Converting: OGM->WMV?

Wished · Post by **Wished** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:38 pm

What good programs will encode OGM (and perhaps MKV) files to WMV? Preferrably, it'd be WMV, but my second-in-line choice would be AVI if it isn't possible. My current converter, Super, is running into problems while converting OGM->WMV, let alone an AVI->WMV, and I've never ran into a problem with it before.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:22 am

Why do you want WMV files in the first place? If it's so you can edit them, I'll say right now that you'll have less chance of crashing your editing program and retain higher visual quality if you use lossless AVIs instead.

bobstur · Post by **bobstur** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:19 pm

Scintilla is right
why, !!! why !!! WMV
try to convert them in to AVI(h264)
and the good program is virtual dub mod.

Wished · Post by **Wished** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:57 pm

Because I use WMM to make my AMVs, and WMV would be the best codec. Avi, of course, works, but I'm running into a problem converting my ogm to an avi as well.

Purge · Post by **Purge** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:41 pm

you can use virtualdubMOD to convet ogm

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:16 pm

Purge wrote:you can use virtualdubMOD to convet ogm

like this:

JaddziaDax wrote:open the video file in virtualdub mod go to video->compression->Huffyuv

then go to file->save

use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want so you can save room

Wished · Post by **Wished** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:18 pm

Thanks. ^_^ I have a question though. One of my OGMs and one of my MKVs have subtitles. But.. uh, it seems like they're not exactly hardsubbed in b/c my player can change the font of it just like it can to softsubs, even though there isn't a subtitle file with it. I'm guessing it's embedding with the OGM/MKV, but I'm wondering now how to convert it WITHOUT subs in the way. :/

Wished · Post by **Wished** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:52 pm

Oh yeah. And a question about making clips in vdub - how come I can only make one "clip" with those buttons at a time for one ep? Because once I try to start a new marking point, the other one disappears. I'm only using a few clips from a certain episode, so I don't wanna do the whole thing. Probably a noob question. .__.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:07 pm

because that's how the program works?
it would be a bit harder to program something with multiple in/out points

alternatively you could just use job control
an alternative to the alternative is to get rid of everything you don't want (mark a section with in/out and press the delete key)

lister007 · Post by **lister007** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:31 am

Thanks. ^_^ I have a question though. One of my OGMs and one of my MKVs have subtitles. But.. uh, it seems like they're not exactly hardsubbed in b/c my player can change the font of it just like it can to softsubs, even though there isn't a subtitle file with it. I'm guessing it's embedding with the OGM/MKV, but I'm wondering now how to convert it WITHOUT subs in the way. :/

lol, seem to contradict yourself there a bit, but either way, if you want to change the font you can demux the subs with virtualdubmod and change the srt file yourslef, you can also selectect to turn the sub stream off before you re-encode in vitualdubmod.......I assume you origianlly had dvd so next time sort it out BEFORE you get to this stage.

Also if you writing your own subs to create like a story or something you can time it yourself in in premiere or check out this site

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Subtitle_Workshop

I'm sure this is covered in the forum elsewhere....