whats the best video converter

Discussion in 'MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding (AVI to DVD)' started by cphicks, Jan 30, 2009.

  1. cphicks

    cphicks Regular member

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    hi everyone can you help? heres my problem i have a set of programs to put on dvd each one is 25min long and there are nine of them, now i use convertXtodvd and it freezes and takes too long to do i also use winAVI thats not too bad but i want the menu of each episode to show, please can any who knows about converting help me,like i said convertXtodvd takes hours to do, but its menu setup a good, so ill leave this in the hands of all you clever people, and hope you can help me thankyou
     
  2. rtm27

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    Have you tried to use dvd flick?
     
  3. cphicks

    cphicks Regular member

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    hi rtm27 no i have not tried but il check it out thankyou. does it give you a menu choice to, i also found super dvd creator that seems ok but il check your one out thankyou again
     
  4. dailun

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    If you want to consider a "paid" solution, I use TMPGenc 4.0 Express and TMPGenc DVD Author 1.6. Trial versions are available for you to test.

    Conversion times will be directly proportional to the processing power of your PC. Intel will be faster than AMD (all other things being equal).

     
  5. gbroman

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    cphicks, hi. by "programs" I'll assume you mean audio/visual, film/video files. I've never had any problem sending a Program to disc and never have I converted a Program's format, (unless it came in a .zip or .rar container... (ribbin' ya :)

    Both of the programs suggested by rtm27 and dailun will do the job.
    So will this one: NCH Prism Video Converter, its free and found here-

    http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html

    If you try it, Create a folder somewhere on your HDD named PRISM or whatever you fancy, Open Prism Video Converter, use the ADD tab to add all the files you want to convert,(you can choose them all at the same time) they'll show in the GUI, choose your output format, direct the output to the folder that you created ( you can just use My Documents as a destination folder if you want) and click the Convert tab.
    Once that's done you can then add all of the new files to whatever program you use to create/Burn DVD or CD media discs.
    You could load all of your New files into ImageBurn to send them to disc. ImageBurn is here:-

    http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ImgBurn/1128426215/1


    I'd say that with nine 25 minute files (220 )minutes in whatever format and MB size that they're in now, that file size will increase if you are making MPEG-2.
    If you want DVD VIDEO_TS PAL or NTSC then you will have to use ConvertX to DVD or DVDFlick.

    I'm also looking for a software program that will convert files in the blink of an eye, alas, I can't find one named Gandalf or Merlin.
    I have/do use CXD3, DVDFlick and NCH Prism VC; my experience is that an audio/visual file of xxx hrs:mins:secs length of playing time, as it is, will take that same amount of time minimum to convert to another format. Never has it been done in a shorter time.
    9 x 25mins? 4 hours at the least :{
    :)Good luck ;p
     
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  6. bilvihur

    bilvihur Member

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    I just started using DVDCoach Express. No bells and whistles, few options, but it converts an .avi file to a DVD with all the quality of AVI2DVD, and in 1/4 the time. AND it's free...
     
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    Not true. It uses ffmpeg for encoding. Apps that use HCenc 2 pass encoding (a very highly rated and respected mpeg-2 encoder), Avi2Dvd, AVStoDVD, FAVC etc. (all free) will provide superior results. Fast, very seldom = quality and usually denotes less effective 1 pass encoding.
     
  8. bilvihur

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    I cannot argue with you over which is the better encoder. But when I intend to play the resulting DVD on my $30 DVD player, attached to a 25" CRT TV, the extra quality is not all that apparent. Also, I was getting perturbed with the lack of any support for AVI2DVD. The latest BeSweet failure was the last straw. I have recently begun using DVDFlick, which also uses FFMPEG, but has more functionality than DVDCoach Express.
     
  9. shilla

    shilla Guest

    hello guys!!!! i have found a good site with such programs similar to this there you can download Professional Software, especially video convert programs.As for me the best is SPAM.
    Simple select and convert. look at SPAM.

    I hope that helped someone:)
     
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  10. Chriboy

    Chriboy Guest

    try SPAM. it is wonderful. Especially with Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam on a Meat Feast Pizza.
     
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  11. bilvihur

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    The SPAM company in the previous post makes a DVD Ripper, and certainly not free...
     
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  12. port45

    port45 Guest

    spam removed
     
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