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mssanchu
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 Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:10 am Post subject: need help on conv. |
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hi ppl,
plz suggest me s/w for conversion from .dat to .divx .avi to .mpg also other conv. like ..wma to .mp3 ... also a divx player....
thanks in advance...
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scithe
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| What about "mencoder" (mplayer) and "avidemux" ? |
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bennettp
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:49 am Post subject: |
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mencoder or transcode would be the programs to use. Be prepared for a LOT of RTFMing though...
Oh, and if you want mencoder, install mplayer. Mencoder comes with it.
mplayer will play divx, along with anything else you can get your grubby little hands on. This is the only media player you need.
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bennettp
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Oh, and convert wma to mp3:
1. Convert WMA -> WAV:
mplayer in.wma -vo null -vc dummy -ao pcm -aofile tmp.wav
2. Convert WAV -> MP3:
lame --preset=standard tmp.wav out.mp3
Try messing around with the --preset option. "--preset=standard" gives VBR, and it tries to make the output indistinguishable from the input. Average bitrate usually 160-220kbps when encoding from CD. I strongly recommend this option for all music encoding: it gives incredible quality.
Also try --preset=128 to get 128kbps ABR (average bit rate). Doesn't need to be 128, can be any number.
Also: "--tt title", "--ta artist", "--tn number", "--tl album" to set the id3 info.
Note that encoding WMA -> MP3 will always result in poor quality. If you have the CD, use that instead of the WMA.
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mssanchu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject: thanks but still..... |
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hi,
thanks pals...
but i already got probs while emerging mplayer but i was able to get the source from its source site, if i compile the soucre seperately without using emerge doesnt that matter....
also do i have to download any codecs seperately....
(bear with me  ) whats "RTFMing"?
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m9dhatter
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:05 am Post subject: Re: thanks but still..... |
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| mssanchu wrote: | hi,
(bear with me ) whats "RTFMing"? |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
read the fine/foolish/f*cking manual. if you read the article in wikipedia, its worth noting that the word "f*cking" is offensive to some people ( specially when given as advice ) and should be changed.  |
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