Dearest Videohelp members,
I rarely ever post to fora, because I usually get the job done without asking questions, just searching. However, I have recently decided to do something, which although conceptually VERY simple, has taken me several hours of searching & failure with NO end result, hence the post.
I want to convert a MKV file (MPEG4 video, AC3 audio and subs), to a format that a DivX-compatible DVD player can play. I assume this would be an AVI container and the DivX codec for video and MP3 for audio,right?
Now, HOW do I accomplish this. I have downloaded a zillion converters, ALL of them had at least some kind of issue:
Could not convert to DivX (no such option)
Couldn't recognize the file for some reason (e.g. the DivX Converter from the official divx site)
Crashed (for example ConvertHDtoX launches some other programs, one of them crashes, because "the file is already in use". On another computer, it couldn't recognize file attributes
Suspicious installers (Super (C), wtf)
Other issues that don't come to mind right now
2 Questions:
How do I go about making the conversion (what programs and exact procedure if possible, I'm exhausted)
Is there ANY converter that can handle (nearly) all codecs and conversions in-between with any compatible containers? I know I'm asking for too much, but this would put an end to video/codec conversion hell. It's really a mess, and one shouldn't have to learn a new program from scratch for each different conversion
3rd question (bonus): This is unrelated but I see ppl mention that "this or that program does a terrible job at converting" (ie the end result is of terrible quality). Isn't applying an encode/decode process a deterministic action, and as such the same codec in 2 different programs should produce the same result? How can a program encode in MPEG4 (for example) with better quality than another?
Thanks...
I rarely ever post to fora, because I usually get the job done without asking questions, just searching. However, I have recently decided to do something, which although conceptually VERY simple, has taken me several hours of searching & failure with NO end result, hence the post.
I want to convert a MKV file (MPEG4 video, AC3 audio and subs), to a format that a DivX-compatible DVD player can play. I assume this would be an AVI container and the DivX codec for video and MP3 for audio,right?
Now, HOW do I accomplish this. I have downloaded a zillion converters, ALL of them had at least some kind of issue:
Could not convert to DivX (no such option)
Couldn't recognize the file for some reason (e.g. the DivX Converter from the official divx site)
Crashed (for example ConvertHDtoX launches some other programs, one of them crashes, because "the file is already in use". On another computer, it couldn't recognize file attributes
Suspicious installers (Super (C), wtf)
Other issues that don't come to mind right now
2 Questions:
How do I go about making the conversion (what programs and exact procedure if possible, I'm exhausted)
Is there ANY converter that can handle (nearly) all codecs and conversions in-between with any compatible containers? I know I'm asking for too much, but this would put an end to video/codec conversion hell. It's really a mess, and one shouldn't have to learn a new program from scratch for each different conversion
3rd question (bonus): This is unrelated but I see ppl mention that "this or that program does a terrible job at converting" (ie the end result is of terrible quality). Isn't applying an encode/decode process a deterministic action, and as such the same codec in 2 different programs should produce the same result? How can a program encode in MPEG4 (for example) with better quality than another?
Thanks...