what is best way to convert avi to mpeg?

[btwell]

tried using tmpge
no luck
getting error not supported
avi files work fine in windows media player

what is another software i can use

thanks in advance

[Mirror_Image]

Try the "how to...convert" link over on the left.

[btwell]

I have tried that
not much help there
quick question
I tried roxio video playback 5
NO DICE
does anyone know if this software is suppose to work on windows XP
It freezes up everytime and get those serious errors

I NEED SOME HELP HERE PLEASE


ANYONE

[Megahurts]

What type of avi are you trying to encode? Is it DV, Dvix, MJPEG, etc?

Chas

[jshelley]

First: I have found the 'Convert' Link on the menu bar of this site to be a GREAT DEAL of Help. I suspect your answer lies somewhere in that section of the site, but you may be trying to skip some of the necessary research to accomplish your goal.

Second: I think you have a Divx or something. You'll probably need the right codec to convert it. Where did you get this AVI from? Is it something you captured yourself or found on the net?

[btwell]

I downloaded all of them from either kazaa, grokster or imesh

none of them work

but all work in windows media player or any other player

check out the info on this particular avi

i got this from virtual dub

this is what is says about the movie from virtual dub

frame size 352x288
12,500 fps

divx 5.01x codec compressor
number of key frames 330

audio 24000 HZ
channels 2 stereo
sample precision 0 bit
fraunhoffer IIS MGEG LAYER 3 CODEC

anything catch your eye here that may be causing the problem

[KingJohn]

This is the second post I have seen, was the other one yours also ?

DivX 5 codec is missing, its not provided with Nimo... SEE OTHER POST

[QuantumDE]

i'm having the same problem as btwell. after conversion i cannot get video, only sound. Also i can't preview it, during the conversion process. have installed nimo codec patch. help!

[KingJohn]

i'm having the same problem as btwell. after conversion i cannot get video, only sound. Also i can't preview it, during the conversion process. have installed nimo codec patch. help!

There are never 2 problems the same

If your using TMPGENc try this

Select options > environmental settings
click the VFAPI plug-in tab
right click the "DirectDraw" and select higher priority, do this several times until its at the top with a value of 4

[QuantumDE]

I just wanted to thank KingJohn, it's finally working now.

[KingJohn]

Good to hear

[Mirror_Image]

That info is also in the "How to...Newbie...TMPGEnc common problems" section:

[urlhttp://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm#problems[/url]

It's the first item on the page, as a matter of fact.

[woodie]

Hey King John, Can you help me. I am trying to convert a Divx file to MPEG-1 (VCD) with TMPGEnc. It plays fine in Win Media Player. It also will convert in TMPEGEnc with non-VCD settings (ie DVD). But when I try to encode it with regular VCD settings I get an error message but only about the audio. Any ideas?

[wee haggis]

Woodie..use this method by extracting the audio as a WAV first then encoding using resulting WAV as audio source.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/divxtovcd.htm

[flump]

i also find avi2vcd is another good program for converting.I had problems wiv tmpgenc but only for one avi film.So i used avi2vcd and it worked fine.

HAVE A NICE DAY !

[KingJohn]

Hey King John, Can you help me. I am trying to convert a Divx file to MPEG-1 (VCD) with TMPGEnc. It plays fine in Win Media Player. It also will convert in TMPEGEnc with non-VCD settings (ie DVD). But when I try to encode it with regular VCD settings I get an error message but only about the audio. Any ideas?

Hi

Sometimes TMPGEnc will complain about the type of audio contained in the AVI, sometimes the audio is an AC3 codec, usually from DVD rips. Sometimes its simply a variable bit rate, or a non standard bit rate MP3. You have to treat each type differently.

Mostly it is a simple matter of saving out the Audio in Vdub "Uncompressed" and usually at the same frequency you need for a VCD (44.1Khz). How this is achieved my vary, and people are posting lots of methods.

I personally only use Vdub, TMPGEnc for making VCD's no other software. Occasionally if the audio is low, I will load it into Gold wave to maximize or possibly make a mono file into a stereo file. I never use any other software to process the Audio from one type to another.

When you load the AVI into Vdub, it may immediately complain about the audio, it may tell you what the problem is, and may tell you to save out the whole AVI using full processing mode on both Audio and video to fix the problem. You would need to save out the AVI uncompressed, so that takes a little time, so most people only save out the problem part, which in this case is the audio.

Audio > Full processing mode
Audio > Conversion > 44.1khz (No other changes)
SAVE WAV

This saves out the audio uncompressed, and at the same time converts to 44.1khz (What's needed for VCD)

Most of the time this can be done without problems, then later you can use the uncompressed WAV with TMPGEnc. However some people are having problems with this in Vdub, and so are using another method.

Audio > Direct stream copy
SAVE WAV

You have now saved the audio out "As is" and now need to decompress it later with another program, before it can be used with TMPGEnc . This method I have never used so cannot comment on any other program needed to do this. (I'm sure others will)

I have installed an old copy of the Nimo codec pack, plus some MP3 codec's from www.goldwave.com and probable some original DivX codec's, the machine has not had a fresh install for almost a year, so have lost track on what my be needed to convert AC3 to uncompressed WAV, the next time I get an AVI with AC3, I will try to find out what codec is in use on a machine that has no codec's...

Hope this helps...