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Plaid13 · 06-01-2007, 01:12 AM

Ok being the cheap bastard that i am im looking for a free program to convert avi files to mpeg files. Seen a ton of free trials but none that stay free. I get the feeling this is the sort of software that people would stick a virus in as well so i dont really want to just guess and try them randomly and install who knows what on the computer. Have a few music videos and stuff like that that i would like to have on dvd. Any suggestions would be a great help.

cyrnel · 06-01-2007, 03:24 AM

Wow, there are lots these days. I usually use Nero. It's fast and easy, and the quality is good enough for the few jobs I do in this direction.

TMPEGEnc still does a better job. The current eval is limited to 14 days. Earlier versions would work perpetually if you somehow forgot to let your clock advance.

Plaid13 · 06-01-2007, 04:01 AM

i have always hated nero never done a very good job at anything but crashing. And having just 14 days is kinda annoying. would be nice to have one that would last.

cyrnel · 06-01-2007, 04:42 AM

Hey, I don't go that direction too often. Nero recode does it when I need it and has yet to crash on me.

TMPEGEnc is very commercial, high-quality stuff. You can put together free combinations of tools but they won't be obvious. Lots of stuff out there at the $29 point. I'm not current enough on them to compare.

06-01-2007, 01:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	avi converter Ok being the cheap bastard that i am im looking for a free program to convert avi files to mpeg files. Seen a ton of free trials but none that stay free. I get the feeling this is the sort of software that people would stick a virus in as well so i dont really want to just guess and try them randomly and install who knows what on the computer. Have a few music videos and stuff like that that i would like to have on dvd. Any suggestions would be a great help.

06-01-2007, 03:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Wow, there are lots these days. I usually use Nero. It's fast and easy, and the quality is good enough for the few jobs I do in this direction. TMPEGEnc still does a better job. The current eval is limited to 14 days. Earlier versions would work perpetually if you somehow forgot to let your clock advance. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

06-01-2007, 04:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Hey, I don't go that direction too often. Nero recode does it when I need it and has yet to crash on me. TMPEGEnc is very commercial, high-quality stuff. You can put together free combinations of tools but they won't be obvious. Lots of stuff out there at the $29 point. I'm not current enough on them to compare. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

06-01-2007, 04:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	i have always hated nero never done a very good job at anything but crashing. And having just 14 days is kinda annoying. would be nice to have one that would last.