Best Video Converter program? - Page 3

Mau1wurf1977 · 11th July 2012, 9:15 PM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

Handbrake is good but I can't seem to get the conversion cue to work.

I want it to convert say 5-10 files to MP4 while I'm out and it wont do it. I can only get 1 video at a time to work..

You press the "Start" button once for the first video. Then add the next one and press "Add to Queue", then add the third one and press "Add to Queue" again and so on...

JolyV · 12th July 2012, 5:38 AM

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Originally Posted by li21

I see, I see..
So MP4 vs MKV... when to use which?

MP4 is a better format cause it has superior quality and also it can be played in many players without any problems

TERRA Operative · 12th July 2012, 6:48 AM

They are container formats. MP4 and MKV hold the video and audio and other things like subtitles and chapter info together, they don't actually have anything to do with compressing the data stream itself.

DIVX, .H264, etc are the actual codecs used for compression and are what determine video quality.

MKV and MP4 have as much to do with video quality as the colour of your car has on engine performance.

KANNIS · 12th July 2012, 9:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TERRA Operative

How is it not working? Can you elaborate on the process you go through to set up a queue and attempt to get it started?

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Originally Posted by Mau1wurf1977

You press the "Start" button once for the first video. Then add the next one and press "Add to Queue", then add the third one and press "Add to Queue" again and so on...

I was doing the complete opposite of what Mau1wurf suggested. I was trying to create the queue before pressing start, but I'll try this tonight..

My new pc absolutely blitzes the transfers. Before this pc I had another pc which did a standard movie in 20-25mins now the new pc does it in under 2 mins...So happy.

li21 · 12th July 2012, 9:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

My new pc absolutely blitzes the transfers. Before this pc I had another pc which did a standard movie in 20-25mins now the new pc does it in under 2 mins...So happy.

<Jealous>
Whats ur specs?!
If my PC could convert faster, I would be doing so much more, but now its out of necessity

Carcin0Genic · 12th July 2012, 9:30 AM

Lol my crappy laptop takes about 2 hours. So my new computer which will hopefully arrive tomorrow should take under 20 minutes hopefully

KANNIS · 12th July 2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by li21

<Jealous>
Whats ur specs?!
If my PC could convert faster, I would be doing so much more, but now its out of necessity

Mboard –Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Cpu -i5 3570k (1155 socket, ivy bridge)

Ram -Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Boot HDD –Crucial M4 SSD 128GB

Storage HDD -3TB Seagate barracuda (X2)

Graphic Card – ASUS Radeon HD7750 Ultimate 1GB GDDR3

Power Supply –OCZ Fatal1ty Series 750W Modular

Blu-Ray writer -Lite-On IHBS312 12x Blu-Ray Disc Writer

TV Card -Compro VideoMate Vista E900F PCIe

I love it. 2 Mins flat...

Mau1wurf1977 · 12th July 2012, 11:15 AM

That IS fast! I have an i7 3770 and when I use handbrake to encode Full HD camcorder footage for YouTube I only ~ 70fps.

TRG.dOinK · 12th July 2012, 11:51 AM

I use Avidemux 2.5 to join videos together. Has a lot of outputs as well.

Got sick of SUPER, pos interface (esp the download link, trying to find it). Never tried handbrake

TERRA Operative · 12th July 2012, 5:22 PM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

I was doing the complete opposite of what Mau1wurf suggested. I was trying to create the queue before pressing start, but I'll try this tonight..

My new pc absolutely blitzes the transfers. Before this pc I had another pc which did a standard movie in 20-25mins now the new pc does it in under 2 mins...So happy.

The way I do it is to load a file to compress, set the settings, then hit 'Add to Queue'.
Rinse and repeat for as many files need to be done (I think I've had about 25 as my record)

Once you're ready to go, hit the 'Encode' button in the 'Encode Queue' window.

it should all be automatic from there on.

shane41 · 12th July 2012, 7:48 PM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

Mboard –Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Cpu -i5 3570k (1155 socket, ivy bridge)

I love it. 2 Mins flat...

That will be very fast. But as good as handbrake is.....it only does cpu encoding.
The main feature of the Ivy Cpu is quick sync.......which when enabled with the right program, will encode twice as fast as cpu only encodes & does a damn fine result too.

limecore · 16th July 2012, 2:50 PM

I'm not sure what the best general converter is, but I know one of the worst. Divx video converter takes hours to convert a dvd that makemkv beta converted in less than 5 minutes. It also crashes every second time you try to convert a video.

An interesting thing I have learned about .divx and .mkv files is that they will play on devices that only support .avi if you just change the extension to .avi

Mau1wurf1977 · 18th July 2012, 3:03 PM

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Originally Posted by shane41

The main feature of the Ivy Cpu is quick sync.......which when enabled with the right program, will encode twice as fast as cpu only encodes & does a damn fine result too.

So true. I use this feature with PowerDirector when rendering the final video. Then I crunch it down with Handbrake for YouTube.

12th July 2012, 6:48 AM	#33
TERRA Operative Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Niraikanai Posts: 6,553	They are container formats. MP4 and MKV hold the video and audio and other things like subtitles and chapter info together, they don't actually have anything to do with compressing the data stream itself. DIVX, .H264, etc are the actual codecs used for compression and are what determine video quality. MKV and MP4 have as much to do with video quality as the colour of your car has on engine performance. __________________ I DO NOT support internet filtering!!! Tereno Empireo Rapidmova Reakcii Armeo Check out my Youtube channel!

12th July 2012, 11:15 AM	#38
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12th July 2012, 11:51 AM	#39
TRG.dOinK Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Melb East Posts: 2,824	I use Avidemux 2.5 to join videos together. Has a lot of outputs as well. Got sick of SUPER, pos interface (esp the download link, trying to find it). Never tried handbrake __________________ ... /\ . _\ /_ Mitsubishi \| Successful Trades: Suicidal, Nerotic, Chiefgc, Mr Chilled, Kooliez, Vortexkrow, Grandarcmaster, AT-AT ./_/ \_\ Motors... \| E8400, NZXT Hush, Corsair TX-750, Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R, 4GB DDR2 Corsair DHX, Asus 8800GTS 512, Auzentech Prelude Xfi, Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32mg cache

16th July 2012, 2:50 PM	#42
limecore New Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 27	I'm not sure what the best general converter is, but I know one of the worst. Divx video converter takes hours to convert a dvd that makemkv beta converted in less than 5 minutes. It also crashes every second time you try to convert a video. An interesting thing I have learned about .divx and .mkv files is that they will play on devices that only support .avi if you just change the extension to .avi __________________ Check out my site. I make Java programs. It's still under construction, and if anyone wants to help me, send me a pm

12th July 2012, 9:30 AM	#36
Carcin0Genic Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 1,152	Lol my crappy laptop takes about 2 hours. So my new computer which will hopefully arrive tomorrow should take under 20 minutes hopefully