View Full Version : avi to mpg converter prgm?
Theophania
09-06-2007, 02:05 PM
what's the best free program to turn an avi file into a smaller, perhaps, mpg file? anyone?
thx,
tiff
Tiff, I have tried to find this type of software for some time and have been unsuccessful. Eventually I purchased Hero software and found it to be totally unacceptable, so don't go near it.
http://en.herosoft.com/
Steven Edwards
09-06-2007, 03:47 PM
MPG's will almost always get bigger, unless you go with .mp4. I don't know of any free programs that are easy to use that can shrink AVIs, but TMPGEnc (http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html) works for converting .avi's into MPEG-1 streams.
If you want to compress it and are willing to take the time to learn it (crazy program), go for VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/).
Patonb
09-06-2007, 03:57 PM
Yha, I wouldn't go that way at all. Mpg is microsoft, and so it's not always able to get played.
.Avi is the way to keep it.
Scott Pruett
09-06-2007, 04:04 PM
if your intent is to compress the file size to share it, youtube makes things easy. :)
gpbullock
09-06-2007, 04:51 PM
Adobe Premier
pumpingiron
09-06-2007, 06:53 PM
Try this website it might help http://www.videohelp.com/convert
Theophania
09-06-2007, 06:59 PM
Yha, I wouldn't go that way at all. Mpg is microsoft, and so it's not always able to get played.
.Avi is the way to keep it.
but its 33 mbs?! :(
Theophania
09-06-2007, 07:01 PM
if your intent is to compress the file size to share it, youtube makes things easy. :)
aah genius. w00t.
Theophania
09-06-2007, 07:03 PM
MPG's will almost always get bigger, unless you go with .mp4. I don't know of any free programs that are easy to use that can shrink AVIs, but TMPGEnc (http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html) works for converting .avi's into MPEG-1 streams.
If you want to compress it and are willing to take the time to learn it (crazy program), go for VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/).
yup. my friend recommended virtualdub too. it looks crazy though.
Quad62
09-07-2007, 11:27 PM
Try http://media-convert.com/.
Media-Convert is 100% free. No software is needed, and you don't have to register. You only need your favorite Internet browser. Your files are ready 7/7 days 24/24 hours.