Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

dochira wrote:Trying to make a better mouse trap, huh?

Knowing me, I'll break a few fingers in the process. :sweat:

Dunno if this compares to what you're using, but it's also free and a small download - but I haven't used it myself.

http://www.divxland.org/subtitler.php

Anime Dad wrote:Dunno if this compares to what you're using, but it's also free and a small download - but I haven't used it myself.

http://www.divxland.org/subtitler.php

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.

Does anyone know of a good program that I can use to convert Matroska media to avi format?

oh that pesky mkv format... how i loathe thee..

Winblowz users: http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Dr._DivX

Thanks krim :glomp:. You're such a pal :thumbsup:.

anytime babe ;)

there's other tools on the site if that one doesn't work for you.

Okay. I'll check those out too :thumbsup:.

shoujo22 wrote:Does anyone know of a good program that I can use to convert Matroska media to avi format?

Have you checked videohelp.com?

bmwracer wrote:
Have you checked videohelp.com?

have YOU checked videohelp.com to satisfy your information lust.. :hehe:

krim wrote:have YOU checked videohelp.com to satisfy your information lust.. :hehe:

Nope.

I currently have no interest in Matroska.

what about the encoding tools? :twisted:

krim wrote:what about the encoding tools? :twisted:

Which ones?

I've got the main ones already.

i have no desire for that type of knowledge. :beaten:
but you could read user comments in addition to asking about it here.

I have used MKVtoolnix http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ for stripping unwanted languages and subs from MKV files. I don't like MKV either, but sometimes that's what u get :(

For converting to .avi I have WinAvi video converter http://www.winavi.com/en/video-converter/video-converter.htm which works well, if you have the MKV codec installed.

Just discovered that my Sony TV has a bit of of overscan and that my TMPGEnc encoded videos for Geezer have some of the subtitle text cut off. Now I have to re-run the conversion process and take into account the overscan of the TV... Bleah.

Has anyone else encountered/noticed this overscan in their TVs? It's not a problem with PC monitors, because of the auto-sizing features built into software players...

bmwracer wrote:Just discovered that my Sony TV has a bit of of overscan and that my TMPGEnc encoded videos for Geezer have some of the subtitle text cut off. Now I have to re-run the conversion process and take into account the overscan of the TV... Bleah.

Has anyone else encountered/noticed this overscan in their TVs? It's not a problem with PC monitors, because of the auto-sizing features built into software players...

Yeah, overscan is actually normal in standard TVs, so what I do is I put borders on the sides so that the borders will be the overscanned part and the video will be completely shown in the TV. FitCD is a good software for auto-sizing (including adding borders on the sides) your avi for standard TV, but you'll also need to install AviSynth for this application.

Saito_Hajime wrote:Yeah, overscan is actually normal in standard TVs, so what I do is I put borders on the sides so that the borders will be the overscanned part and the video will be completely shown in the TV. FitCD is a good software for auto-sizing (including adding borders on the sides) your avi for standard TV, but you'll also need to install AviSynth for this application.

LOL, funny you should mention FitCD: I downloaded today. :)

I'm converting stuff to DVD-Video, so I'll just use the parameters that FitCD suggests and use them in TMPGEnc when I encode.

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, overscan is actually normal in standard TVs, so what I do is I put borders on the sides so that the borders will be the overscanned part and the video will be completely shown in the TV.

I wish everyone who did subs was so thoughtful. I have quite a few files that lose text at the edge of the TV screen once I burn them to DVD :(

Anime Dad wrote:I have quite a few files that lose text at the edge of the TV screen once I burn them to DVD :(

Have you considered re-encoding them? :)