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xRyokenx
12-25-2007, 07:40 PM
I need a utility that can convert videos from one format and into another. Does anybody know of a good (and preferably free) one?
calumc
12-25-2007, 07:51 PM
Winavi is a great tool but not free :(
free trial tho :) http://www.winavi.com/en/download/download.htm
xRyokenx
12-25-2007, 08:30 PM
Alright, I'll give it a try and maybe buy it if I like it, lol. We shall see...

Any others out there that you guys recommend?
Luke122
12-25-2007, 08:53 PM
VLC player can convert damn near anything to anything, and its free. Look into that one.. I used it to convert an h264 into a wmv to play on the xbox360. :)
Bopher
12-25-2007, 09:01 PM
Xilisoft works well for DVD to PSP for me I think they offer a few things for one format to another but I've never tried them out.

Xilisoft (http://www.xilisoft.com/)
IndyRacer27
12-28-2007, 03:42 PM
I use ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/) and mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu). I haven't used the windows versions, but on my linux box they work well.
jdbnsn
12-28-2007, 07:15 PM
VLC player can convert damn near anything to anything, and its free. Look into that one.. I used it to convert an h264 into a wmv to play on the xbox360. :)

I hadn't used VLC until recently, but now I wonder why I hadn't. That program is excellent and can do so many things that windows media player can't. I didn't even know it can convert formats, can it join two avi's into one?
Luke122
12-29-2007, 01:59 AM
That's a good question Jon.. I'm curious about that too now.

"here google google google..."
mtekk
12-29-2007, 11:51 PM
For windows I'd suggest MediaCoder ( http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ ), it's easy to use and open-source. It converts from just about anything to just about anything. I use it to convert videos to play on my ZEN. I thought it could combine files, but I can't seem to get it to do that now.