5%)

hope this helps

the .mpeg worked in wmp but not in virtualdub ...

[jagabo]

Can you play the videos with VLC ?

[Baldrick]

smartel: Virtualdub doesn't support mpeg2 directly. You need the mpeg2 plugin, http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/Plugins/MPEG2/index.html.

[loster]

Virtualdubmod does mpeg-2 directly.

[smartel]

for my version .. VLC can only open the audio .. madmartian's files may be different from mine ..

@Baldrick i must have most of every plugins for virualdub ,, i often open mpeg with it

virtualdubmod doesn't open it either (.vcr , .mpg or .mpeg)

and zoom player can see it with .mpeg

[jagabo]

Maybe it's encrypted.

[smartel]

i just made one up maybe you could try too ... i think only ati's library could do anything for it

F** didn't work .. i'll change the extention for you (from .vcr to .mpg)

[smartel]

still trying

[smartel]

maybe madmartian could upload a file (<30 mb , and zip or rar it)

[madmartian]

Wow, thanks for all the responses!

I tried to play the files in 3 players (VLC, GOM, MPCHC) and got sound with no picture. Media info says it mpg2. I just tried the renaming suggestion and got static sound with no picture. VirtualDub-MPG2 got a "Cannot Detect File Type" error when loading the VCR file and "Out Of Memory" when loading the MPG file. Womble would pretend to load it but not play sound or video with either extension.
I also tried Adobe Encore and Premiere Pro 5.5.

I found the following which works for playback:

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=157265&highlight_key=y

Now I have to figure out how to get the file onto a DVD with Encore...

[Nelson37]

Been a long time since I messed with these, but I THINK that MPG2cut2 was able to cut these, not sure about a conversion.

Graphedit can also open these, I know I exported the text files and SFAIK you could export the video as well.

They are basically MPG2 files with the closed captions included as a custom ATI text file.

[jagabo]

I found the following which works for playback:

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=157265&highlight_key=y

Can you install the ATI Media Center software? It includes a function to convert .VCR to .MPG.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/mmc9-16.aspx
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/ATi-Multimedia-Center.shtml

Export from Library � Export .VCR files to MPEG2 or MPEG4 Format

Looks like it won't install without a AIW card. Maybe you can find someone who has it installed and will send you a copy of the media center folder. With luck the converter program will work.