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How to convert any video to MP4 iPod, iPhone, PS3, XboX360 using free tools | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2008 Jun 13 04:10 | ||||
| This guide describes the basic steps how to convert to MP4 AVC/H264 for devices like the iPod, PSP, PS3, XboX360, iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, SonyEricsson, etc with optional burned / permanent / hardcoded subtitles using FREE tools.
Tools required .Net Framework 3 XviD4PSP DVDFab DEcrypter(For DVD sources) Preparation Install first .Net Framework 3 and then XviD4PSP. If you are going to convert from a DVD then use the free DVDFab Decrypter to rip the DVD to your HDD. If you want burned in subtitles then must you have an external subtitle file like srt/sub. You can extract subtitles from mkv using mkvextractgui. If you want burned in subtitles from a DVD source you must extract the subtitles using VSRip first, read this guide Guide 1. Open your video source, XviD4PSP supports most formats like AVI, MKV, RM, MOV, WMV,DVR-MS, MPG, VOB, DVD etc. To open a DVD click on the DVD-tab and choose the VIDEO_TS folder where you ripped the DVD to your HDD. 2. Choose your MP4 format, like MP4 XboX 360, MP4 iPod, etc 3. Under Video Encoding can you change video quality encoding settings, for best quality leave it as X264 HQ Ultra. For faster encoding you can choose X264 1P 4000k. If you want smaller output file size choose lower bitrate like X264 1P 768k(the 768k = video bitrate) or click on the E next to the Video Encoding tab and manually lower the bitrate. You can use a bitrate calculator to calculate the exact output file size. 4. Subtitles, choose Subtitles from the menu to load external subtitles from srt, sub/idx,etc. 5. Cick on Save to save the current task. You can now load another source and set settings. 6. Last Hit Encode to convert your video. 
Done. | ||||
| guns1inger posted 2008 Jun 13 04:20 | ||||
| Short and sweet, and damned close to fool proof. | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2008 Jun 13 05:57 | ||||
| Yep, Xvid4PSP is a superb and easy all-in-one converter. | ||||
| drstew posted 2008 Jun 13 10:28 | ||||
| How does the quality compare to AuotGK? Would this be good for an Archos 704 with a 7 inch screen with 800x480 resolution (somewhat higher bit rate for quality)? | ||||
| d2idan posted 2008 Jun 14 09:36 | ||||
| thanks but when i open a file its stay a lot of time on "Caching ..please wait..work in progress"... and in the middle then it does audio muxing
and then it stay a lot of time on "Caching ..please wait..work in progress" what to do ? | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2008 Jun 14 09:57 | ||||
| d2idan: What is your source? Give us as much information as possible like what video and audio codec(identify with mediainfo) and if you can play the video in windows media player without problems. | ||||
| d2idan posted 2008 Jun 14 12:04 | ||||
| well i dont have problems to wait when it caching the mkv file
because it work . and thank you for this add and software. a good one i now see a lot of files in the temp folder what i need to stream into my xbox ? (i use streaming with WMP11) | ||||
| d2idan posted 2008 Jun 16 04:32 | ||||
| i see a lot of files in the temp folder
what is my movie ? and the folder is only 1.4 g , the mkv file is 4.7 g how is that ? ... and in the middle of the conversation my screen saver had problem i could only see the mouse on the screen with nothing else untill i restart my pc. why is that ? please help. thanks | ||||
| guns1inger posted 2008 Jun 16 04:43 | ||||
| Screen savers are a waste of cpu and do nothing for your monitor. Use the power settings to put your screen to sleep instead. Better for your screen.
Your output file will be where you tell it to save it when you press encode. of course, if your screen saver screws up the system and you restart halfway through the process, you can't expect to have everything work, can you. Start again (without the screen saver) and see what happens. | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Jun 21 22:34 | ||||
| A few things I would like to add to this discussion in terms of compatibility with the PS3 and XboX 360:
The newest version of XviD4PSP just came out a couple of days ago. It is version 5.033 Notice that there is now one setting for both XboX 360 and PS3 instead of one for each. The reason is both were the same in terms of video settings so instead of an XboX 360 only setting and a PS3 only setting there is now a single setting for both. This makes it less confusing. Also I think it is "nice" that the two machines are interchangeable in terms of MP4 video properties. Makes for less of a nightmare (especially if you have both yourself). However I discovered that the XboX 360 only likes 2.0 AAC-LC whereas the PS3 will work with 5.1 AAC-LC so if you want to make a file that is compatible with both you must use 2 channels instead of 6 channels. Another thing I have noticed (this is not specific to output but to the input): If you input a MKV and the audio is 5.1 AC-3 or 5.1 DTS it will more often than not be seen by XviD4PSP as 2 channel audio instead of 6 channel audio. The work around is to demux the audio file then load the demuxed audio file. This way the program is technically getting only the video from the MKV and ignoring the audio in favor of the demuxed file. When you do this it will correctly recognize 6 channel audio. Please note that you then have the option to keep all channels (for 6 channel output as per the input) or you can downmix to 2 channel and you can do that in a variety of ways including Dolby Pro Logic II (which is probably the best downmix option if you have 5.1 or 6 channel audio and want to downmix). From what I've read the 128kbps default is considered "good enough" for 2 channel audio but you can go higher if you want. I've also read that 256kbps is considered "good enough" for 6 channel audio. Personally I've been using 256kbps for 2 channel and 448kbps for 6 channel audio. I admit that probably is "overkill" though 8) - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jun 21 23:10 | ||||
Why not step down to 384kpbs for 6 channel audio? That is quite common on a lot of commercial dvds. I believe 448kpbs is the max for dolby digital on dvds so only some movies use the max. Just a thought.... | ||||
| d2idan posted 2008 Jun 28 08:43 | ||||
| what are the different between Q18 ULTRA and Q21 ULTRA ? | ||||
| det66 posted 2008 Jun 29 13:05 | ||||
| keep getting crashes caused by DEP. Windows won't let me turn DEP off for Xvid4PSP | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Jun 30 01:17 | ||||
The lower the Quantizer number then the better the quality but also the bigger the file size. It has been said that a Quantizer of "21" is "good enough" for most source material (we are talking H.264 aka x264 here and a relatively clean source). When using the PS3/XBOX 360 default in MeGui (a program that is somewhat similar to XVID4PSP) a Quantizer of "26" is used as the "default" setting. - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| dbone1 posted 2008 Jun 30 07:47 | ||||
Just downloaded the latest version of Xvid4PSP and it is working great. I have a bunch of DVDs on my HDD that I am looking to encode to high quality h.264/AVC files to play on my 50' Plasma via SageTV. Just curious if anyone has any suggestions on settings they are using. I am looking to maintain 5.1 sound, and keep the file size around 1-2GB. I have made a couple MP4s this weekend using the following settings (MP4-> x264 Q21 2P Ultra ->128AAC). I didn't get a chance to watch on my 50', but the file on my computer monitor looked very good (sound came out a little choppy at times, but could just be my computer speakers). Any thoughts, tweaks, etc... would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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| FulciLives posted 2008 Jun 30 09:47 | ||||
| @dbone1
When playing back to your TV/Stereo system what will be the playback device? The computer? A PS3? An XboX 360? Something else? Need to know this in order to suggest conversion "tactics". For instance MP4 can use 5.1 audio on a PS3 but only 2.0 audio on an XboX 360. - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| dbone1 posted 2008 Jun 30 11:26 | ||||
| FulciLives:
I actually have both a PS3 and XBox360. My main device though would be SageTV, with PS3 as my backup to keep 5.1 audio (I believe SageTV can play 5.1 as well). Thanks | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Jun 30 22:18 | ||||
| Well with the PS3 you can use the PS3/XBOX 360 profile in XVID3PSP and convert the audio to 5.1 AAC-LC 256kbps or 2.0 AAC-LC 128kbps OR you can use the M2TS profile which will make a PS3 compatible file. Basically here the video is done the same as when you use the PS3/XBOX 360 profile but you can use AC-3 audio (I think also DTS audio as well).
- John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| dbone1 posted 2008 Jul 01 10:10 | ||||
| FulciLives - I appreciate the feedback. Do you notice much of a difference from using 256kbps to 448kbps for 6 channel audio (I know you mentioned 448kbps as possible overkill)?
Also, and this may sound stupid, can you create a 1080p mp4 from a Standard DVD rip, or can you only do this from a 1080p (Blu Ray) rip? Just curious if setting the output resolution to 1920 x 1080 for a SD DVD conversion serves no purpose. I was able to encode a Blu Ray rip into a h.264 1080p mp4 (I just used a 2 minute clip for Casino Royale for test purposes), and the vid looks great. No issues when playing back on my PC, but it plays choppy when I stream to my SageTV HD Extender (I am thinking this may be more of a network issue. My router is not a gigabit router, so possibly my network cannot handle that data, I use powerline to connect my PS3/SageTV Extender to my network, I will have to play around with this, or just get one of the new Gigabit routers???) Do you have a preference/any specific benefit of encoding to MP4 vs MKV (assuming the device to play the file can handle both containers, I know MKV is probably the lesser supported of the two, but i am sure that will change)? Once again though, thanks for your feedback. I have started encoding using different profiles to see what works best, will let you know if I come across any problems | ||||
| Brent212 posted 2008 Jul 10 19:01 | ||||
| Does anyone know where I could find details of the different formats? I have no idea what the difference is between "MP4 Xbox 360" and just "MP4", for example. Resolution differences? Are some formats interlaced and some progressive? Basically, what does the "format" option control?
I just want to compress DVDs, and clips from DVDs for playback on a computer, btw. Should I just use MP4? I'd like to save space, but I really want the quality loss to be minimal. | ||||
| Brent212 posted 2008 Jul 11 16:17 | ||||
| I'm having an issue with a 720x480 4:3 mpeg2 clip from a dvd.
I open it in xvid4psp and set it to use the MP4 format, denoise/sharpen disabled, brightness/contrast disabled, x264 Q21 Extreme encoding, audio encoding set to "copy". I also go under Video->Interlace (or something like that...), and set the output to Interlaced, since the input is interlaced and I don't want to deinterlace it (or do I? I'm going to be watching this on my TV from my computer's TV out...). Under Video->Resolution (not sure if that's what it is), I see that the input and output resolutions are the same (720x480) and input and output aspect ratios are 4:3. Now when I create the new video file and play it, it's wider than it should be. Either the aspect ratio is set to 16:9 or it's not set at all (is that possible?) so that the 720 pixels aren't "squeezed" to the width of 640 pixels (I think that's what's supposed to happen when you play a 4:3 720x480 dvd, right? Since a 16:9 dvd is also 720 wide...). Any ideas on why this is happening? The original video plays with the correct width on the same player (Media Player Classic). I've looked through every setting I could find in xvid4psp and can't figure out what would cause this. Thanks, Brent | ||||
| tonydead posted 2008 Aug 25 12:33 | ||||
Just starting to mess around with xvid4psp . Any comments to what the best settings are for good video quality and keeping 5.1 sound? Also, does PS3/XBOX360 firmware need to be updated for this to work well? I am not concerned with file sizes and have both 360 and PS3. | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Aug 25 17:21 | ||||
| Personally speaking the PS3 is more versitile than the XboX 360. With the PS3 you have basically no real bitrate worries where this can be an issue with the XboX 360 i.e., too high a bitrate or even very high momentary bitrate "spikes" etc. can cause the XboX 360 to have "fits" and hang etc.
MP4 on XboX can only be 2.0 whereas MP4 on the PS3 can be 5.1 AAC-LC PS3 can natively support the M2TS format which is h.264 video with AC-3 audio (I think DTS also is supported). This compared to MP4 which is h.264 video with AAC-LC audio. So the M2TS format is an easy way to keep 5.1 AC-3 without playback issues. The XboX 360 does not handle the M2TS format. So for DVD Rips and HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Rips I would favor M2TS and playing back on the PS3 and forget the XboX 360 (this for people that have both ... if you ONLY have an XboX 360 then there are other alternatives but not as easy or friendly as using XVID4PSP). If you want high bitrates and high resolution and 5.1 audio on an XboX 360 you have to go with WMV and 5.1 WMA audio. TMPGEnc Xpress is supposedly what most people use for this type of conversion. Ironically the PS3 will play this as well but can't handle 5.1 WMA although I've downloaded such files and it is easy to re-encode the 5.1 WMA to 2.0 WMA (can even do so with downmixing the 5.1 to analog Dolby Pro Logic II Surround sound). - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| CrashMonkey posted 2008 Dec 08 18:20 | ||||
| Ok, so I have been mucking around with converting an MKV file to MP4. I have done a number of them using both this tool and GoTSent, and a couple of files have been giving me fits. I don't want to re-encode the video, it is in H.264 already. I just want to transcode the audio to AAC for Xbox playback, so I have set the video option to copy. The source looks like this:
[img]http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1916061/  [/img]
But when the copy is done, it looks like this:[img]http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1916061/  [/img]
I don't get it. If I re-encode the video it comes out fine, albeit I have to figure out the setting cus suddenly the file is 1/3 the orginal size. Any idea why it is changing the video dimensions or how I get it to stop do that? | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2008 Dec 09 02:30 | ||||
| What is the resolution in the mkv(identify using mediainfo)? Maybe it's using a 16:9 display aspect ratio while the resolution/frame size is 320x240(4:3). You then have to set the display aspect ratio in the mp4 to 16:9 also using for example yamb. | ||||
| CrashMonkey posted 2008 Dec 09 08:11 | ||||
Not sure how to fix this with YAMB.
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| FulciLives posted 2008 Dec 09 10:30 | ||||
| I think the problem is that you don't have it set to 16/9
YAMB has an option to set the video to 16/9 so you need to set that parameter. If you are using another program to get the MP4 file you can simply input the MP4 into YAMB and it will output a new MP4 with the 16/9 flag if you set it that way. Make sure you change the file name or the destination so as not to overwrite the original! - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| CrashMonkey posted 2008 Dec 09 13:45 | ||||
| Yamb keeps telling me i have 2 input files. I'm using the creation mode and inputing the squared looking .mp4 file. any help is appreciated. | ||||
| Silvane posted 2008 Dec 18 18:38 | ||||
| Thanks sooo much for this guide. ^_^ Easy for me to follow and got it to work the first time! :) | ||||
| hishighness posted 2008 Dec 19 18:38 | ||||
| Hi,
So I did everything, but when I used the decryption software, it made it into an ISO and not a VAB file. Therefore, I wasn't able to use Xvid4PSP because it cannot recognize ISO files. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! | ||||
| mkstringer posted 2008 Dec 23 11:56 | ||||
| highness, google Daemon tools. It allows you to mount an ISO as a drive letter in the OS. | ||||
| 74bronco posted 2008 Dec 23 22:30 | ||||
| Ok Noob here, so bare with me please. First of all thanks for this guide it is a great resource, I really appreciate it. I am trying to burn DVDs to my sons PSP. Never thought it would be this hard. I followed the above process and it seemed to work ok, however, when I play the encoded mp4 file in quick time or windows media player there is no audio. Also it turned out to be over 1 GB. Did I miss something in the process above where is the audio?
Couple questions about the XviD4PSP. 1) Can I use this program to pull the data directly off the DVD or is this program used only for converting the VOB file that I got from the DVD decrypter program into the mp4 format. 2) Format selection. For a psp there were 3 different choices. Which one should I use and what are the different formats? The PSP firmware is 5.02 Thanks for any help. | ||||
| guns1inger posted 2008 Dec 23 23:43 | ||||
| It won't rip a protected DVD unless you have anyDVD installed.
Personally, I rip just the title I want to convert to my HDD, then convert from there. PSP AVC uses H264 for encoding, which will give you higher quality, but will take longer to encode. PSP ASP uses Xvid for video, which will encode much faster, and is better for older PCs. I can't see a difference between AVC and AVC TV. | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Dec 24 07:36 | ||||
| I believe that AVC does 480x272 which is the native screen resolution of the PSP whereas AVC TV does 720x480 but since the screen is 480x272 it does make sense that they would look the same.
Except AVC TV would look better on a TV when using the TV out ability of the PSP. Please note I use XVID4PSP but don't have a PSP :lol: - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| Cody21 posted 2008 Dec 27 13:50 | ||||
| Awesome forum !! Noobie here - trying to convert a DVD for playing on my LG DARE cell phone.
There is no specific selection for the LG DARE - but there are for the Blackberry RIMs .... Curious if anyone knows which specific MP4 is needed for the DARE -- or should I just select the MP4 default (not phone specific) and take all the defaults???? The conversion of a DVD takes a loooooong time to accomplish, so just want to figure this out once without hours of trial and error... Great Product !! Thank you .. | ||||
| guns1inger posted 2008 Dec 27 23:44 | ||||
| I have an LG Viewty and used the Prada preset to make playable Divx files. Might be worth a try. | ||||
| BrewMasterX posted 2009 Jan 14 19:31 | ||||
| noob here...
just downloaded, installed and followed all instructions for an avi - Ipod Nano convert. Problem is it shows up in iTunes but does not synch or copy to Ipod...any ideas? | ||||
| ubersoldat posted 2009 Jan 15 02:00 | ||||
| Hello all,
i have a very strange problem when trying to convert a dvd (ripped on hdd) with XVID4PSP into MP4 ipod video. The program encodes video and audio and when muxing starts i get this message "Error: " and process stops. What do you thing is the problem ? | ||||
| cschoon posted 2009 Jan 29 19:10 | ||||
| Hello,
Ok just wondering; I ripped a dvd with fab5 decryptor. Imported the dvd files to XviD4PSP. On indexing the error popped up YV12 (can't remember exactly) deinterlace codec? But my video is still encoding. Am I going to have problems on playback for my pda. Or what was the error? Thanks | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2009 Jan 30 09:15 | ||||
Not enough information here. What type of iPod do you have i.e., the new current generation of iPod Nano's or an older model? Exactly what settings did you use when you encoded? Also you are better off using the iPod MP4 H.264 profile not XviD AVI profile. - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2009 Jan 30 09:20 | ||||
My response to both of these is "I really don't know" other than I've found that in my experience XVID4PSP can act rather odd when you attempt to import a ripped DVD i.e., the VIDEO_TS folder of DVD files. I prefer to create my own D2V file then import that D2V file into XVID4PSP ... just make sure you use the same version of DGIndex as what XVID4PSP uses. Also it helps that you are updated ... i.e., things like ffdshow for instance. Also make sure you have enough free HDD space. As an example ... If the output ends up being say 2GB then you will need an absolute minimum of 4GB free ... probably even more to account for O/S overheard like the Windows swap file etc. - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| cburbs posted 2009 Feb 04 22:06 | ||||
| I am just diving into some of this and want to be able to stream Movies to my Xbox 360. I have Tversity loaded and setup and I used the default settings for Xvid4psp and when I select the file from the Xbox360 it fails to play. I can play the file over the network on my laptop in WMP11.
Which do I need to choose in the audio part as I left it as default but when I use Gspot to look at the file type it shows mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC 48000Hz 131 kb/s tot , 6 chnls (3/2 .1) which isn't supported by the xbox 360. SO which audio option do I choose then? | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2009 Feb 05 11:19 | ||||
| If the source is 5.1 then it will create a 5.1 AAC-LC audio file even though you have the PS3 / XBOX 360 profile selected.
To change that you have to go into the audio editing option (selectable from a drop down list at the top) and change it to 2 channels and you have to select some sort of downmix (I would select stereo or better yet Dolby Pro Logic II downmix). You probably also want to normalize the audio (I use 98% as 100% could induce clipping). In short it should end up looking like this: 
Make sure you select APPLY and let it do it's thing (might take a lil bit) then when it is done you can select OK and then do whatever (ENCODE) from there. - John "FulciLives" Coleman | ||||
| cburbs posted 2009 Feb 05 12:05 | ||||
| Thanks for the info. I will try this again on the same VOB file I originally did.
Then I will compare this against the Handbrake rip to see if I prefer one over the other. | ||||
| Will Hay posted 2009 Feb 07 12:53 | ||||
| I seem to be getting an error entitled "you don't have YU12 decorder" which I do, or at least think I do as, when I first tried this software a month ago I installed it.
I try encoding [a rip on my HDD] I get the following: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'D:\Temp\0007.avs' This is despite opening the VIDEO_TS file within my ripped movie. Any pointers would be appreciated. Will EDIT: After a bit more searching I seem to have fixed my problem using this method. Thanks anyway, and thanks for a very useful guide. Will | ||||
| cburbs posted 2009 Mar 03 19:27 | ||||
| How do I keep aspect ratio of movie - example I ripped I Robot and it is all stretched out. | ||||
| p_nilly posted 2009 Apr 28 14:40 | ||||
| Hi guys, am still very new to all this stuff.
Was wondering, if it's possible to queue a few files for conversion using xvid4psp. Also, what's the difference between say xvid 2p 512k extreme and xvid 2p 512k ultra? Thanks | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2009 Apr 28 14:46 | ||||
| Nope, no queue/batch. I would probably use handbrake if you want a queue function. | ||||
| txporter posted 2009 Apr 28 16:22 | ||||
| Yes, you can queue in XVID4PSP. Open your first file, set it up however you want it to output. Hit Save instead of Encode. Rinse and repeat. Hit encode when you are ready to go. It is more painful than something like Handbrake because it will need to go through indexing, etc, but you can queue up a bunch of stuff at once.
I have had problems when ripping from files from some DVDs that use multiple program streams rather than separating the episodes into different VTS. For instance, Dexter has 4 episodes per disc (only have CC not subs which is why I used XVID4PSP to burn them in) and I can only do two episodes per discs at a time. If I set up all 4, it will convert the first two but the 2nd two will be skipped. Jason | ||||
| Lord of Sound posted 2009 May 19 19:10 | ||||
| I'm using Prism (http://nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html) for the same purpose for years now.
Easy and fast program. Would love to see a comparison between them all... | ||||
| carlos28355 posted 2009 Jun 29 09:52 | ||||
i followed this guide exactly for my xbox 360 it created an mp4 file which does not even show up on my xbox...? | ||||
| RuDdOgG posted 2009 Aug 06 18:14 | ||||
| Hey All...newb here... does Xvid4PSP also convert wmv files that I downloaded from Amazon Video on Demand "unbox" that has DRM?
Any info will be great! Thanks! | ||||
| ben4vols posted 2009 Sep 18 20:36 | ||||
| Does anyone know why my audio and video would be out of sync? I followed the guide as it said. | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 04 16:07 | ||||
| OK, XVID4PSP supports MKV to iPhone, which is what I'm looking for. But the subtitles on my MKVs are bundled in, not external. Is there any way to have the tool use the packaged subtitles so I don't have to extract them first every time? If not, is there any other tool that would handle this conversion?
TIA! | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2009 Nov 04 16:24 | ||||
Maybe minicoder, but it's still kinda buggy. Or else it might work directly with xvid4psp if you have installed vsfilter and haali media splitter(if now xvid4psp uses directshowsource for mkv as default). | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 04 18:50 | ||||
| Minicoder crashed hard even after going through and making sure everything was updated and it was set to run as administrator. XVID4PSP did not seem to care for the extracted subtitles file created by MKVTools. So, guess I'm SOL :D | ||||
| txporter posted 2009 Nov 05 11:08 | ||||
| Consider Handbrake. They are in the final testing of the next release that will allow softsubs if you are interested in that, but it sounds like you might be ok with burned-in subs (which the current version 0.9.3 handles fine). Handbrake can read the subtitles and burn them in without needing to extract them first. | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 05 11:28 | ||||
| Installed the current Handbrake. It runs long enough to put up a status window that says something about a Stack Dump, and then closes. Output is a 1K file. Not sure if the problem is running it under Windows 7, or that I have a 64-bit machine and OS, or that I have 12 gigs of RAM, or that it doesn't handle Subtitles embedded in the MKV properly.
But so far I've found no tool that seems to handle this well (if at all). Have to wonder if most folks just give up and try to find DL sites for stuff. I suppose I should be less stubborn and do the same, but I really have to think there ought to be SOME way to do this. | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 05 11:40 | ||||
Here's the Handbrake log in case anyone is interested:
I notice it says 4 Gigs of RAM when I have 12 Gigs of RAM in this machine. So I'm suspicious that may have something to do with this. FWIW... | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 05 11:59 | ||||
| Sorry for another post, but wanted to add that I've just tried the SVN 2907 version of Handbrake, and that runs and produced a video - but without subtitles. So closer, but still not quite there. | ||||
| txporter posted 2009 Nov 05 12:49 | ||||
| Yes, the SVN 2907 has been noted to have an issue with subtitles. It will not burn them in at all. The developers said that the next release will have that fixed.
And I misunderstood what you were trying to do. I thought you were working with DVD files to create a MKV with subs. So you have a MKV file with softsubs right now? And you are trying to re-encode to another MKV file with burned-in subs? If that is correct, then the next release of Handbrake might work for you. I think the previous SVN 2845 or something like that did not have the subtitle issue so you could try it. Don't know what was fixed between the releases though, so something else might be broken. It is possible that HDConvertToX might work for you as well. I haven't really done any work starting with MKV files though, so don't know for sure. | ||||
| txporter posted 2009 Nov 05 13:03 | ||||
| Also, it looks like Handbrake is not seeing any frames in your video (says expects 34-35k and sees 0). Don't know what the problem is. Not sure it is a video issue or Handbrake issue. I take it the video plays fine on your computer? | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 05 13:21 | ||||
Video plays fine on my computer. Also I'm afraid I'm going to have to avoid Handbrake. I joined the forums to post the same log I did here so they'd know about it, and got banned. Not sure if they're just assuming an MKV with Japanese audio is pirated (it isn't, I do some translation and proofreading work), or they didn't like getting just another message about the subtitles not working. Given that "friendly" reception I think I'll stick to other tools :D | ||||
| txporter posted 2009 Nov 05 13:49 | ||||
| Lol. Yes, that forum that be harsh. Similar to the treatment received on doom9. I don't really post there. Just wade in for information. I will probably continue to use Handbrake. Once you find an encoding profile that you like, it is deliciously easy to queue up a bunch of programs for conversion and walk away. I like XVID4PSP quite a bit for the amount of options that you are given, but having to sit there and let it index and then look for interlacing and then look for field order can get tedious. Sorry to hear about your welcome there though. | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 07 09:59 | ||||
| I have DL'd the FCP version of XvID4PSP 5.0 since someone on another forum assured me this should work. When I first tried to run it I would do fine until I tried to add the subtitles, and then I'd get the following message in red in the Preview Pane:
LoadPlugin: unable to load "C:\Program Files (x86)\Winnydows\XVID4PSP5\dlls\AviSynth\plugins\VS Filter.dll" I went into my CCCP directory and found this filter and copied it to the location above, and I finally got an encode to run and complete. The problem now is that the audio sounds like someone is running a cassette tape in Fast Forward. Any ideas on what else might need to be configured/changed? I noticed that it seemed to be using one of the Nero tools I have installed on this system. Could that be the problem? Oh, and while I did "Add" the subtitles, they don't show. Thanks again for the help! | ||||
| EwanG posted 2009 Nov 07 15:20 | ||||
| I have to let everyone know that there is a tool that I've finally found that works with my setup AND that works with the embedded subtitles so you don't have to extract them first - Format Factory (http://www.formatoz.com/). It converted two MKV files properly for my iPhone and did them both in less than 10 minutes. Color me tickled pink (which is slightly rosier than regular pink) :D
FWIW! | ||||
| mariestalet posted 2009 Nov 18 00:50 | ||||
This is the first time I use this software. It seems look great, but when I try to convert mov HD trailer to TS with AC3 audio, I get the following error message "Error: Can`t find output audio file!". do you know where does it come from?
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