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AVI to ipod
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:24 pm
by thewolfe
I have some digital video files that are AVI. I understand I need to convert them to MP4.
Anyone have a good free converter?
And btw..I know how to use Google but would like to have a referral if anyone has one they like.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:26 pm
by fliptw
megui.
tho ati's transcoder is pretty easy to use and free.. just need a recent ATI card.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:36 pm
by Xamindar
avidemux is one of my favorites. It will convert to just about anything you want.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:22 pm
by AlphaDoG
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:23 am
by thewolfe
Thank you ladies and gentleman for your suggestions. I'll check them out.
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:13 pm
by thewolfe
Tried \"Any video converter\" and it worked great to be able to convert AVI to mp4 that would play on my ipod touch, thanks for the input.
Re:
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:06 pm
by Jeff250
Meh, another ffmpeg wrapper on the
Hall of Shame.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:17 am
by AlphaDoG
Does that include the free versions Jeff?
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:23 am
by Krom
There is no option or link to download the source code even for the free version, which puts it in the hall of shame.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:58 am
by AlphaDoG
RgR! I'm going to look for something that doesn't put ME in the hall of shame.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:29 pm
by Jeff250
ffmpeg also maintains a list of projects that respect their license here:
http://www.ffmpeg.org/projects.html
You're not going to find an audio/video converter these days that doesn't somehow use ffmpeg, either legitimately (as in the link above) or illegitimately (as in the hall of shame), so the above link is a good place to start. It's a good list that, if anything, is too long. Unfortunately, I can't recommend one, because I just use the ffmpeg command line tool in and of itself without any of that GUI wrapper fluff.
Re:
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:12 pm
by snoopy
Jeff250 wrote:Unfortunately, I can't recommend one, because I just use the ffmpeg command line tool in and of itself without any of that GUI wrapper fluff.
x2. I'm pretty sure it's got pre-sets for ipod-compliant mpegs that will aloow you to accomplish your task in command line with only a couple switches.
I use mencoder in linux, which is basically an ffmpeg wrapper.
In windows I used to use SUPER- you might want to check it out. Last I checked, the UI was really heavy, but it worked. All-in-all, if you read up on the man pages for ffmpeg/mencoder, you can find the switches that you like and bypass having to mess with a UI at all.
Try this:
link
As a side note: as I've gotten deeper into linux, I've grown a bigger and bigger appreciation for the terminal. Just 'cause you got windows doesn't mean that the fastest/best/easiest way to do things isn't in the command line.
Re: AVI to ipod
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:02 pm
by daimttery
You can try using Handbrake
Another free one I like is Mpeg Streamclip
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html
These will convert the avi files into something you can use like iPod mp4.
If you are working on a Mac, you may follow this guide about
avi to iPod mp4.
They are all very goood.