I've got a small handful of AVI and MPEG videos that I'd like to convert to VCD so I can play them on my DVD player. What's the best *free* downloadable AVI/MPEG editor that I can use to make the conversion, and edit them so they fit on one CD?
AVI or MPEG to VCD?
- Thread starter happygrump
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You're mpeg's might already be vcd compliant files. Just burn them with nero.
As for AVI's (and mpegs, if there not vcd compliant), I use, EO Video and WinAVI to convert them to vcd mpegs. Neither of these programs free...well they are, if you know where to look
TMPGEnc is free, but takes way to long, so I never use it.
Here's the sites where you can get them.
http://www.winavi.com
http://www.eo-video.com
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main2.html
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As for AVI's (and mpegs, if there not vcd compliant), I use, EO Video and WinAVI to convert them to vcd mpegs. Neither of these programs free...well they are, if you know where to look
TMPGEnc is free, but takes way to long, so I never use it.
Here's the sites where you can get them.
http://www.winavi.com
http://www.eo-video.com
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main2.html
FW
If you want to do it on the cheap, and don't mind the slower speed, tmpgenc's a good app. I think my free 30 day version still works after a year.
If you're converting files with a .wmv or .asf or .wma file extension, change the extension to .mpeg first, before running tmpgenc.
If you have .vob MPEG, and want to convert to .mpg VCD to save space, run it through Windows XP Moviemaker first, as tmpgenc cannot convert .vob directly.
I've had eight tmpgenc re-encodings running at the same time.
You need a lot of disk space if you're doing capture from something like a VHS source - about 2.5 GB per hour of video with ATI TV Wonder Pro; up to 10 GB [!] per hour, if capturing with XP Moviemaker. The size of the raw capture file is inversely proportional to the quality of the video being captured, meaning that a crappy VHS source tape will create a bigger temp file than a good quality source would.
If you're converting files with a .wmv or .asf or .wma file extension, change the extension to .mpeg first, before running tmpgenc.
If you have .vob MPEG, and want to convert to .mpg VCD to save space, run it through Windows XP Moviemaker first, as tmpgenc cannot convert .vob directly.
I've had eight tmpgenc re-encodings running at the same time.
You need a lot of disk space if you're doing capture from something like a VHS source - about 2.5 GB per hour of video with ATI TV Wonder Pro; up to 10 GB [!] per hour, if capturing with XP Moviemaker. The size of the raw capture file is inversely proportional to the quality of the video being captured, meaning that a crappy VHS source tape will create a bigger temp file than a good quality source would.
Check out this site, it will teach you how to convert anything to VCD or DVD ... etc.
http://www.videohelp.com/
http://www.videohelp.com/
