Topic: Best Divx To Wmv 9 Converter? (Read 643 times)

MattyT · « **on:** October 31, 2006, 02:49:00 AM »

I was just wondering what you guys use? I think Videora 360 only supports "to Mpeg-2" converting. If the 360 can now play WMV files from a USB pen / DVD, surely its a better format to use.

Ive heard of Blaze Media Pro, and Agogo convereter; but i wasnt impressed with either

.

Any other ideas?

kev24uk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2006, 09:59:00 AM »

Hi,

River Past Video Cleaner Pro does it but I find it quite slow! (took about 35mins to do a 25min video!)
Videora was quick (about 10 minutes) but only does MPEG-2 which the 360 cant even read off my usb stick.

Can't find any others!

Kev.

Hardflip · « **Reply #2 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:11:00 AM »

Tried Movie Maker on a 40 minute clip.. not too shabby, except for the stretched 640x480. Doesn't look good on a widescreen TV

MattyT · « **Reply #3 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:23:00 AM »

QUOTE(kev24uk @ Oct 31 2006, 06:06 PM)

Hi,

River Past Video Cleaner Pro does it but I find it quite slow! (took about 35mins to do a 25min video!)
Videora was quick (about 10 minutes) but only does MPEG-2 which the 360 cant even read off my usb stick.

Can't find any others!

Kev.

Yeah i tried River, i think it has some stability issues under Vista

, especially with bigger files, movies, etc. Although i did manage to convert an episode of family guy!

But like you said, its fricking slow lol.

Oh and i tried a multitude of video types on my 360 already, only WMV can be played (i tried tricking it by renaming the extensions, to see if it had the codecs, otherwise it wouldnt even show .mpeg / .avi / .mp4 files).

Yeah Hard flip, movie maker might be an option

Someone's gotta come up with a peice of software pronto!

MattyT · « **Reply #4 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:41:00 AM »

Ahhh found it,

IPB Image

Windows Media Encoder 9.0 Series

It encoded the same family guy episode in about 15 minutes (much faster than river). Plus its by M$ themselves

. Easy to use aswell, worked with my DivX standard codec, and it does it all in a nifty wizard at the startup

. Smiles all round...

Videora is still much faster though, as it obviously uses a format (mpeg) that is quicker to encode.

ashmufc · « **Reply #5 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:50:00 PM »

I tried that and it just hangs when I choose the .avi file. Any ideas? I uninstalled ffdshow, directvobsub and DivX and no luck still.

felang · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:23:00 PM »

WinAVI Video Converter works, but it seems to be really slow. It took 3 hours to encode an episode of lost (xvid 960x544 res) I had on my pc. It does look really good though. the only thing is that I don't get dolby digital 5.1 audio from the wmv file.

felang · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2006, 11:09:00 PM »

windows media encoder doesn't work for me when encoding from xvid

MattyT · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2006, 02:03:00 AM »

Oh

, are you guys running XP? Im running it with Vista RC1 and the standard DivX codecs (although it should run fine in XP).

Note: I can now clarify that although the quality produced by windows media encoder is good, it is still damn slow

. I have a bad feeling that encoding ANYTHING to WMV is going to be a tedious, CPU eating process

.

Oh and im not sure if you can encode WMV files with 5.1 sound (but i guess you must be able to for those IMAX films).

tnbigdawg · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2006, 07:16:00 AM »

Mine hangs too when using WME9 and trying to select a .avi file. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

MattyT · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:45:00 AM »

Hmm well it was working fine for me until a moment ago

Bad voodoo, i guess thats why its one of Microsoft's only free peices of software

.

I got WinAVI Video Converter instead (as suggested by felang), and i must say although slightly slower, it does a damn better job than WME9.

Its very simple, yet not lacking in options.

I advise registering as otherwise it plants a huge bit of annoying text right in the middle of your encodes, the product only costs 30 bucks and is well worth it.

jb502 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2006, 02:19:00 PM »

I use quicktime pro, and my mac pro

quad 3ghz
2 gig ram
ati x1900xt

Using quicktime pro i can convert a 2 hour movie from any format to wmv in about 10 minutes.

what are your guys times???

I use quicktime pro, and my mac pro

quad 3ghz
2 gig ram
ati x1900xt

Using quicktime pro i can convert a 2 hour movie from any format to wmv in about 10 minutes.

what are your guys times???

Altima NEO · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2006, 07:25:00 PM »

looks like MS threw a wrench in our plans of joy once again.
I hope someone develops some kind of streaming app that can stream any video over to 360 via realtime wmv conversion somehow.

That or the less likely, MS adding support for other formats.

djmuli · « **Reply #13 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:00:00 AM »

yea i'm struggling to find a decent one

most programs crash on my pc, it's so crap!

djmuli · « **Reply #14 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:27:00 AM »

is it just the WMV format is CRAP or am i doing something wrong?

Finally got WinAvi working, and converts fine. But they looks HORRIBLE on my 360? so pixelated, even at highest quality. Is this just because wmv is crap?

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