by arimicci » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:26 am
Maybe it is too much t-ecchi-e, but just as hint, thats what I'm used to do with large avi files to compress to mp4, in order:
0) only if VirtualDub doesn't like the avi: I'll do the avs
1) open avi (or avs) with VirtualDub, save separate audio stream, direct stream copy.
2) then encode MPEG4 (ffdshow, MP4V, my bitrate of choose, 1-pass average bitrate[maybe you want 2pass, 2nd int])
3) Audio stream, convert to AAC with your converter of choose
4) Yamb , ill put the two streams and make the mp4
5) done
This is not an all-in-one solution but I found I lose less time doin this way than trying to let other tools working as I want.