how to convert OGG Theora to AVI?

[leila2]

hi my friendz,

again i have received a !legal! file in a strange new codec which I prefer to watch on the TV instead on the PC. However, although I studied all threads I could find about OGG Theora in this forum, I could not convert this file yet...

as always thankful for any hint...

luv, leila
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[buzzqw]

try avidemux

http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

"should" be fuction

BHH

EDIT : http://www.avidemux.org/pun/viewtopic.php?id=1662

NO SUPPORT (now)

sorry

[hellfred]

hi my friendz,

again i have received a !legal! file in a strange new codec which I prefer to watch on the TV instead on the PC. However, although I studied all threads I could find about OGG Theora in this forum, I could not convert this file yet...

as always thankful for any hint...

luv, leila
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
You can use MPlayer/MEncoder with libtheora compiled into it to recode the clip. Maybe even libavcodecs fftheora will be sufficient to decode the clip. MEncoder, the encoding app of MPlayer, can encode to lots of formats, like libavcodec's MPEG4 ASP and MPEG2 codec, or even XviD or X264, if mencoder was linked against them. My build was just linked agains XviD though.

Stefan@SAGARA /opt/mplayer_20051116/bin
$ mplayer.exe -vc help
MPlayer dev-CVS-051116-15:52-3.4.4 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium M Dothan (Family: 6, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


Available video codecs:
vc: vfm: status: info: [lib/dll]
mpegpes mpegpes working MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/DVB card)
mpeg12 libmpeg2 working MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)
ffmpeg1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-1 [mpeg1video]
...
lzo lzo working LZO compressed [liblzo]
theora theora working Theora (free, reworked VP3) [libtheora]
cram vfw problems Microsoft Video 1 [msvidc32.dll]
...
ffvp3 ffmpeg untested FFmpeg VP3 [vp3]
fftheora ffmpeg untested FFmpeg Theora [theora]
vp3 vfwex working On2 Open Source VP3 Codec [vp31vfw.dll]
...

Stefan@SAGARA /opt/mplayer_20051116/bin
$ ./mencoder.exe -ovc help
MEncoder dev-CVS-051116-15:52-3.4.4 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium M Dothan (Family: 6, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


Available codecs:
copy - frame copy, without re-encoding. Doesn't work with filters.
frameno - special audio-only file for 3-pass encoding, see DOCS.
raw - uncompressed video. Use fourcc option to set format explicitly.
nuv - nuppel video
lavc - libavcodec codecs - best quality!
xvid - XviD encoding


There are quite a lot of GUIs for MEncoder helping you to get started. See here (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/projects.html) .
Hellfred

[PatchWorKs]

I prefer to watch on the TV instead on the PC.
Simple solution: just plug your PC to TV ! ;)

[bond]

hi my friendz,

again i have received a !legal! file in a strange new codec which I prefer to watch on the TV instead on the PC. However, although I studied all threads I could find about OGG Theora in this forum, I could not convert this file yet...you want to play the file in a standalone player? if yes, placing theora in .avi is not enough. you need to reencode to mpeg-4 (with xvid or divx)

[Lily]

Actually, winavi video converter also can do this job (http://www.winavi.com/en/video-converter/video-converter.htm ). Btw, if you player is not a divx player, I'm afraid you'd better convert your file to dvd format.

[celtic_druid]

Anything that can convert via dshow can convert (not just winavi). Anything else AVISynth with directshowsource() should work.

[leila2]

hi my friendz,

thanx a lot to all suggestions. i will try winavi...
about dshow - i tried to open the file in VirtualDubMod after installing the newest ffdshow-20051129 but after parsing the ogg file it crashes...

tia and luv, leila

:confused: :confused:

BTW - I have a divx enabled standalone...

[Doom9]

ffdshow isn't enough.. you need the haali splitter as well and enable ogg support there. I couldn't even play a theora/ogg stream without it.

[leila2]

thanx a lot doom9!!!
i installed the haali splitter but VirtualDubMod still crashes immediately without even showing me the error log console...

luv, leila

:confused: :confused:

[Doom9]

I have no problem loading an AviSynth script serving an ogg stream into VDub:

directshowsource("matrix-theora.ogg", 23.976)

Make sure you can play the ogg file in windows media player or mpc.. if you can't, you first gotta fix that. Also note that the framerate is mandatory for directshowsource or you may run into problems.

[leila2]

hi again doom9!

i can't play the ogg in wmp and mpc - only in VideoLAN's VLC player...
how can i fix this??

tia and luv, leila

p.s. same kinda crash - immediate shutdown...

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[leila2]

where everything failed winavi video converter did the trick - converted the ogg theora file to a standalone friendly avi...

thanks again for all ideas!

luv, leila

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: