XViD to MPEG-2 conversions?

r_jensen11 · 04-16-2004, 04:07 PM

I know that it's possible to go from MPEG-2 to XViD, but does anyone know how to go the other way? I ask, because I have some videos that are encoded with XViD, but I would like to burn them onto DVD's so I can watch them on TV using a standard DVD player.
Would Transcode be the tool to use for this? And does it include an MPEG-2 encoder? It lists an mpeg2 decoder, but I havn't come across an mpeg2 encoder....

acid_kewpie · 04-16-2004, 05:21 PM

i'd suggest using mencoder. easy enough. http://mplayerhq.hu

r_jensen11 · 04-16-2004, 05:50 PM

I've flipped through mencoder, but it doesn't look like it's too friendly with mpeg-2.

acid_kewpie · 04-16-2004, 06:12 PM

use a UI for it then, there are plenty around if you look.

r_jensen11 · 04-16-2004, 10:39 PM

I tried out konverter, but it only lets me use divx or mpeg-1 for my output format, mpeg-2 isn't on the list. Does anyone know where to find an mpeg-2 codec? I know I have a decoder for mpeg-2, but I don't know if I actually have anything for encoding that format....

PunkPT · 04-17-2004, 07:41 AM

try avimuxer
works for me

r_jensen11 · 04-17-2004, 03:44 PM

avimuxer huh.... I can't seem to find anything by that name except Mediapipe references it, but Mediapipe is for OSX, not Linux....

auditek747 · 04-18-2004, 04:59 PM

avidemux.
It's really nice once you figure out how to use it.
Get all the deps, even the ones that are optional.

r_jensen11 · 04-18-2004, 06:21 PM

Well, I somehow converted my 3 video files to mpeg2 (I ended up using some shareware program on Windows, took around 15-16 hours to do 3.5 hours of video). I need to figure out how I can burn the videos (3 clips) onto 1 DVD now, though. I only have a DVD burner in my XP-only machine, and none of the programs there like to burn as much video as I have, even though the file size of the 3 .mpeg files is somewhere around 3.7GB....

PunkPT · 04-19-2004, 06:59 AM

avidemux
that's the name
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
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