looking for video converter

i'd like to change a .wma to an .avi or mpg or whatever

thing is i use a program and it has many settings for many types of converting. the problem being a relatively small original file can become 3 x larger and i don't want that. i don't want the screen size to become larger or the fps or audio etc.

is there a program that figures out what settings the original file is and keep those settings, only changing the file type?

Aha, I'd appreciate a good (free and stable) video converter too. I downloaded the first 3 series of Breaking Bad, but they're all .mkv so I can't watch them through my Xbox. I have to link my laptop up through HDMI, but then I can't casually surf the net whilst watching it. Bah!

Merge with First World Problems, plz.

Try MPEG streamclip, it's free.

Look at the original bitrate of the video you are compressing and either keep it the same or go below.

Keep resolution and aspectratio the same.

Or try TMPEG encoder if you are wiling to spend like $50.

  On 9/20/2011 at 6:58 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Try MPEG streamclip, it's free.

Look at the original bitrate of the video you are compressing and either keep it the same or go below.

Keep resolution and aspectratio the same.

Or try TMPEG encoder if you are wiling to spend like $50.

mpeg streamclip is my choice

  On 9/20/2011 at 5:02 PM, Gary C said:

Aha, I'd appreciate a good (free and stable) video converter too. I downloaded the first 3 series of Breaking Bad, but they're all .mkv so I can't watch them through my Xbox. I have to link my laptop up through HDMI, but then I can't casually surf the net whilst watching it. Bah!

 

Merge with First World Problems, plz.

of course you can, just have your TV set as a secondary monitor, and watch Breaking Bad on your new secondary monitor while you browse the net on the laptop screen

streamclip does not support wmv

MPEG Streamclip lets you play and edit QuickTime, DV, AVI, MPEG-4, MPEG-1; MPEG-2 or VOB files or transport streams with MPEG, PCM, or AC3 audio (MPEG-2 playback component required); DivX (with DivX 6) and WMV (with Flip4Mac WMV Player). MPEG Streamclip can export all these formats to QuickTime, DV/DV50, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4 with high quality encoding and even uncompressed or HD video.

  On 9/20/2011 at 7:35 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

MPEG Streamclip lets you play and edit QuickTime, DV, AVI, MPEG-4, MPEG-1; MPEG-2 or VOB files or transport streams with MPEG, PCM, or AC3 audio (MPEG-2 playback component required); DivX (with DivX 6) and WMV (with Flip4Mac WMV Player). MPEG Streamclip can export all these formats to QuickTime, DV/DV50, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4 with high quality encoding and even uncompressed or HD video.

?so i need a mac?

If you're on a windows computer, do you have all the right codecs installed?

Have a look around on the MPEG streamclip site, it has WMV support.

SUPER® is a good format-to-format converter

Seems dodgy to me.

Lots of claims of it being malware or adware.

http://download.cnet...613.html#rateit

There's more tools to be found here:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/all-in-one-video-converters

cnet aren't exactly the most reputable source of software.

they have begun injecting their own adware installers into software that they host now

  On 9/20/2011 at 8:11 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Seems dodgy to me.

Lots of claims of it being malware or adware.

http://download.cnet...613.html#rateit

 

There's more tools to be found here:

http://www.videohelp...ideo-converters

SUPER® sometimes comes up as malware due to the heuristics engines they use in their encode-decode software (so they say). I've used it for years and never had it set off any malware or spyware software...

  On 9/20/2011 at 8:16 PM, oscillik said:

cnet aren't exactly the most reputable source of software.

 

they have begun injecting their own adware installers into software that they host now

I read about that - anything for a buck...

MPEG streamclip is the best freeware ever.

  On 9/20/2011 at 7:12 PM, oscillik said:

  On 9/20/2011 at 5:02 PM, Gary C said:

Aha, I'd appreciate a good (free and stable) video converter too. I downloaded the first 3 series of Breaking Bad, but they're all .mkv so I can't watch them through my Xbox. I have to link my laptop up through HDMI, but then I can't casually surf the net whilst watching it. Bah!

 

Merge with First World Problems, plz.

of course you can, just have your TV set as a secondary monitor, and watch Breaking Bad on your new secondary monitor while you browse the net on the laptop screen

This is what I do, but my HDMI cable is too short.

I know, the answer is to simply buy a longer cable.

  On 9/20/2011 at 8:18 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 9/20/2011 at 8:11 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Seems dodgy to me.

Lots of claims of it being malware or adware.

http://download.cnet...613.html#rateit

 

There's more tools to be found here:

http://www.videohelp...ideo-converters

 

SUPER® sometimes comes up as malware due to the heuristics engines they use in their encode-decode software (so they say). I've used it for years and never had it set off any malware or spyware software...

 

  On 9/20/2011 at 8:16 PM, oscillik said:

cnet aren't exactly the most reputable source of software.

 

they have begun injecting their own adware installers into software that they host now

 

I read about that - anything for a buck...

Yeah, guess cnet are a dodgy bunch themselves.

  On 9/20/2011 at 9:33 PM, Velazquez said:

MPEG streamclip is the best freeware ever.

if anyone can throw me some links to how to work with wmv's that would be awesome (PC)