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I need a good AVI --> MPEG4 program

Rufus_ShinraRufus_Shinra Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm looking for a free program that can convert my AVI files into MPEG4 files. I also need this program to allow you to set the resolution of the new MPEG4 file. For example, I would like to take a 700 MB AVI into a much smaller MPEG4 file with a lower resolution.

I've tried google searching, but there are too many shit programs out there and no prolific one to rise above the rest.

I'm on a PC.

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  • theclamtheclam Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Handbrake will do it. It's easy to use and free:
    http://handbrake.fr/

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Rufus_Shinra wrote: »
    I'm looking for a free program that can convert my AVI files into MPEG4 files. I also need this program to allow you to set the resolution of the new MPEG4 file. For example, I would like to take a 700 MB AVI into a much smaller MPEG4 file with a lower resolution.

    I've tried google searching, but there are too many shit programs out there and no prolific one to rise above the rest.

    I'm on a PC.

    You may want to check what codec the video is encoded in. AVI is just a container shell and it's possible the video's are already MPEG-4.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Rufus_Shinra wrote: »
    I'm looking for a free program that can convert my AVI files into MPEG4 files. I also need this program to allow you to set the resolution of the new MPEG4 file. For example, I would like to take a 700 MB AVI into a much smaller MPEG4 file with a lower resolution.

    I've tried google searching, but there are too many shit programs out there and no prolific one to rise above the rest.

    I'm on a PC.

    You may want to check what codec the video is encoded in. AVI is just a container shell and it's possible the video's are already MPEG-4.

    This doesn't help him if he wants to reduce the filesize, though.

    Handbrake would work. FFmpeg is command line, but there are halfway decent GUIs for it in Windows. How small you lookin' to go?

    XpegT Lite is the frontend I use for FFmpeg when converting shit to watch on my Palm. It's pretty decent. Don't know the link offhand, bug Google should work.

    Right, but if the videos are already encoded with MPEG-4 he's not going to get much savings. And unless they are very old, they are likely to be in MPEG-2 or 4 already.

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  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Rufus_Shinra wrote: »
    I'm looking for a free program that can convert my AVI files into MPEG4 files. I also need this program to allow you to set the resolution of the new MPEG4 file. For example, I would like to take a 700 MB AVI into a much smaller MPEG4 file with a lower resolution.

    I've tried google searching, but there are too many shit programs out there and no prolific one to rise above the rest.

    I'm on a PC.

    You may want to check what codec the video is encoded in. AVI is just a container shell and it's possible the video's are already MPEG-4.

    This doesn't help him if he wants to reduce the filesize, though.

    Handbrake would work. FFmpeg is command line, but there are halfway decent GUIs for it in Windows. How small you lookin' to go?

    XpegT Lite is the frontend I use for FFmpeg when converting shit to watch on my Palm. It's pretty decent. Don't know the link offhand, bug Google should work.

    Right, but if the videos are already encoded with MPEG-4 he's not going to get much savings. And unless they are very old, they are likely to be in MPEG-2 or 4 already.

    You can just reduce the bitrate for a lower file size at the cost of decreased picture quality. The source could still be MPEG-4, just at a higher bitrate relative to the output is all.

    I personally use Virtualdub, and perhaps AviSynth, but wouldn't recommend them unless you intend to edit a lot of videos since they're not exactly the most user friendly.

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  • b0bd0db0bd0d Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well, if you have a supported video card, Badaboom is pretty cool and encodes pretty fast.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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