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01-06-2008, 06:10 PM

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DVD Conversion Questions

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Two Questions:

1) DVD PAL TO NTSC: What is the best (or perhaps "easiest") way to go about this?

2) .MKV to AVI, WMV, MPEG (whatever): I don't particularly care what it is converted to, but .MKV won't record for me.

Thanks for any help!

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01-06-2008, 09:39 PM

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Re: DVD Conversion Questions

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O.K. I used #1 Video Converter to solve the first problem (I think)... I downloaded it because I thought it would solve problem #2 (from its name) but it does not recognize .MKV files...

Anyhow, I just converted the .AVI file that I had that was being recognized as PAL to a .MPEG file and it is no longer being recognized as PAL by my burning program. It is currently burning, so I will let you all know about that - if it plays when its done burning.

In the meantime, I have been researching .MKV files and I am finding multiple "guides" which suggest using several different programs to break apart the audio and convert the audio and video differently and then splice them together... and it all seems complicated.

The video plays in Windows Media Player classic, so I was wondering if it might be convertible using a Media Player Encoder of some kind ?

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01-07-2008, 12:44 AM	#3
IrishFan whore Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 439/0.30 Threads: 36 Friends Network	Re: DVD Conversion Questions 1) Update: #1 Video Converter converting the files from PAL - AVI to MPEG apparently solved the problem... it did require an enormous amount of extra space. Converting it to a MPEG file made it about 5x the size... But it just got done burning and I popped it in the DVD player and it appears to work without any noticeable loss in quality.... 2) .mkv is not one of the default video files for Windows Media Encoder, but I am trying that now... to see if I can convert it (in this case to .wmv)...

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01-07-2008, 05:46 AM

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Re: DVD Conversion Questions

the number bug got ya ...

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Originally Posted by IrishFan

1) Update:
#1 Video Converter converting the files from PAL - AVI to MPEG apparently solved the problem... it did require an enormous amount of extra space. Converting it to a MPEG file made it about 5x the size...

But it just got done burning and I popped it in the DVD player and it appears to work without any noticeable loss in quality....

2) .mkv is not one of the default video files for Windows Media Encoder, but I am trying that now... to see if I can convert it (in this case to .wmv)...

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the #1 video converter program is good .

you could also try avidemux : http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
there is a support/tech forum that you can query .

you can check here for information as well : http://www.videohelp.com/

here is a little bit of info (search mkv) from their site :
A new video and audio container format similiar to AVI but with several new features like support for OGG audio, Variable Framerate Video.
Matroska File Formats:
.mkv : Generally video files, as well those containing audio ( movies ) or video only
.mka : audio only files, can contain any supported audio compresion format, such as MP2, MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AC3, DTS, PCM and soon MPC ( musepack )
.mks : a so called 'elementary' matroska stream containing any subtitles stream
For more info, see http://www.matroska.org

yep , converting to the mpg format is going to eat up some space ... however it is one of the best ways to ensure the quality of the originating material thru any conversion process .
the closest analogy i can think of is from the days of audio tape . when we were dubbing/equalizing/remixing your best bet was to record a lower speed tape to a higher speed (eg : 3.75 to 15 ips) (of course most 15 ips machines were top drawer) , do the work needed and re-record to a lower speed if needed . this helped ensure minimalization of generational losses and subsequent increase of the noise floor .

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