Help with OGM files , please

[-Lightning_Edge-]

man now my system is totaly screwed up i did such a mess
because i tried all kinds of codecs and installed xvid and divx and some alpha divx codec and now i cant watch even avi format
what codecs should i install so that i can play both OGM and avi without making a mess ?!

[villin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (-Lightning_Edge- @ Feb 11 2004, 03:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> man now my system is totaly screwed up i did such a mess
because i tried all kinds of codecs and installed xvid and divx and some alpha divx codec and now i cant watch even avi format
what codecs should i install so that i can play both OGM and avi without making a mess ?&#33; </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I use the gordian knot codec pack found here. Using this plus the codecs I listed above for ogm files, I have yet to find any video file I can&#39;t play.

[Tachikoma]

I just started a thread on this on Other Support the forum, and then I noticed this. Doh&#33;

Anyway, I&#39;ve never heard of .ogm (or.mkv) before, so please forgive my ignorance. Is there any way that I can convert .ogm and/or .mkv to .avi, with one set of audio/subs (someone said that .ogm can be multi-audio)?

Also, what sort of quality can I expect from these two file types?

Thanks for any help

[Munsu]

To play .ogm this is what i do

first I install these files

1. FFdshow: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/f...3.exe?download (there are other versions, but this is what I use)

2. Vobsub: http://www.filemirrors.com/search.sr...obSub_2.23.exe

3. Ogg Filter: http://www.vorbis.com/files/1.0/tobias/OggDS0995.exe

3. xvid: http://www.stargeek.com/item/36425.html

After I have installed those I open them with Media Player Classic (not windows media player)

Here&#39;s the link:
for 2000/XP version: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/g...5.zip?download

for 9x/ME version: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/g...5.zip?download

And that&#39;s it

There may be newer versions of the programs

The quality is very good

[villin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Tachikoma @ Feb 11 2004, 03:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I just started a thread on this on Other Support the forum, and then I noticed this. Doh&#33;

Anyway, I&#39;ve never heard of .ogm (or.mkv) before, so please forgive my ignorance. Is there any way that I can convert .ogm and/or .mkv to .avi, with one set of audio/subs (someone said that .ogm can be multi-audio)?

Also, what sort of quality can I expect from these two file types?

Thanks for any help </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Ogm files tend to be super high quality.

You can convert ogm to avi files by using one of the programs found here.

[-Lightning_Edge-]

thank you all so much&#33;
especially you villin you really helped me&#33;

[villin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (-Lightning_Edge- @ Feb 11 2004, 04:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> thank you all so much&#33;
especially you villin you really helped me&#33;
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No problem, always happy to help.

[Tachikoma]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (villin @ Feb 11 2004, 01:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ogm files tend to be super high quality.

You can convert ogm to avi files by using one of the programs found here. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Cheers, Villin.

There seems to be quite a bit of choice regarding this encoder thing on Doom9. Which one do I need, as one seem to say &#39;ogm to avi converter&#39;?

Thanks again.

[villin]

Well since I&#39;ve never bothered changing ogm to avi I can&#39;t recommend a specific program. Sorry.

[sangai]

i dont think you can onless u use a program to rerecord the entire video into avi format but thats a pain in the ass and the quality drops like by ten

anyways you guys did what i was supposed to do so thank you very much less work for me

i would of done it earlier but you know school computers hace blocking crap and other stuff that would keep me from doing it

[villin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sangai sakusei @ Feb 11 2004, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i dont think you can onless u use a program to rerecord the entire video into avi format but thats a pain in the ass and the quality drops like by ten
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It can be done. I know of several people who dislike ogm files so they converted them to avi. You are right that it is very time consuming and troublesome(so i&#39;ve been told). The quality does drop but not by a great deal.

[-Lightning_Edge-]

well i downloaded the anime series Full Metal Panic in OGM format and now i have a problem playing it , someone told me i need lots of codecs and other stuff to play it and i got only more confused so can someone make this simple for me and explain to me what the heck do i have to do so i can play it please?

[Zaknafein]

What kind of player do you have?

[sangai]

you need ogg vorbis video codec there very hard to find
and one other one

i can tell you more as soon as im on my computer i have the codecs

ill get back to you on where to find the codecs

but whats cool about ogm files if the anime is in english you can switch it to japanese and back and forth or add subtitles those are some of the options

but when you do get the ogg vorbis codec when you try to open it hold the shift key and right click tell it to open with windows media player always for these types of files and that should work

[-Lightning_Edge-]

omg now i am even more confused

[sangai]

ok let me try this again youll need the &quot;ogg vorbis codec&quot; and i think one other codec to play ogm files

when i get home i will find out where i got them and tell you, cause they are very hard to find if there small enough ill find a way to send or upload them

there are cool features with ogm files that allow you to change the language with a click of a button if that option is available same with subtitles

[-Lightning_Edge-]

oh thats sounds cool , now stuff are more clear for me
i&#39;ll wait till you get home and help me
thanks

[villin]

No need to wait my good man here is what you need:

ffdshow
OggDS0995
SubtitDS
Vobsub

Also, bsplayer is the easiest player to use with ogm files. Enjoy.