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Title: Video converter? Post by Drifter on 07/18/12 at 14:21:13 A friend gave me a couple movies he burned and they wont play on my player, i called the company they told me no burned DVDs will play on this player so i tried my blueray....nope.  Both will play avi so how can i convert divx and xvid to avi? I did a google search, there are dozens of converters but many have imbeded viruses and other crap to screw up your computer, does anyone have personal experience with a good clean converter? Will my computer play an avi format?  These might be dumb questions for the computer experts which i am not so understand i only know the basics.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Greg on 07/18/12 at 15:02:23 I use this codec pack to play the DivX stuff (and other formats) on my PC: http://www.mediacodec.org/ If you want to convert, NCH software has never given me any problems: http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html Yes, your computer will play AVI files.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Brian on 07/18/12 at 15:16:08 look up VLC media player

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Serowbot on 07/18/12 at 16:44:53 Your computer will probably play it... If you want a good, free, video converter, so you can convert it to play on your TV... This one is the bestest... ;)... It converts anything to anything... :-?... http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by rfw2003 on 07/18/12 at 17:33:54 Divix and Xvid formats will also play on your computer with a free download of the codecs from http://www.divx.com/ AVI files will play natively on any windows operating system without any downloads. AviDemux is a nice free package for re-muxing video files to different formats with ease.  http://avidemux.sourceforge.net this will simply recopy the file into the different container format of your choice thereby preserving the quality you have now in your copy, instead of trying to transcode and recompress the video into the new container and loose more quality then what it already has from it's original source. R.F.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 07/18/12 at 18:34:14 7F6A616B6A7D3E0F0 wrote: look up VLC media player I have to agree with Brian. I use VLC media player and it can play practically any movie format you can throw at it, and here's the kicker. I'm running an old HP Omnibook 6000 with Windows 2000 and only a 900mhz P3 processor and I have no problems with VLC playing anything.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Drifter on 07/18/12 at 18:55:53 Thanks guys, i now know it will work on the computer. Are these xvid ,divx to avi converters safe with NO malware or other stuff that has been put up by the big companies so they can infect your computer......yes they are doing this. Are the links posted something you guys have used yourself? My old xp computer got a nasty root kit that totally ruined it. Even after being cleaned......it still never worked right again so im a bit paronoid about downloads now.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by rfw2003 on 07/18/12 at 19:02:47 11273C33213027550 wrote: Thanks guys, i now know it will work on the computer. Are these xvid ,divx to avi converters safe with NO malware or other stuff that has been put up by the big companies so they can infect your computer......yes they are doing this. Are the links posted something you guys have used yourself? My old xp computer got a nasty root kit that totally ruined it. Even after being cleaned......it still never worked right again so im a bit paronoid about downloads now. The link I posted is one I have used myself and still do on the rare occasion when I need to do a container to container remux, Though most of the time anymore I transcode straight from a raw ISO to mkv files in H264 so I can preserve the AC3 or True HD audio in surround as well as selectable subtitles.  Also the link I posted is right to the developers site and not some other party host the repackages it. R.F.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Serowbot on 07/18/12 at 19:03:27 Freemake is virus free... I use it all the time... http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ I use Media Player Classic for playing... http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Steampowered Boy on 07/18/12 at 19:49:31 I second the recommendation for FreeMake; it doesn't get much easier.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/18/12 at 21:50:17 The only video converter I can run is my eyeballs.. they work on stills, too,,

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Drifter on 07/21/12 at 13:43:08 Ok guys here is the deal, i have an insignia blueray player and a cheapo gpx....i called the manufactures  The blue ray people said this player will read avi format, the gpx people said there player is america standard 1 no foriegn or burned disks of any format will work.  Good one for the trash!! So we tried Bots link and converted the xvid to avi format, loaded in the blueray player and wa la.....nothing would not work.  Any ideas as to what is going on?   Wont any dvd player read a burned disk?

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Serowbot on 07/21/12 at 14:16:18 497F646B79687F0D0 wrote: Wont any dvd player read a burned disk? Formats and codecs can be very confusing,... avi, includes divx,xvid,h264, and others... Some machines will play some but not others... To be sure... just convert to DVD... there's a button along the bottom... That should play on any dvd player... ;)...

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Epeck on 07/21/12 at 14:55:31 As a professional video editor I can tell you... DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH CONVERTING VIDEOS. You will give yourself a heart attack. I would return said player and find a resource at best buy or someplace similar to help you choose the best player. Consumer reports always has a great list of consumer DVD/Blueray players.

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Drifter on 07/21/12 at 17:05:51 After much searching, i found how to hack the player to play region 1-8 well after that it wont play at all now..... :o :-? :-/  :'( Bot, tried that also still wont work! While searching i found a company in chi town that sells hacked players that will play all regions and divx and they guarantee them for 1 year. I think i will go that route..........my brain is fried.....

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/21/12 at 17:24:01 If ya want, Ill hack yer player,, you pay the freight both ways,, My axe is at the ready,,

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Serowbot on 07/21/12 at 18:25:16 794F545B49584F3D0 wrote: After much searching, i found how to hack the player to play region 1-8 well after that it wont play at all now..... :o :-? :-/  :'( There,... I fixed it...  :-?..

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by Drifter on 07/22/12 at 04:57:54 Yep i fixed it alright, at least i did not try....to hack the blueray player.The 29 dollar one heads to file 13! I will leave the hacking to younger folks from now on, monday i order a prehacked version with a warrenty!!! ;) Why would the manufactures make these things to play in only certain regions....nuts we dont travel by horse and buggys anymore.  I know because they can.  You watch only what we want you to watch sounds more like marshall law in some 3rd world backwater country.  GO hackers!!  :)

Title: Re: Video converter? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/22/12 at 05:34:52 For future reference,thats martial law.

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