Need a good video converter

I have a bunch of videos that I want to burn to dvd but the formats don't seem to be recognized by anything. DVD shrink/converter can't read the files to make an image, and windows dvd maker can't read them either. Some are in .avi, some are .mk4, but basically I'm looking for a good do-all video converter. I'm sure one of you guys has the answer.

total vid converter(TVC) plays nice

Quicktime Pro. Plus you'll be sure not to get fucking spywares.

film the fucking screen with an old school BETAMAX camera

avs

I always use this. No application needed. Just upload the file and choose the output.

http://media-convert.com/

Easy as

upload an uncompressed video file to a website for conversion......???

someone told me handbrake was good cos I wanted to convert divx to iphone format but I havent used it yet.

http://handbrake.fr/

Thanks folks, will try these out and report back if they don't work

Ignore everything mentioned above and just use TMPGenc.

  On 2/4/2010 at 3:27 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Ignore everything mentioned above and just use TMPGenc.

You seem sure of yourself. Provide some further argument as to why I should trust you.

SUPER is a great software for video transcoding (one format to another).

TMPGenc is very intuitive to use, it enables you to do some simple edits or apply some filters if needed.

But it's mainly its intuitive and easy to use interface.

I use it in a professional evironment.

Those are my arguments.

  On 2/4/2010 at 7:08 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

TMPGenc is very intuitive to use, it enables you to do some simple edits or apply some filters if needed.

But it's mainly its intuitive and easy to use interface.

I use it in a professional evironment.

Those are my arguments.

You make a strong case, and I will check TMPGenc out first, but if this is a red herring I'll shake my fist at the sky and let loose a cry of agony of unprecedented volume.

  On 2/4/2010 at 6:26 PM, Joyrex said:

SUPER is a great software for video transcoding (one format to another).

This is what I use, not too great in my experience

Quicktime Pro is the way to go.

-Total video converter sucks, the options are extremely limited.

-Super C sometimes gaves me audio sync issues.