WMV/ASF to Divx/AVI (or alternatives)

[cheer]

Got a video in a WMV container; appears to be encoded with WVC1 (video) and WMA3 (audio).

I'd like to convert it to Divx/Xvid/whatever in an .AVI container (though at this point I'll take MPG2, whatever).

I created a simple avisynth script using DirectShowSource, then opened the script up in vdub, configured Divx encoding and did a Save as Avi. Ran fine for 15 or 20 minutes (fluctuating between 4 and 9 fps), then seemed to hit a wall. Dropped to 0.02 fps (!) and stayed at one frame for 10 or more minutes, then sped back up for a while, then hit another wall, etc. I let it run for about 5 hours before I aborted (it had gotten maybe 8% of the way through).

I tried to feed it into TMPGEnc (directly, not as avs). That's been running for about 12 hours now, and it's at 9%. (This is a one-hour 640x480 file.)

Is there any tool that will do this faster? I tried using Windows Media Encoder, but that only goes to WMV files. :) I'll let TMPGEnc run but right now it's calculating another 110 hours.

--chris

[Skelsgard]

Try to render it thru GraphEdit and dump it as an AVI.
There u can test decoding options until u find a suitable one for your task.

Cheers.

[cheer]

Try to render it thru GraphEdit and dump it as an AVI.
There u can test decoding options until u find a suitable one for your task.
Well I started that going this morning...after 4 hours it's written 81 megabytes of uncompressed video and audio. If I assume a final size of roughly 50 gigabytes (which is probably conservative), it sounds like it'll be done in a few months. :(

It's bizarre that it can play just fine but nothing will dump it properly.

[Skelsgard]

Isn´t a copy protected clip?

[lisa_8023]

Do you like to have a converter which can do this? Maybe can try some simple tools,like winavi (http://www.winavi.com/wmv-converter.htm),just need click and go.
Good luck : )

[jel]

@ lisa_8023

struck for rule 5)
5) Do not spam. No blatant advertising.
of your 21 posts, 98% recommend using winavi. i strongly suggest you desist in this practice.

[Skelsgard]

u´re actually very linient in dealing with this dude/chick.
She´s being spamming for half a year, i wonder why hasn´t she been just banned yet.

[cheer]

Isn´t a copy protected clip?
No, it is not protected.

It never finishes converting through TMPGenc or graphedit, so I suppose there's nothing to be done. But it sure is strange.