gloria Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I still don't have a Divx compatable DVD player (i'm broke) anyone know of a FAST way I could convert AVIs? (toast7, quicktime-pro, iDVD, iMovie, FCP ...all WAY too slow) I'm not asking how to burn AVIs to DVD (I can do that) It's just the converting process that is driving me crazy. They'll all do it but I know there must be a faster way. (See specs in my sig) Thanks. Is toast 8 any faster? Or ffmpegx? Please tell me what you guys use...what's the fastest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Try Visualhub. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloria Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Thanks man, I appreciate that. I downloaded visualhub and am converting an AVI as we speak....but it says it'll take about 90 minutes for 900mb file. That's similar to other programs I use. Isn't there anything faster? I don't care much about quality. Everytime I watch a burned AVI on my TV it looks excellent (thanks to axxo) Isn't there something that can do a fast conversion of AVI files? (even if it mean sacrificing quality) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 mencoder maybe??, but its command line. Albeit though the encoding time will be dependent on your processor. On Kubuntu on my Macbook 1.83 Core duo with mencoder I am getting 32 min to a dvd with a 700 MB file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion9 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hey there, I use Sony Vegas, just export it to the dvd and your done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 this is a lil off topic but when you convert it to dvd what does the avi get converted to? mencoder maybe??, but its command line. Albeit though the encoding time will be dependent on your processor. On Kubuntu on my Macbook 1.83 Core duo with mencoder I am getting 32 min to a dvd with a 700 MB file. isnt mencoder part of ffmpegx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkona Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Try MPEG Streamclip - http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html FEATURES MPEG Streamclip lets you play and edit QuickTime, DV, AVI, MPEG-4, MPEG-1; MPEG-2 or VOB files or transport streams with MPEG, PCM, or AC3 audio (MPEG-2 playback component required); DivX (with DivX 6) and WMV (with Flip4Mac WMV Player). MPEG Streamclip can export all these formats to QuickTime, DV/DV50, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4 with high quality encoding and even uncompressed or HD video. Video conversion is performed in the YUV color space; you can choose to scale video to any frame size using a professional 2D-FIR scaler (better than bicubic) but you can also leave it unscaled. Other optional video processing features include a powerful motion-adaptive deinterlacer, a field dominance converter, a chroma reinterlacer and an option to perform interlaced scaling instead of progressive scaling. Audio can be converted to uncompressed or to IMA, AAC, MP2 or AMR using the high-quality MP1/MP2/AC3/PCM built-in decoders of MPEG Streamclip; it is also kept in perfect sync with video using a timekeeping system. MPEG Streamclip can save edited movies as MOV files, and (when possible) as AVI or MP4 files. Edited MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files are saved as MPEG or TS files. MPEG Streamclip (with or without the MPEG-2 Playback Component) can also convert MPEG-2 transport streams into muxed MPEG-2 files, for immediate burning at full quality with Toast 6 or 7 and Sizzle; it can also demux MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files and transport streams with MPEG, AC3, PCM audio to M2V and AIFF (or M1A or AC3) files, for immediate burning at full quality with DVD Studio Pro or Toast 6 and 7. A special demuxing option is available for Final Cut Pro 4/5: this application does not work well with M2V files, but MPEG Streamclip can write a special "unscaled" M2V file that preserves full video quality when imported into Final Cut Pro. MPEG Streamclip can handle files and streams larger than 4 GB, split in any number of segments, or with multiple audio tracks, and can also optionally handle timecode breaks. It is compatible with MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MPEG layer 1/2 (MP1/MP2) audio, AC3/A52 audio, and PCM audio. The player included in MPEG Streamclip lets you preview the files and transport streams before doing the conversion; it also lets you visually set the In and Out points for the conversion so you can convert just the part of the file you are interested in, and also cut commercials and other unwanted parts, or edit the stream and join two streams with Cut/Copy/Paste. MPEG Streamclip supports batch processing: just drag some files in the batch list, choose a conversion and a folder, click the Go button and MPEG Streamclip will automatically convert all your files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 MPEG Streamclip looks interesting, I'm pretty unhappy with other encoding apps' video quality. And it's even free Thanks for the info superkona! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muitommy Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 G5 2.0Ghz is very slow, it can't even compared to a core2duo 1.83Ghz ... what do u expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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