Video Re-encoder for PC

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:01 PM

Any cheap/free ones in which I can reencode an unseekable MMS file to something seekable?

Stirling suggested Mplayer but is that just for Macs?

!@#$%! · 04.02.2006, 04:04 PM

virtual dub maybe (with the appropriate codecs)? bink & smacker? never worked on an mms file... there are tons of free video apps out there... i'd google...

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:07 PM

I am so computer inept though. When I google I get a ton of results and have no idea which one to use.

Thanks.

!@#$%! · 04.02.2006, 04:08 PM

maybe a clue here?

http://all-streaming-media.com/strea...f-seekable.htm

im not sure really... where are you watching the file & where did you get it & what app do you use to view it?

atari 2600 · 04.02.2006, 04:11 PM

I downloaded David Lynch's Rabbits (2002) & the file plays in VLC media player but will not burn in Nero. The program says that "the file contains no video information" for some reason & in this case, did not specify which codec that I need.

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:11 PM

Umm... I downloaded it from a helloworld.com website where you could stream it as an .mms file and I downloaded with massdownloader which didn't work. Someone else downloaded it and YSI it to me. I can watch in in WMP.

chabib · 04.02.2006, 04:14 PM

if you open the file in quicktime (if you can), you can get info on it and it'll tell you what codec it's encoded with if you don't already know. it's handy for that type of thing. you can then sort out how to make nero happy.

rabbits is great. allegedly, it ties into a lot of the other shorts on the lynch site as well. there's supposed to be some larger narrative to the entire body of films he's streaming.

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:16 PM

Thanks, chris. I don't know if I have quicktime.

I am downloading AsfTools and it is supposed to be able to make .asf files seekable. I'll try to figure out and see if I can get it working.

Otherwise, I'll be on here whining again.

!@#$%! · 04.02.2006, 04:18 PM

atari: to find out the codec i think irfanview would provide the info. or some other program i can't remember... i'm not w/ the video editing machine so i can't find it but if i remember i'll repost. gspot codec??? hm... yes! gspot... hah hah...

haydenasche: i followed the link i provided & apparently this would do the trick:
http://all-streaming-media.com/recor...wmrecorder.htm
there is a free demo so i'd test that...

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:24 PM

Okay. I've got it converted to .avi but how do I play .avi files? All I can do is play the audio on my WMP with it.

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks, !@#$%! but I already got a converter/encoder.

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:37 PM

Nevermind. I've got DivX

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:41 PM

Ugh. Isn't their supposed to be video with .avi? What did I fuck up this time?

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.02.2006, 04:54 PM

I think windows media plays em'. not sure.

HaydenAsche · 04.02.2006, 04:55 PM

No. It plays the audio but not the video.

I tried just making it seekable with AsfTools but it was just being a biznatch. It says the files are already seekable.

johnnywinternoshow · 04.03.2006, 06:51 AM

www.winavi.com converts to pretty much any format, quickly too

04.02.2006, 04:01 PM	#1
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Any cheap/free ones in which I can reencode an unseekable MMS file to something seekable? Stirling suggested Mplayer but is that just for Macs? __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:04 PM	#2
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,572	virtual dub maybe (with the appropriate codecs)? bink & smacker? never worked on an mms file... there are tons of free video apps out there... i'd google...
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04.02.2006, 04:07 PM	#3
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I am so computer inept though. When I google I get a ton of results and have no idea which one to use. Thanks. __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:08 PM	#4
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,572	maybe a clue here? http://all-streaming-media.com/strea...f-seekable.htm im not sure really... where are you watching the file & where did you get it & what app do you use to view it?
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04.02.2006, 04:11 PM	#5
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I downloaded David Lynch's Rabbits (2002) & the file plays in VLC media player but will not burn in Nero. The program says that "the file contains no video information" for some reason & in this case, did not specify which codec that I need.
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04.02.2006, 04:14 PM	#7
chabib Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 521	if you open the file in quicktime (if you can), you can get info on it and it'll tell you what codec it's encoded with if you don't already know. it's handy for that type of thing. you can then sort out how to make nero happy. rabbits is great. allegedly, it ties into a lot of the other shorts on the lynch site as well. there's supposed to be some larger narrative to the entire body of films he's streaming. __________________ http://www.visitordesign.com \| shelflife \| twitter
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04.02.2006, 04:16 PM	#8
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Thanks, chris. I don't know if I have quicktime. I am downloading AsfTools and it is supposed to be able to make .asf files seekable. I'll try to figure out and see if I can get it working. Otherwise, I'll be on here whining again. __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:18 PM	#9
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,572	atari: to find out the codec i think irfanview would provide the info. or some other program i can't remember... i'm not w/ the video editing machine so i can't find it but if i remember i'll repost. gspot codec??? hm... yes! gspot... hah hah... haydenasche: i followed the link i provided & apparently this would do the trick: http://all-streaming-media.com/recor...wmrecorder.htm there is a free demo so i'd test that...
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04.02.2006, 04:24 PM	#10
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Okay. I've got it converted to .avi but how do I play .avi files? All I can do is play the audio on my WMP with it. __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:25 PM	#11
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Thanks, !@#$%! but I already got a converter/encoder. __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:37 PM	#12
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Nevermind. I've got DivX __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:41 PM	#13
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Ugh. Isn't their supposed to be video with .avi? What did I fuck up this time? __________________ rip
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04.02.2006, 04:54 PM	#14
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I think windows media plays em'. not sure. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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04.02.2006, 04:55 PM	#15
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	No. It plays the audio but not the video. I tried just making it seekable with AsfTools but it was just being a biznatch. It says the files are already seekable. __________________ rip
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04.03.2006, 06:51 AM	#16
johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	www.winavi.com converts to pretty much any format, quickly too
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