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Reformat multiple movies at once?
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auzkid
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26. October 2008 @ 08:09 |
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i use Easy Avi Divx Xvid to DVD Burner to turn my avi files into divx and then i turn them into isos with dvdshrink, which is effortless and makes my collection alot neater n easily viewed.
i was wondering if anybody knoes if you could set that program to reformat 2-3 avi files. so i could leave them over night and have them all done in the morning.
if not can anyone recommend me a program that can?
thanks
Auzkid
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Peshtigo
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26. October 2008 @ 11:05 |
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I'm not familiar with that particular program. But my past experience with other converting apps would make me guess... no. At least not separately. That would really be convenient but what's the hurry?
Maybe another member can illuminate both of us.
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26. October 2008 @ 12:14 |
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Originally posted by auzkid:
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i use Easy Avi Divx Xvid to DVD Burner to turn my avi files into divx and then i turn them into isos with dvdshrink, which is effortless and makes my collection alot neater n easily viewed.
i was wondering if anybody knoes if you could set that program to reformat 2-3 avi files. so i could leave them over night and have them all done in the morning.
if not can anyone recommend me a program that can?
thanks
Auzkid
VirtualDub, MeGUI, TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress all have batch processing abilities. I am sure there are more but those are some that I use.
I am curious though as to what exactly you are doing...
You say you convert AVI's into DivX? What was the elementary video stream from the AVI container in the first place? I would be guessing it's DivX or Xvid to begin with.
Then you said you convert the DivX to an ISO image with DVDshrink... I wasn't aware that DVDshrink could convert DivX to standard DVD format??
Could you explain exactly what you would like to do? So we can help more clearly.
Note: I don't think this post should have been made in "DVD±R for advanced users", maybe "DVD±R for newbies" would have been more appropriate.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. October 2008 @ 12:22
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Peshtigo
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26. October 2008 @ 12:31 |
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Now we're getting someplace.
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26. October 2008 @ 15:59 |
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Thread teleported to relevant forum.
The only AVI conversion program i know of/use that caters for batch processing is ConvertXtoDVD, it's a paid product though.
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Peshtigo
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26. October 2008 @ 18:46 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
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The only AVI conversion program i know of/use that caters for batch processing is ConvertXtoDVD, it's a paid product though.
So does TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX. Either program will process as may clips as you add. That's not the original question which is:
"i was wondering if anybody knoes if you could set that program to reformat 2-3 avi files. so i could leave them over night and have them all done in the morning".
We know Shrink doesn't work with DivX so there's something haywire in the question to begin with.
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26. October 2008 @ 18:54 |
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You missed the rest of the question - Originally posted by auzkid:
if not can anyone recommend me a program that can?
All i could offer was to name a program that i knew could do batch procesing.
Originally posted by auzkid:
then i turn them into isos with dvdshrink
- i suspect that, like too many people out there, auzkid thinks Nero (or imgburn) is DVD Shrink, in which case the above statement makes sense ie he/she burns ISO's with Shrink (ie i'm guessing he/she has Shrink set to autoburn with Nero or imgburn)..
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26. October 2008 @ 19:37 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
i suspect that, like too many people out there, auzkid thinks Nero (or imgburn) is DVD Shrink, in which case the above statement makes sense ie he/she burns ISO's with Shrink (ie i'm guessing he/she has Shrink set to autoburn with Nero or imgburn)..
I would have assumed the same except the fact that auzkid said he/she "turns them into ISO's"... This gave me the impression that the final output desired was an ISO image. This certainly could have been a mix up of words though, which is why I asked for clarification. :-)
I would recommend my preffered method of converting AVI's to DVD but I'm not sure if auzkid would like it as it is more complicated than most beginners would like. :-P
1) Demux audio stream with VirtualDub Mod.
2) If neeeded convert stereo mp3 audio to 5.1 Dolby using the SuperEQ upmix in MeGUI, or if you absolutely do not want to lose any more sound quality (eg: music video etc.) then decompress the mp3 to LPCM and use that as your audio track.
3) Create an AVIsource script with AVIsynth.
4) Use Cinema Craft Encoder (loading the AVIsynth script) to re-encode a DVD compliant video file from the AVI (also you could use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress as an alternaltive. Both these apps will allow for 2 pass encoding with full motion search, 10 bit precision etc. etc.).
5) Mux Video and Audio with any DVD authoring/MPEG 2 muxing program.
6) Burn DVD Video files if desired.
Note: If the source is already of considerably low quality, then the above method is probably a little overkill. Personally, I am very fussy when it comes to quality. If the quality is already low and you want to use something quick and easy, then as Creaky said ConvertXtoDVD is probably your best choice.
Oh... Now this should probably be moved back to DVD±R for advanced users, hehe... Just kidding Creaky. Now we need to see if the OP will come back to collect all the help waiting for him here. :-)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. October 2008 @ 19:48
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26. October 2008 @ 19:47 |
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Cor, that's way more than i ever do :)
If it's a 1-part AVI, i just throw it into ConvertXtoDVD.
If it's a 2-part AVI, it gets chucked into DVD Flick.
That's pretty much it, very rarely i find a .MKV which i use the above programs or FAVC, Avi2Dvd, 'Super' or The FilmMachine, but 99.9% of the time i just use ConvertXtoDVD and DVD Flick.
Now for DVD encoding i do take things more seriously, ie i use DVD Rebuilder with the awesome HC Encoder (Quad Core no less), but for AVI conversions i'm a bit of a heretic ie i just convert with as little effort as possible and just burn and watch.
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26. October 2008 @ 19:51 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
for AVI conversions i'm a bit of a heretic ie i just convert with as little effort as possible and just burn and watch.
Yes, I figured it is more than likely more effort than the OP would like to take. I edited my post and added a note after the steps I posted. :-)
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26. October 2008 @ 19:59 |
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Good stuff, i do things the lazy way when i can, but fair play to you or anyone that has a better way of doing things. At the end of the day i must admit i'm more than happy with most of the AVI's i convert, quality of the actual AVI's is obviously key to the resulting DVD as are the programs used. If it's a film that's worthy (to me) of needing better quality than an AVI conversion can deliver then i just go and buy the DVD, but more often than not, i just want to watch the movie/series in question as opposed to worry about the actual quality of the movie or series (hope that makes sense).What i'm trying to say is that i personally am more concerned about the content ie the story of the movie or series in question, but from time to time (it's usually with big action movies for me i guess) i prefer to have a crisp DVD quality version hence the AVI gets chucked and replace by the proper DVD or a DVD created via the awesome DVD Rebuilder.
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