How to convert WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) to divx/avi?

[ericdunn]

Hello,

I have this video that's WMP v9 encoded. I would like to convert it to divx/avi so that it is able to play on a DVD player. I have tried numerous conversion programs, but the end result is the converted video will NOT play normally.

Does anyone have this experience before and how did you resolve it?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Regards,

Eric

[bat999]

I have this video that's WMP v9 encoded.

Post the output from MediaInfo(text view).

[El Heggunte]

Also, you'd better define whay you exactly mean by "the resulting files are not played 'NORMALLY' ".

Playback starts and suddenly freezes?
Playback has "hiccups"?
Audio goes out-of-sync?

Generally speaking, WMV files created by Media Encoder 9 and Movie Maker, or which are split/joined improperly,
do have Variable Frame Rate ,

a problem that I like to kill through Avisynth

[ericdunn]

Also, you'd better define whay you exactly mean by "the resulting files are not played 'NORMALLY' ".

OK

Playback starts and suddenly freezes? Yes, definitely!
Playback has "hiccups"? Yes, definitely!
Audio goes out-of-sync? Can't tell

Generally speaking, WMV files created by Media Encoder 9 and Movie Maker, or which are split/joined improperly,
do have Variable Frame Rate ,

a problem that I like to kill through Avisynth

I have downloaded Avisynch. But I'm a newbie, not familiar with using a program like this. Also I did not find a script that fixes any of the symptoms that were listed.

Could you guide me on how to use the necessary program(s) to fix the problem?

Best Regards,

Eric

[ericdunn]

I have this video that's WMP v9 encoded.

Post the output from MediaInfo(text view).

Below is the output you requested. The symptoms are

Playback starts and suddenly freezes? Yes, definitely!
Playback has "hiccups"? Yes, definitely!
Audio goes out-of-sync? Can't tell

Any idea what the problem is and how to fix it?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Eric

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General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\user1\My Documents\My Videos\Video.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 1.19 GiB
Duration : 1h 24mn
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 2 026 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 2 080 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-04-09 02:10:40.140
Application : Windows Movie Maker 2.1.4026.0

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@ML
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional
Duration : 1h 24mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 900 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.183
Stream size : 1.12 GiB (94%)
Language : English (US)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 160 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 1h 24mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 96.2 MiB (8%)
Language : English (US)

[bat999]

Hi
FFmpeg will do the job.
From here ---> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 160k Video.avi

[ericdunn]

Hi
FFmpeg will do the job.
From here ---> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 160k Video.avi

This is one single command on the command-line?

[ericdunn]

Hi
FFmpeg will do the job.
From here ---> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 160k Video.avi

It worked, Thanks!

But how do you fix the audio video out-of-sync problem?

[El Heggunte]

Hi
FFmpeg will do the job.
From here ---> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 160k Video.avi

It worked, Thanks!

But how do you fix the audio video out-of-sync problem?

First, try the following:

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -an Video1.avi

which should generate a video-only file.

Then, try wma2wav on the original "video.wmv"

http://code.google.com/p/mulder/downloads/detail?name=wma2wav.2011-10-01.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded

Third, convert the intermediate .WAV to mp3, and finally,
mux both Video1.avi and Audio1.mp3 into the final Video.avi.

IF the method suggested above doesn't work for you,
then come back and complain again

H.T.H.

[ericdunn]

First, try the following:

ffmpeg -i Video.wmv -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 1800k -vtag divx -an Video1.avi

which should generate a video-only file.

Then, try wma2wav on the original "video.wmv"

http://code.google.com/p/mulder/downloads/detail?name=wma2wav.2011-10-01.zip&can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded

Third, convert the intermediate .WAV to mp3, and finally,
mux both Video1.avi and Audio1.mp3 into the final Video.avi.

IF the method suggested above doesn't work for you,
then come back and complain again

H.T.H.

It worked! My sincerest thanks to you El Heggunte as well as bat999 for all your help! One question. Why the third step of converting .wav to .mp3? Why not just use .wav instead? This is the part I don't understand. Regards, Eric

[jman98]

WAV takes up more space, a LOT more space, than MP3. But there's no reason you couldn't use it if that's not a problem for you.

[ericdunn]

WAV takes up more space, a LOT more space, than MP3. But there's no reason you couldn't use it if that's not a problem for you.

Thanks jman98.

[Ai Haibara]

Technically, you can have an MPEG3-compressed WAV (a valid WAVE file, with proper header, but using MP3 compression). Of course, if you're going to use that for creating an AVI audio stream, that would beg the question why you wouldn't go ahead and use an MP3 audio stream in the first place.

Then again, you might not want to risk degrading the audio by compressing it to MP3.