tim2000
4th May 2010, 22:24
Hi all,
first of all. A couple of weeks ago I got pretty annoyed because I discovered that the videos I made with my Canon IXUS used a tremendous amount of space on my hard disk. Also I had a couple of DVD’s (not encrypted and self-made) which I wanted to convert and store on my computer.
For that I used AutoGK the years before. But time goes on and I got familiar with the topic of video encoding again. I read through a lot of posts at this forum and loads of other tutorials covering the topic. Also the x264 codec became more and more interesting. So I had to find a new tool or at least UI.
I tried Mediacoder first, but somehow I didn’t get used to it and search for something new. I had the feeling, that MeGUI was somehow the standard tool recommended in this forum and I gave it a try. Although I tried it some years ago and didn’t like it because of the complexity and it was far away from usable for beginners. This time read some tutorials and thought once everything is set (e.g. profiles) that the One-Click feature was an easy way to use the tool. I don’t want the 100% best results, but an easy way to compress video files. As mentioned before, I read a lot of guides to MeGUI.
Anyways. First I tried to convert one .vob file to Xvid/mp3 in an .avi container via One-Click. The result was that MeGUI crashed after creating the .d2v. I changed all kinds of parameters, without any effect. After some tries I discovered, that an .mkv container works just fine. So I did some more research, imported new presets… Still the same error. But since my DVD player requires an Xvid .avi I’m pretty frustrated. Somehow I like some of the MeGUI’s features, but I want an easy and quick solution to convert videos at the same time. I also thought of changing to handbrake, SUPER…
Can anyone help me or is MeGUI just not able to do the simple job of converting .vob to Xvid/avi with one click? All other tools do. Or would you recommend using another tool?
first of all. A couple of weeks ago I got pretty annoyed because I discovered that the videos I made with my Canon IXUS used a tremendous amount of space on my hard disk. Also I had a couple of DVD’s (not encrypted and self-made) which I wanted to convert and store on my computer.
For that I used AutoGK the years before. But time goes on and I got familiar with the topic of video encoding again. I read through a lot of posts at this forum and loads of other tutorials covering the topic. Also the x264 codec became more and more interesting. So I had to find a new tool or at least UI.
I tried Mediacoder first, but somehow I didn’t get used to it and search for something new. I had the feeling, that MeGUI was somehow the standard tool recommended in this forum and I gave it a try. Although I tried it some years ago and didn’t like it because of the complexity and it was far away from usable for beginners. This time read some tutorials and thought once everything is set (e.g. profiles) that the One-Click feature was an easy way to use the tool. I don’t want the 100% best results, but an easy way to compress video files. As mentioned before, I read a lot of guides to MeGUI.
Anyways. First I tried to convert one .vob file to Xvid/mp3 in an .avi container via One-Click. The result was that MeGUI crashed after creating the .d2v. I changed all kinds of parameters, without any effect. After some tries I discovered, that an .mkv container works just fine. So I did some more research, imported new presets… Still the same error. But since my DVD player requires an Xvid .avi I’m pretty frustrated. Somehow I like some of the MeGUI’s features, but I want an easy and quick solution to convert videos at the same time. I also thought of changing to handbrake, SUPER…
Can anyone help me or is MeGUI just not able to do the simple job of converting .vob to Xvid/avi with one click? All other tools do. Or would you recommend using another tool?