Windows AVI to MP4 with more control over output?
Fairfax
here, then I headed over to Softpedia and searched for freeware MP4
utilities and I found and tested out a few. I'm just not having luck
with this AVI-to-MP4 venture today, neither in Linux nor in Window$!!
::g::
Does anyone know of a good AVI-to-MP4 Window$ app that has more
control of the output like the size? Aneesoft Free MP4 Video
Converter was the most promising of the lot I've tried today but, wow,
the output size was too much.
I'm transferring some AVIs to my brother's MP3/Video player (like an
iPod, I guess) that goes in in MP4 format. The source AVI was 389
megs but when I just came back to the computer, the not-yet-finished
MP4 file was just under 700 megs! Geez, he only has an 8gig player
and we have to get various programs as well as a bunch of MP3s on it.
A few files of that size will max it out.
Anyone know of a good freeware to do this that allows us some control
over the settings for the output, including size? thx.
M.L.
>Does anyone know of a good AVI-to-MP4 Window$ app that has more
>control of the output like the size?
HandBrake
Pros: Batch encoding, sets output by size
Input: AVI, DVD, MKV, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MPEG1, MPEG2, OGM, VOB
Output: AVI, M4V(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MKV, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), OGM
OS: Win 2000/XP/Vista
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/HandBrake
http://handbrake.fr/
Craig
Aha! Thanks. And this is available for Linux & OSX.
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-Craig
Poutnik
Spa...@NoJunkMail.org says...
I am afraid you can be little confused in the topic,
as many people are.
AVI,MP4 and their conversion have little to do with file size.
There are just different standards of multimedia containers.
( Like meat, packed in different tins )
Without changing of videoformat inside ( used videocodecs ),
the size difference is fraction of percent.
both AVI and MP4 containers can contain dozens of different
videoformats.
I would recommend you, instead of convertors,
some good video editor with full control,
e.g. multiplatform Avidemux.
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Poutnik
The best depends on how the best is defined.
kelly Jack
can convert avi to mp4/mp3/mov etc, and it allows me to set the codec,
bit rate, frame rate and size of the video. I think you can give it a
shot, I chose it after much searching work. It' really good freeware.
I like it.http://www.easy-video-converter.com Hope it helps you.
Fairfax
>In article <navig5h9t11khftjh...@4ax.com>,
>Spa...@NoJunkMail.org says...
>>
>> I searched through various freeware sites that are commonly listed
>> here, then I headed over to Softpedia and searched for freeware MP4
>> utilities and I found and tested out a few. I'm just not having luck
>> with this AVI-to-MP4 venture today, neither in Linux nor in Window$!!
>> ::g::
>>
>> Does anyone know of a good AVI-to-MP4 Window$ app that has more
>> control of the output like the size? Aneesoft Free MP4 Video
>> Converter was the most promising of the lot I've tried today but, wow,
>> the output size was too much.
>>
>> I'm transferring some AVIs to my brother's MP3/Video player (like an
>> iPod, I guess) that goes in in MP4 format. The source AVI was 389
>> megs but when I just came back to the computer, the not-yet-finished
>> MP4 file was just under 700 megs! Geez, he only has an 8gig player
>> and we have to get various programs as well as a bunch of MP3s on it.
>> A few files of that size will max it out.
>>
>> Anyone know of a good freeware to do this that allows us some control
>> over the settings for the output, including size? thx.
>
>I am afraid you can be little confused in the topic,
>as many people are.
>
>AVI,MP4 and their conversion have little to do with file size.
Maybe so, but AutoGK's file output size _can_ be controlled. That's
what's needed here.
>There are just different standards of multimedia containers.
>( Like meat, packed in different tins )
Yup. Know this. Thanks.
>Without changing of videoformat inside ( used videocodecs ),
>the size difference is fraction of percent.
>
>both AVI and MP4 containers can contain dozens of different
>videoformats.
Yup. Thanks.
>I would recommend you, instead of convertors,
>some good video editor with full control,
>e.g. multiplatform Avidemux.
Is AutoGK a video editor? I don't believe so. Anyway, need something
like AutoGK which converts DVD VOBs to AVIs of a pre-determined size
or AVIs of one size down to another but that does it from DVD-AVI to
MP4.
Thanks.
Fairfax
Wow, brand new freeware, released Nov.09.2009:
http://www.easy-video-converter.com/download.html
Will give it a whirl and report back. Thanks. ::g::
Poutnik
Spa...@NoJunkMail.org says...
>
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:39 +0100, Poutnik <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >I am afraid you can be little confused in the topic,
> >as many people are.
> >
> >AVI,MP4 and their conversion have little to do with file size.
>
> Maybe so, but AutoGK's file output size _can_ be controlled. That's
> what's needed here.
Sure, but this size chnages have nothing to do
with avi2mp4 file conversion.
>
.......
>
> >I would recommend you, instead of convertors,
> >some good video editor with full control,
> >e.g. multiplatform Avidemux.
>
> Is AutoGK a video editor? I don't believe so. Anyway, need something
> like AutoGK which converts DVD VOBs to AVIs of a pre-determined size
> or AVIs of one size down to another but that does it from DVD-AVI to
> MP4.
>
I did not say anything about AutoGK, neither the post
I was replying to.
AutoGK is not editor, its an automation tool
Why not directly VOB to MP4 ?
I would use MeGUI, a GUI frontend to many tools,
but it can be complicated for you.
Or, mentioned Avidemux can read BOB and encode it to mp4.
You need not use any editor fuctions, just output container
and video/audio codecs.
Fairfax
wrote:
It's come to light that the MP3 Player didn't actually support MP4s
after all, despite the fact that they were on the player. I'm
guessing that my brother's friend thought they would play and that's
why he had them.
Fortunately, though finding freeware apps that support MP4s is a real
challenge, ones that work with WMV files aren't. I found an app that
is really, really easy to use and is _fast_! Most of the apps that
I'd been working with took about an hour to convert a 45 minute TV
episode or more (AutoGK takes about an hour or so per TV episode, for
example, when dealing with converting to AVIs), this one took about
15-20 minutes per 45 minutes. And one has the control to change some
of the features.
The other thing I found is that there are different WMV codecs, just
like AVI of course, but I wasn't aware of it at first and so that's
why the first WMV files wouldn't play. His player takes WMV9 only,
not WMV8, 8 being more common as a default in some of the apps.
The app is called Any Video Converter and the only "nag" is at the end
of each re-encode, it asks whether or not you want to upgrade. I just
have to push the "No, thanks" button.
I believe it also triggered the firewall on first use but I'm guessing
that it's to look for upgrades since saying "no" in the firewall
didn't stop functionality, as far as I can tell and I've already
converted scads of stuff as my brother is travelling over Xmas and
wants to watch stuff on his player. Hey, how kewl are our times today
when you don't have to rely on airline movie choices for
entertainment! And we have plenty of DVD movies ot choose from
between his and my collection. ::g::
It can be found here:
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/screenshot.php
All I had to do to avoid difficulties in using the codecs since it
didn't remember settings the first time I used it, was to de-select
all but the profile I needed, the WMV one (see the screenshot on the
page above labelled:
"Customize Output Video Profile for Any Video Converter Free"
where I disabled all then just ticked the WMV option. The first time
I re-opened the program, didn't think that it would revert to some
default and ended up with files of an unusable file format for his
player. Once I kept only WMV selected, the next time that's the
option that was available.
I've been using this since early yesterday and the computer has been
in non-stop production. Few apps also support batch re-encoding so
that's another big plus I nearly forgot to mention.
And when I've come back and added files to the lineup, they got
re-encoded, too, even though added later.
So far, so good. If anyone with technical knowledge tries it out,
hopefully we can get confirmation on the firewall entry ... that it
is, indeed, just that this app is looking for upgrade info or
somesuch, as that's the only concern I have with it.
Fairfax
wrote:
>On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:10:23 -0500, Fairfax <Spa...@NoJunkMail.org>
>wrote:
>
[snip]
>It's come to light that the MP3 Player didn't actually support MP4s
>after all, despite the fact that they were on the player. I'm
>guessing that my brother's friend thought they would play and that's
>why he had them.
[snip]
Sorry, I seem to be unclear here. My brother had this file format on
his player (MP4), that's why I assumed that these worked. Sounds
simple to ask why I didn't check but I don't know why. I was handling
too many things at once at the time, I guess, learning the new video
formats I was unfamiliar with along with the new device, the player
::g::.
>Fortunately, though finding freeware apps that support MP4s is a real
>challenge, ones that work with WMV files aren't. I found an app that
>is really, really easy to use and is _fast_! Most of the apps that
>I'd been working with took about an hour to convert a 45 minute TV
>episode or more (AutoGK takes about an hour or so per TV episode, for
>example, when dealing with converting to AVIs), this one took about
>15-20 minutes per 45 minutes. And one has the control to change some
>of the features.
[snip]
Oops, unclear again. What I meant was that this app also allows one
to control some of the output settings which not all the apps have
allowed - even the $$ ones. So I'm able to set frame size (i.e.,
ultimate size of screen) and bitrate so I've been able to get small
sizes on some of these vids so I'm now able to avoid the huge size
inflation other apps caused.
The biggest problem most WMV converter apps provided was the fact that
a lot of WMV files ended up larger than their AVI originals. His
device has good storage space but we're still in the infancy of the
technology as his new player has 8 gigs. Good size, but hardly a huge
size at all. Each ep is now around the 140 meg mark in size which is
great, but some of the other apps were producing 500-800 megs files
from the same �350 meg-sized sources! 140 vs 500-800 means a hell of
a lot more eps can go in the same device (obviously ::g::).
The small frame size is not an issue, either, when your viewing screen
size is about 2" x 1�" so the small output size option is a good one.