I'm converting MY dvds to stream from TVersity. The disks just take up too much room... Here's the problem: I'm using Any Video Converter] (free version) to convert an mpg video to AVi (vxid codec). See Media Info for the source file below. It is obviously a 6 channel AC-3 file. Using the AVI profile in Any Video Converter shows that it wants to convert to 2 channel. All I really want is for it to convert the file to AVI using all of the same audio/video settings. My reason for the conversion is that via TVersity, my Samsung C5500 doesn't support rwnd/ffwd/pause/etc for mpg files. Works GREAT for AVI. Same for the XBox 360, which will only play mpg files if transposed in real time by TVersity, a cpu intensive process my media server can't support... I included media (Working file) info for an mpg file that I converted using a trial version of another tool... But unfortunately I can't afford to buy it... If I'm barking up the wrong tree or a more complex solution than I need, please let me know. My research and test file shows AVI (divx) as the best format for my needs.... What am I missing in the Any Video Converter settings? Is Any Video Converter the best tool to do this? I do need batch processing as I have a number of mpg files to convert... Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Other Specs: I am running Win 7 Home Premium on an I7-820QM, 8gb RAM laptop for my conversions as I need the processing power... My media server runs Windows XP Media Center, Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 4gb RAM ANY VIDEO CONVERTER "Customized AVI Movie" SETTINGS: Video Options Codec: XVid Frame Size: 720x480 video bitrate: 768 framerate: 25 Audio Options: Audio Codec: Original Bitrate: 128 sample rate: 44100 Audio Channel: 2 Disable Audio: No A/V sync: basic Audio Track: Default Subtitle: none SOURCE FILE: MEDIA INFO OUTPUT General Complete name Format : MPEG-PS File size : 6.65 GiB Duration : 1h 26mn Overall bit rate : 11.0 Mbps Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Default Duration : 335ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 10.3 Mbps Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Standard : Component Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Scan order : 2:3 Pulldown Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.248 Stream size : 423 KiB (0%) Audio ID : 128 (0x80) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Duration : 1h 26mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 448 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 277 MiB (4%) Text ID : 224 (0xE0)-DVD-2 Format : EIA-608 Muxing mode : DVD-Video Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1 Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%) WORKING FILE: MEDIA INFO OUTPUT: PREVIOUSLY CONVERTED VIDEO - works great on C5500 and XBox 360 --> used trial version of other software product... cannot afford General Complete name : I:\AVI\AVIfile.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format profile : OpenDML File size : 1.51 GiB Duration : 1h 32mn Overall bit rate : 2 335 Kbps Movie name : AVIFile Writing application : Lavf52.78.4 Original source form/Name : AVIFILE_16X9 Video ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Muxing mode : Packed bitstream Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 1h 32mn Bit rate : 1 875 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 386 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.865 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.281 Stream size : 1.21 GiB (80%) Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04) Audio ID : 1 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Codec ID : 2000 Duration : 1h 32mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 448 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Stream size : 296 MiB (19%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 32 ms (0.77 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 32 ms Menu
I use AutoGk to convert TV recordings (mpeg) to AVI - it will run a batch conversion. The audio is selectable and you can choose the resolution under the Advanced Settings. I generally opt for a width of 640, but you can specify a minimum width (perhaps same as source?) It includes and defaults to XviD - but if you installed DivX, you can select it. For a 1 pass conversion, select a Target Quality % setting (75?), else it will perform a 2 pass conversion. Note that any settings selected under 'Advanced Settings' are carried forward to the next file unless you change them.
