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.
