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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:15:13 PM

Title: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:15:13 PM
Someone help me. I have pefectly legal mkv video clips. MKV keeps multiple media streams in the file, but I want to convert it to say...MPEG4. I am willing to give up all but a single audio stream to get this accomplished. I am wondering if there are any programs for doing this. Even some of the AVI XVID files I come across are rejected by the X360 transcoding program ive found.

I realize macs and their video utilities tend to be the best for this kind of job, but I cannot afford a mac, and rubbing it in my face will do me little good. Anyone recommend some transcoding programs?
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:17:00 PM
Hahaha, good fucking luck, its next to impossible to demux .mkv files.


EDIT: Ill look for what I used that works partially though.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:18:21 PM
Isn't there a way to play the file with specific media streams then record that playback with its specific streams?
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:23:20 PM
Try this:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=MKVExtractGUI
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:24:20 PM
Thanks, thats a start in the right direction. Can you recommend and good all around video transcoding programs for avi n xvid?
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:29:27 PM
Well VLC shows files but it doesnt really transcode things. Im transcoding to make the video files compatible with various pieces of hardware.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:33:32 PM
VLC is more of a media player then an editing tool, I believe.

Well, I use virtualdubmod for pretty much everything but batch transcoding. Problem is .wmv files don't work because of a "microsoft copyright violation" so I use a program called "winavi" for converting those.

And for making dvds I use either "NeroVision Express" or "Convert X to DVD".

.mkv I avoid like the plague though, it seems like only anime fansub groups use it, and only because they know its hard to make a DVD out of, thus stopping fansub sales on Ebay.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Bacon on October 06, 2006, 04:35:48 PM
Maybe tmpeg or virtualdub does that shit.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:36:37 PM
yeah, well a few of the perfectly legal files I have are mkv, but the trend, least the higher quality ones are heading for mkv.

I dont really wanna make dvds, just turn crap to mpeg4.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:39:08 PM
Maybe tmpeg or virtualdub does that shit.


Last time I tried opening a .mkv in virtualdubmod ( a mod of virtualdub) it said that .mkv support was rather archaic and no it didnt give me the option to demux the streams.

As for tmpgenc , I think it only does .mpg and .avi. It IS very good at it though.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:39:38 PM
I dont have a LOT of mkv, but options are nice :)
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:40:13 PM
Well yeah, as far as I know, there is no .MKV to DVD program out there, you have to demux the video out first.
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:40:40 PM
dvd is mpeg4?
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:42:31 PM
DVD's consist of .vob files

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:43:32 PM
Thanks
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: Vizzys on October 06, 2006, 04:50:47 PM
No problem, I learned everything I know from pirating movies and making DVD's out of them for friends. Isn't life grand!
Title: Re: Video Codec/Compression/Transcoding/WTF HELP thread.
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 06, 2006, 04:51:23 PM
Learning is important.