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.MP4 Conversion to .WMV / .MPG

Friends,
I noticed that the video recorder uses .mp4 to encode video.
What free apps that are on the market these days can encode to other
formats?
I noticed there are only two options .mp4 and h.263
Please advise!
Thank You,
Tvos

A program called "Super" will convert almost anything to anything! well worth a look.

Yep Super is a good tool, but the website to download it can be a real pain.
Handbrake is great if you have a Mac.
This looks rather cool too: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
On the flipside:
The Free version of Any Video Converter hass a nice beginners user friendly interface:
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
Input formats:
avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb
flv, mkv, mpg
3gp, m4v, and vob
Output formats:
avi, wmv, mp4, 3gp
wmv and flv
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
mpg (PAL or NTSC)

yah you are correct about 'super' being a pain..took me about five minutes to scroll thru all that mumbo jumbo!
i will try both products super and any dvd to see if this does the quick job!
what format is better to use: mp4 or h.263?
thank you,
tvos

super didn't convert the mp4.. ran into problems with that application and the other couldn't read it.
what format is better to use: mp4 or h.263?
tvos

VRO format, how to play and convert VRO files on Mac OS X with Mac VRO Converter

Part 1. What is a VRO file?
A DVD-VR recorded disc contains a 'DVD_RTAV' directory in the root of the filesystem, in which a single 'VR_MOVIE.VRO' file exists, containing the raw audio and video data for all video recordings on the disc. The recording metadata along with navigation data to represent playlist,programs and so on are also stored in the 'VR_MANGR.IFO' file in the same directory. A backup copy of this file (VR_MANGR.BUP) typically is present as well.
Unlike standard DVD-Video recordings, the aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9) is contained in the .VRO file itself as part of the video stream. Thus DVD-VR supports mixed format presentations within a single .VRO file. Contrast DVD-Video where the aspect ratio is coded into the accompanying .IFO file and thus a single .VOB file can be in a single aspect ratio only.
VRO is a container format for multiplexed audiovisual content. VRO file is an equivalent to a collection of DVD-Video VOB files. If one doesn't care about any edits (e.g., deleting of recorded videos), one can play the VRO directly as if it was a standard DVD-Video VOB file. Fragmented VRO files are not widely supported by software players and video editing software.
Part 2. How to play VRO files on Mac?
Apple QuickTime Player with MPEG-2 Playback Component can play VRO files, although sometimes only after renaming the file extension to .mpg. Squared 5 MPEG Streamclip, VideoLAN VLC media player can play VRO files.
If you are using your Panasonic DVD Recorder, Canon camera/camcorder, Sony Camcorder or Samsung DVD Recorder with Mini-DVD disc to record videos and want to edit them with Final Cut Expree, Final Cut Pro or iMovie on Mac. You will so confused by these fragmented and unplayable VRO files, which can not be easily played and edited like VOB files in many case. So you need convert VRO to other video popular video formats such as MOV, MP4, AVI, etc.
Part 3. How to convert VRO files to MOV, AVI, MPEG, MP4, etc. on Mac?
Step 1: Add vro files to Vro Video Converter for Mac
Download and run Mac VRO Video Converter, Click "Add" to import the VRO videos you want to convert from your Mac to the program. You can add more than one file at a time.
Step 2: Set the output format and location
Select an output format like AVI, MOV from the output format dropdown list or use the optimized presets for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iMovie, and more.
Step 3: Convert
Hit "convert" and this VRO Converter Mac app will do the rest for you! When the conversion is done, you can watch your VRO movie on your Mac, and import the output file to your iPod, iPhone or other players for playback anytime and anywhere. Want to edit the VRO files in iMovie to creat your own masterpiece? Just import the converted VRO files to it.
What's more, if you have stored some VOB files on your Mac, you can read these detailed guides for converting VOB to another formats like AVI, MP4 etc.: VRO to QuickTime MOV Mac, VRO to iMovie, VRO to FCE, VRO to FCP, VRO to MPEG Mac, VRO to MP4 Mac, VRO to AVI Mac and so on.
ilifesoft.com/tutorial/vro-converter-for-mac.htm

MKV Player

Searching for player which playes mkv videos including its subtitles without converting it into some crap. Tried Rockplayer and mvideoplayer but without luck.
Any suggestions or advice ppl?

am using vitalplayer and it's quite good with my mkv files....though i haven't really tried on a movie with subtitles.

Robson said:
am using vitalplayer and it's quite good with my mkv files....though i haven't really tried on a movie with subtitles.
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how to convert this files?

VPlayer supports mkv

Yeah but it does not play subtitle in videos

RockPlayer suports all video format

bearthang said:
RockPlayer suports all video format
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yep, same here.
I love that App.

Yes its a great app but it doesnt play subtitles including videos.
Any better advice??????

Rockpalyer works great!!
But i'm interested in subtitle too

Rockplayer works for me.

M video player

I'm not sure how QQPlayer handles it, but it's another free (great) video player worth downloading and trying.

Still waiting........

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Still waiting........
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I'm waiting too

Only phones with native mkv video format support can play .mkv videos efficiently. So, forget about mkv, it doesn't matter which player you use. But anyway, the best video player for me is RockPlayer.

Try Vital player. It supports SMI and SRT subtitle files.
But i don't try mkv files. It should work coz rmvb works.

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QQ Player works great on My HD2.

Vitalplayer works fine.

Mediacoder
I think the best method would to just burn the subtitles into the encoded video...
Furthermore, MKV container can support a lot of different video (most commonly h.264)...
either way, it would be beneficial to convert to h.264 video and aac audio in mp4 container... Then virtually all target devices can play the file. You'll run 720p that way a lot better too (480p ideally to save space)
So, if you have a nvidia card with PureVideo2 I definitely recommend this method...(or a decent cpu)
mediacoder has cuda encoder bundled with it to make quick work of video->mp4
Here are some of my settings that I use in Winmo, plays back flawlessly on android too.
Video:
Avg bitrate - 1200 (you can set it higher if you want... you'll just get a bigger file size with marginally better quality imo)
Format - h.264
Encoder - Cuda (NVidia cards) , ffmpeg (cpu encoding)
Audio:
Format - LC-AAC
Encoder - FAAC
Avg Bitrate - 128 MPEG4
Container - MP4 (select it in both audio and container tab)
Picture:
Resize - 800x480
Aspect Ratio - Set pixel AR, 1:1
Crop - Disabled
Subtitle
Renderer - Default
Scale, position, outline, blur) - adjust for subtitle appearance
ID - 0 to # (set according which subtitle you want to use from the source video
These are just some loose settings to get you into ballpark range...
make sure you preview before you encode a bunch of files and make sure it works on the device.
I also think there is a "portable device" edition of mediacoder
Sorry for the long post.

mobo player plays mkv with subs but it isnt the best. good enough for the meantime till i find something better.

Lossless Cast your PC Movie MP4, MKV, MOV (H264 encoding) to Chromecast

We update a beta version,Invites you to participate in our product experience
It can cast only MP4, MKV, MOV (H264 encoding) format without quality lossless
the other format will support in next two weeks
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The new version download URL: http://www.daroonsoft.com/downloads/DreamStream.exe
Please tell me any question that you have, Looking forward to your reply!

I'm a little confused, the website for this program has a clock that says "time left 52 days". Could you elaborate on that please? Also, I'm noticing large amounts of clipping and distortion to the audio tracks of many videos.

the old version was not stable regarding video quality. in the new one the video is very good, but now i cannot get any sound.also is there an option to add subtitle?
PS: good work with the video...there is no more pixelated video

In order to stream various kinds of videos and movies, no matter MP4, WebM and MKV with incompatible audio or video codecs, or AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, MOV, OGV, WTV, etc that are natively unsupported by Chromecast, the most widely used solution is to convert them to Chromecast recognized formats.
Faasoft Video Converter is a wonderful choice to complete the above job. Happy with it.

All cast .avi video support from my android

I'm finding that I can't cast .avi files with Allcast. Will there's be any support? Mp4 files are tye only vireo types I see. Further more, I've tried a lot of other cast apps for .avi files on my android nexus 7 and they just give a black screen and broken audio. Anyone had any success? Do tell!
Thanks.
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ironmaskusa said:
I'm finding that I can't cast .avi files with Allcast. Will there's be any support? Mp4 files are tye only vireo types I see. Further more, I've tried a lot of other cast apps for .avi files on my android nexus 7 and they just give a black screen and broken audio. Anyone had any success? Do tell!
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Most AVI files do not contain MPEG-4 video (AVI is a container like MKV and MOV), so they would require some kind of transcoding which is heavy for a mobile processor.

AVI is well known as a multimedia container format and still takes up a large proportion among the famous video formats just like MP4, MOV, and WMV today. Unfortunately, such a popular format is unsupported by Android Phones or Tablets so far. According to Android Official Website, only MP4, 3GP, MKV, WebM are the compatible formats with Android. Is it impossible to play AVI on Android? No, of course not. There is still a silver lining - convert AVI to Android supported formats for playback with Mod Edit: commercial software removed.

.avi hasn't historically hasnt been the go to format for high quality or HD sources with h.264 or h.265 encoding. Besides mp4, mkv supports this so look for this format to become the norm moving forward, .avi is a bit of a dying format.

Not casting from local media on the device, but Plex Media Server + Plex App handles transcoding and casting of my old collection of DivX and Xvid encoded .AVIs (hosted on the Media Server) with no issues. Still slowly running them through Handbrake to a Chromecast native format though.

Steaming AVI through Allcast
I am able to stream AVI file from Google Drive without a problem. Why not be able to do the exact same thing through Allcast?

avi does work with this encoding
I was messing with this yesterday, I couldnt get a film to cast, I tried solid explorer cast & all cast & video stream from my pc (last 1 loaded but was unwatchable). I dont have root on the chromecast. So I found 1 .avi film worked and 2 didnt. Upon inspection of encoding of the video and audio INSIDE the avi files, I found it only appears to support x264. Also framerate below 30, bitrate below 6000 makes it watchable (that might be because i have an older ovation tablet). As for audio I was using aac (any bitrate upto 256). Also I had it set on high quality video, which in anyvideoconverter means lower compression and larger file size. Once in that format, it would cast perfectly from any app, pc or mobile.
summery:
*.avi
x264 encoding
<6000 (and inc.) video bitrate
<30 fps
aac audio
<256 (and inc.) audio bitrate.
low compression

I have found a free app that lets me cast avi from my phone. Search play store for Megacast. It can bug sometimes, but in most of the cases does the job nicely.