m2t files to avi (mpeg4/mp3) at DVinfo.net

Christopher Winnicki · July 6th, 2004, 01:29 PM

Check out this method.
I converted the m2t files captured directly from my HD10U to small very HIGH QUALITY avi (mpeg4 video and mp3 audio) using mencoder and mplayer (http://mplayerhq.hu)

get this:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/MPlayer-mingw32-1.0pre4.zip
or this:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/MPlayer-mingw32-dev-CVS-040518.zip
version of mplayer and mencoder from:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/

dump it in the directory where your m2t files are and to encode from command line:

ex:

C:/mencoder crazy00001.m2t -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=4000:vqblur=1:vhq:vqmax=6:vqsquish=1 -o crazy00001.avi -oac lavc mp3

Play around with the settings (bitrates and other parameters). Once the file is encoded you can right click on the file and "Play/Open With" and brows to where you have extracted the mplayer.exe. Window$ media player should also play it.

This is a really awesome method for creating very very HQ (small) mpeg4/mp3 AVIs.

Please let others know how you make out if you try this method.

Cheers

Dwight Flynn · July 6th, 2004, 10:22 PM

What did you use to capture the stream (was it the included KDDI utility)

Peter Robert · July 6th, 2004, 10:28 PM

It is cool!

A m2t file with 1.37GB size could be encoded as a avi file which is only about 650 MB. Playback by the mplayer is smooth and the quality is good.

But Windows Media Player fails to paly it.

Have to try other settings in the encoder. When is a gui version available?

Christopher C. Murphy · July 7th, 2004, 07:14 AM

Try downloading one of those free codec packs - they have like 25 codecs on board...one might work.

Murph

Christopher Winnicki · July 7th, 2004, 08:06 AM

I guess the gui will come one day, read the manual, it's really awesome how the quantizers, blur, two pass, frame rates, scale (to whatever resolution you want) and many other options can be used. On top of that this thing's fast. Plus it can encode many formats to other formats (although I found mpeg2 to be broken on windows, seems to work ok on Linux)

Well done all you GNU/Linux people.

Support the troops don't take the U238 away from them: http://ottawa.yi.org/WEBSITES/dr_rokke_on_depleted_uranium.mp3

July 6th, 2004, 01:29 PM	#1
Christopher Winnicki Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 38	m2t files to avi (mpeg4/mp3) Check out this method. I converted the m2t files captured directly from my HD10U to small very HIGH QUALITY avi (mpeg4 video and mp3 audio) using mencoder and mplayer (http://mplayerhq.hu) get this: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/MPlayer-mingw32-1.0pre4.zip or this: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/MPlayer-mingw32-dev-CVS-040518.zip version of mplayer and mencoder from: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/ dump it in the directory where your m2t files are and to encode from command line: ex: C:/mencoder crazy00001.m2t -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=4000:vqblur=1:vhq:vqmax=6:vqsquish=1 -o crazy00001.avi -oac lavc mp3 Play around with the settings (bitrates and other parameters). Once the file is encoded you can right click on the file and "Play/Open With" and brows to where you have extracted the mplayer.exe. Window$ media player should also play it. This is a really awesome method for creating very very HQ (small) mpeg4/mp3 AVIs. Please let others know how you make out if you try this method. Cheers

July 7th, 2004, 07:14 AM	#4
Christopher C. Murphy Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,707	Try downloading one of those free codec packs - they have like 25 codecs on board...one might work. Murph __________________ Christopher C. Murphy Director, Producer, Writer

July 7th, 2004, 08:06 AM	#5
Christopher Winnicki Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 38	No need for the qui, Window$ media player too stupid I guess the gui will come one day, read the manual, it's really awesome how the quantizers, blur, two pass, frame rates, scale (to whatever resolution you want) and many other options can be used. On top of that this thing's fast. Plus it can encode many formats to other formats (although I found mpeg2 to be broken on windows, seems to work ok on Linux) Well done all you GNU/Linux people. Support the troops don't take the U238 away from them: http://ottawa.yi.org/WEBSITES/dr_rokke_on_depleted_uranium.mp3

July 6th, 2004, 10:22 PM	#2
Dwight Flynn Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 393	What did you use to capture the stream (was it the included KDDI utility)

July 6th, 2004, 10:28 PM	#3
Peter Robert Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 70	It is cool! A m2t file with 1.37GB size could be encoded as a avi file which is only about 650 MB. Playback by the mplayer is smooth and the quality is good. But Windows Media Player fails to paly it. Have to try other settings in the encoder. When is a gui version available?