avi to mpeg

Okay, i download a movie called Menace.II.Society.DVD.DivX.VKI-MM4.ELiTEiSO.avi

and all i want to do is burn it to a vcd, i have to converting it to an mpeg file but the file didnt show up, i really would like some simple instructions on how to do this cuz im pulling my hair out trying to figure it out, im sorry if this has already been answered but i found all those threads hard to follow, if anyone can help me it would be VERY much appreciated

 

i downloaded Xing encoder 2.20 and it works except it will only encode the first 5 mins, so i got the registry key, but i cant find where to put the key, anyone know?

 

Use imesh to download .. i get near enough 40kb/s everytime and im only on a 512k line... try it imesh.com

 

i have the xing and the TMPGEnc and the acemcp can you tell me what i need to do to convert the avi files from kazaa to mpeg step by step because this is really confusing and been trying forever to acomplish this but nothing works

 

First and foremost make sure you have the Ace Mega Codecs Package installed on your PC. Then start TMPGenc. It should automatically start the "Project Wizard". Since you are d/l from kazaa this mean that these movies are at a set quality and there is no way that the quality can be improved. If told any different that would be untrue. In the "Project Wizard" menu choose "Video CD, NTSC and click next. On this next screen it will allow you to select your "video/audio" file. Click "browse" and find the location of your avi on your PC. When you do this it will automatically fill in the location of your avi in the "audio/video" file. Do not change the "Expert settings for source"! Keep them as they are. TMPGenc is actually selecting the best source for the avi. Now click "next"! The next screen will be the "Filter Settings"! Do not tamper with any of the settings except "Other settings". When you click on "Other settings" choose "Motion search precision". As I said the quality of the movie can not be improved but If need be only choose between the catagories "normal" or "high quality" then click "OK". This will bring you back to the "Filter Settings" screen. Click "next". This next screen is the "Bitrate Setting". Choose between either "74 min VCD/SVCD" or "80 min VCD/SVCD"...depending on the size of your CD-R disc. Then click "next". The next screen is "Specifying the output file name". This is just to choose the location of where you want to place your encoded avi to mpeg file. Click "browse" to choose where you want to place this file. PLace it somewhere you can remember it at so you can find it. Also remember not to confuse this file with the avi. This will be the file encoded into mpeg and it will be a whole lot bigger than the actual avi file. If not sure just right click on the file and choose properties to make sure it is the actual MPEG file after encoding. Next make sure start encoding immediately is chacked. Then choose "OK". Your avi should start encoding into mpeg right away. Sometimes at the beginning of encoding you will get an error message stating that "Cannot produce stream"! Do not hesitate or start beating the crap out of your pc with a baseball bat...lol! just click "Start" and the mpeg will encode itself all over again and it should not produce this error again.

I'm sorry I haven't been around to answer some of the replies around here due to being in college and all but, eventually I do answer when I get the time.

 

thanks! it really helped me and now it works thanks alot now i can whatch my downloaded movie on my tv thanks again

 

okay ive created 2 successful VCDs, but as i started creating my third one, right where in the corner of TMPEGnc where it shows how big the file is when your encoding it, it seemed unusually large 425228, instead of some where around 140000. and the estimated time to be done was HUGE like 52 hours.. so i let it go for about 15 hours, then i noticed the movie was done encoding and was just encoding a bunch of black stuff, so i abort the encoding and burnt the movie to a cd, then i put it in my dvd player and the movie had no sound but everything else was fine, What the hell is going on? oh yea i d/led a different movie to and it did the same thing. any help would be apprecieted ^_^

 

Mules,make sure you set the source range ,if you dont sometimes it will encode the film and keep going encoding "black stuff".
To all those using nero to convert there avi's to (s)vcd - just dont!Its shite quality and most of the time they wont play on your standalone.Allright sometimes it can take a long time to encode films(black hawk down took around 30 hrs for me),but it all depends on the quality your going for,I dont like to leave films encoding for that great deal of time so I always use source range and convert 10,000 frames per session and multiplex at the end.
That way I can sleep at nite knowing my pc isnt going to fry and burn my house down...

 

sometimes now when i try to convert files it takes a long time to it says like 50 some hours also i dont know whats going on i did the regular setup as always.

 

where do i set the source range?

 

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i have downloaded movies christmas vacation and mr.deeds from kazaa in the high quility form and can play it on my computer but when i convert to mpeg i lose the sound. what can i do.

 

I'm having problems with ACEMCP. I downloaded the program, tried to install it, but I have Windows XP, and it didn't let me finish installing.

Does anybody know of an XP-compatible program that I could get?

 

Hi all. There is some relly good information here, but with my slow mind I have not got anything to work. I'm very new to all this & just want to create vcd's.

Would it be possible for someone to write a step by step idiots guide to converting an avi file to Mpeg 1 for vcd? Some of the problems would also be usefull to know about. I can convert an avi to mpeg1 but the sound is either missing, or out of sync.
I have Nimo5 v7 which plays every thing I have(v8 stopped me playing anything with WMP9). I also have the latest TMPGEnc & Graphedit & AC decoder v1.22b.

Some of my issues.
1. Some of my avi's have DIVXMPG4 V3 video encoders with MPEG Layer-3 audio. Some don't have an audio encoder listed, only the time & bit rate? Apart from not knowing what this means, I don't know what it does in TMPGEnc.

2. When I set DirectShow to the highest priority in Environment in TMPGEnc i get an 'Unsupported Error'. (Although I have just tried it again & it filled both the video & audio slot automatically). I always use the Wizard.

3. All the people in my movies look streched? I am in europe & my TV is about 8 years old (so no wide screen), but shouldn't I be able to encode the picture with some bars across the top & bottom so it will simulate wide screen? My DVD player is a multi region & will play any thing I can put on any disc.

4. I have used Graph Edit as described here (that was a top tip about going to Graphs/Insert Filters first! - then carrying on.) It saves the file as a media file - what can I do with that??? I have tried using it as the audio file in TMPGEnc, but it doesn't work.

5. I have downloaded an AC3 Audio decoder as suggested here (somewhere) which is fine. But how do I get an AC3 audio file out of an avi? It will change it to anything I like, but will only astart from AC3. I have tried playing with Graph Edit to do this, but as you can tell from my questions - I'm just feeling my way at the mo.

I have about 20 movies from WinMX in avi format that I am keen to watch at some stage - I never realised it would be so difficult.

Any help would be much appriciated. I know it's probably going over old ground for a lot of you, sorry for that, but I would like to get it sorted.

I'm sure there is something I have missed.
Thanks in advance.
Huw

 

ACEMCP should work even for Windows XP (which is the OS that I am running now). If it doesn't finish the setup then your Downloaded file of ACEMCP maybe corrupted or your OS may have a filing problem. The simplest resolution to take care of this is to download ACEMCP again http://www.freeweb.hu/galgonet/ . There are new versions of the ACE Mega Codecs Pack out as well.

As for MPEG 1 creations I have posted step by step instructions in earlier replies in this forum. These instructions are based on using TMPGenc. TMPGenc can be downloaded as well at www.mpegx.com or its parent site http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html .

I could go on and on about this stuff because dv creation is kinda what I do for a living. Sorry I haven't been around to answer much due to college reasons but, read through this forum and trust me that you will not leave empty handed.

 

hey guys i heard you talk about Xing Mpeg Encoder you said it takes about 30 mins to encode. But you said some recording programs did not acceot the file it made. which programs do work. and which dont thanxs for the help

 

The best program for encoding that actually works in my opinion plus the opinion of many others is TMPGenc. It supports a multitude of formats for encoding avi files etc. In detail it is complicated to use but, you just have to understand the basics and then you will learn how to use this encoder efficiently. My second choice would be Xing Mpeg encoder. It has a great ease of use and is not that complicated to figure out. Depending on processor speed @ 500mhz or more it will encode avi files within 1/2 an hr to an hr. At 450mhz to 200mhz it will take about 3 to 4 hrs or less to encode.
My final choice would be Avi2vcd. It is probably the most easiest to use but, is the slowest in encoding time. I ran this program with an AMD athlon @ 800mhz with 384megs of memory. It took almost 23 1/2 hrs to encode 1 movie. Plus if the file is corrupt it will not continue to encode anything. The program just stops.

There are many others out ther like Nero but it won't let you save a finished product, or FlaskMpeg but, most of them are just a bunch of programs thrown together to create an encoder. Try to avoid those ones. These are only my opinions and the thesis will be up to you. Good luck.

 

With TMPGenc (freeware version) you can only encode in an MPEG 1 video stream. The MPEG 2 video stream encoder for TMPGenc has to be purchased. SVCD is always going to be a better video stream quality "only" if you are creating from an MPEG 2 created video stream or DVD rip which is also the basic MPEG 2 video stream. As for Downloaded AVI files from internet sites the video quality cannot be changed nor improved. Video quality is based on the creator of the avi file before internet submission. Example... If I create a poor video quality avi and submit it to the internet community, even if it is encoded into MPEG 1 or 2 video quality (even in highest quality settings)the quality will not improve. But if you create a high quality based avi or and actual MPEG 1, 2, or DVD rip and submit it to the internet community... it is possible to recreate that file in the same video quality as it was submitted. So even if you download an avi with poor video quality not even MPEG 2 settings will encode you a DVD quality movie (which is based on MPEG 2 video streams).