Page 1 of CONVERTING avi`s TO m2v files

:) does anybody know of a small program that will convert a 700mb avi movie to the m2v format so that i can then put it thru ifoEdit and create the vobs i need to burn to DVD!!?
I`ve searched for ages and all i can find is trial versions that only let you convert 1 minute of film, does anybody know of anywhere i can get a cracked program that will do this!!???? :)

I don` think this will last long here asking for cracked program!!.

If you have looked on dvdrhelp and they don`t have anything you are probably out of luck and will have to buy one of the commercial programs that will do this.

This item was edited on Monday, 16th February 2004, 19:49

If you are hoping to convert downloaded (ie illegally copied) P2P AVIs to DVD then I am afraid you are bang out of luck.

Because of the poor quality encoding of most of these films, 99 out of a 100 of them will end up with sound badly out of synch or sound just disapearing altogether and without spending hours resynchronising (sp?) them, you may as well not bother. That will teach people not to pirate films!

Of course, if they are genuine non copyright AVIs, try clicking here

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I use AVI to DVD but paid to unlock it (cost me £36) then ifoedit, then nero6 must admit it seems a long drawnout method. Currently trying out TMPEnc and it seem quicker.

I do have some problem`s

1) I don`t know which type of DVD`s to use (I have +R & +RW at the moment) but cannot seem to use the RW Discs (unit is a Bush DVHS2 dual vcr/dvd) should I obtain
-R and -RW.

2) Some films I converted have a delay between audio & Video.

Can anyone help on these problems ?

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2) Some films I converted have a delay between audio & Video.

As I mentioned previously this is the problem with converting films from less than reputable sources, any glitch in the download can mess up the compression (also a lot of these films are compressed using poorly coded codecs, which play fine as they are, but not so good when uncompressed)

You could always try avi2vcd here . This comes with a utility that allows you to decompress the sound. Makes a huge file though - usually between 1.5 and 2 gig.

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This item was edited on Tuesday, 17th February 2004, 18:25

hmmm, you may be right, but they play fine on my pc ??

The AVIs will play fine, it is only when they are decompressed that the problems appear. The good thing is that AVI2VCD only takes about 5 minutes to decompress an AVI, then you can fast forward to near the end and see if it is way out of synch or if the sound has dissapeared altogether. Saves wasting a blank DVD or waiting 6 hours while it is converted.

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Sorry Monkey Boy, I meant the DVD`s play fine on my computer`s PC but not on the commercial DVD player. The problem therefore is only evident after the burn process

Ah! In that case I am stumped. Sorry. :/

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