Thread: AVI to MPEG software?

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    AVI to MPEG software?

    Hi,
    Does anyone have any good software suggestions for converting AVI files to MPEGs that I can burn on a DVD to watch in my DVD player?

    The ones I've found convert them to MPEGs just fine, but they screw up the aspect ratio. If I try to convert a wide screen AVI to an MPEG it squashes it into 4:3.

    Preferably free or very cheap Windows software, but Linux is fine if that's all you know of.
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    One converter I often use is a freeware one called SUPER
    SUPER &copy

    Can convert to and from lots of different formats, either using built-in codecs or via DirectShow codecs.

    Edit:
    the download link on that website can be a bit tricky to find so here's a quick guide
    On the page I linked, "Start Downloading SUPER ©" link at the bottom.
    "download and use" link close to the top.
    "Download SUPER © setup file" at the bottom of the page.
    I'd link directly to the file but they check http referer URLs.

    And don't let the crappy website scare you, the software itself is quite good.
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    What type of video is in the avi container? If it's already DVD compliant, you can just remux the video/audio.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Mike View Post
    One converter I often use is a freeware one called SUPER
    SUPER &copy

    Can convert to and from lots of different formats, either using built-in codecs or via DirectShow codecs.

    Edit:
    the download link on that website can be a bit tricky to find so here's a quick guide
    On the page I linked, "Start Downloading SUPER ©" link at the bottom.
    "download and use" link close to the top.
    "Download SUPER © setup file" at the bottom of the page.
    I'd link directly to the file but they check http referer URLs.

    And don't let the crappy website scare you, the software itself is quite good.
    Thanks, I'll give it a try.

    Quote Originally Posted by carrotcake1029 View Post
    What type of video is in the avi container? If it's already DVD compliant, you can just remux the video/audio.
    Remux??

    I think some of them were ripped from a DVD, but don't DVD's need to use MPEG format? These AVI's use DivX.
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    OK, I tried that SUPER program and it works GREAT!
    Not only did it keep the proper aspect ratio, but the quality of the video looks better and the size of the output file is smaller than with the other program I was using.

    Thanks!
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    Or try mencoder -- since it's available on Linux and Windows. Not to mention you can keep the aspect ratio.

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    I'd probably use ffmpeg to do the conversion process. Though as has been pointed out, AVI is a container format, not an actual codec, so depending on the format that the video and audio are in, you might not have to do any transcoding.

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    I don't think I've ever encountered MPEG2 in an AVI container, though. The chances are very slim.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ctrl_freak View Post
    I'd probably use ffmpeg to do the conversion process. Though as has been pointed out, AVI is a container format, not an actual codec, so depending on the format that the video and audio are in, you might not have to do any transcoding.
    Actually that SUPER program uses ffmpeg already, as well as MEncoder, ffmpeg2theora & RealProducer.
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