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    Which Video Converter?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by PureXTC, Mar 20, 2012.

  1. PureXTC

    PureXTC Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    I need to convert some videos (mp4\wma to avi) to watch on my phone. Which video converter do you use? I've tried AVS but it uses up 100% CPU which makes my computer crawl when trying to do anything else.
     
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  2. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I use Freemake Video Converter, and like its name suggest, it is a freeware that act the same as a premium product, and it wont slow down or require large CPU power to convert so I recommend this one.

    However, it does not offer much options for phone video clip convert, but I also do know of another and it's Magic Video Converter, this is a paid premium software, it also come with a free version but the feature is really little.
     
    CGSDR, Mar 20, 2012
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  3. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    If you have a Sandy Bridge processor definitely get something which supports intel quick sync. It's fasther than CUDA encoding.

    Examples:

    Cyberlink MediaEspresso
    Arcsoft MediaConverter
     
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Handbrake or eRightSoft Super.
     
    killkenny1, Mar 20, 2012
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    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    Stay away from Super. It's adware.
     
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    I'm pretty sure the latest version of Handbrake no longer offers the option to convert to avi, just .mp4 and .mkv, .avi is slowly dying.
     
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    A good encoder is supposed to bring your computer to its knees, otherwise it will take too long to encode. You don't state what codec you need to use so it's pretty hard to guess what your end product needs to be. AVI can contain a lot of different types of video, perhaps all you need is to put your video into an AVI container. If that's the case AVI DeMux can do that (copy video, copy audio package into AVI) real quick without encoding. Mirillis has some pretty fast encoders that use the GPU as much as possible. So to sum it up, you probably will get just hit or miss suggestions with the incomplete info you've provided. Pray tell us what you are encoding on (CPU, GPU and Memory) and what type of AVI you need to make.
     
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  8. PureXTC

    PureXTC Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for all your replies, I just tried Total video converter and it seems to work pretty well. Doesn't take too long to convert and uses little resources.

    @ olyteddy: Sorry I should have been more descriptive but I don't know much about video encoding. I just want to be able to play TV shows\movies that I download on my Samsung i8910HD.
     
    PureXTC, Mar 21, 2012
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  9. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    This shouldn't matter for the OP as his device is more than capable of playing .mp4

    @OP

    AVI is only the container not to be confused with the format. You can easily put the files produced into an .AVI container after the fact if there was some arcane reason to do so.

    The "format" you want to use is AAC for audio and H264 for video.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 21, 2012
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  10. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Latest version of Handbrake also offers presets for iPhone & Android phones, so it should play without issues.
    Thanks to the latest ICS update to my Galaxy S II i can steam 1080p video from my NAS drive over 5GHz wireless N.

    So yeah +Cookie points to Handbrake.
     
    DEagleson, Mar 21, 2012
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