.AVI to M-PEG

[kaigan]

Hey guys,

I am trying to convert my .avi files into m-peg files since my DVD player can read m-peg files. But i am lacking the program that converts this. Can you guys help me out?

thanks in advance

[complich8]

technically avi files are mpeg video streams. It's just that it's mpeg4. Your dvd player only understands mpeg2 and probably mpeg1.

nero can burn vcds, which are mpeg1. It's also got a plugin for svcd's (mpeg2). TMpeg can do both last I knew. If you're trying to play on your dvd player, you're probably looking for vcd or svcd.

If your dvd player supports divx, you can use divx5 and virtualdub and reencode stuff that way (or change fourcc's if its xvid and hope the encoder didn't use qpel and gmc), but I don't recommend that approach if you don't know what you're doing, as it's time consuming and annoying (more than making vcd's or svcds even).

Your best bet is to get a tv-out video card and a long enough cable to reach from your computer to your tv though. That gives you the ultimate flexibility :-D

[kaigan]

hey thx complich8.

you're a big help.

[Makenai]

Here's another way you can do it.

Get Adobe Preimere 6.5 from Kazaa or something and install it. You can convert .avi to mepg. But i've been having problems lately and I can't convert the avi files that has xvid.. it freezes up my adobe. It does the ones with divx though.