how can i convert this file to divx?

[draggoon01]

it's an asf file. when i try using vdub 14c-asf, it gives an error.

by the way, it's an awesome video to download and watch

http://www.peterjun.com/%7Ekarneek1/Vidz/JoeEigo-Sept-02.asf

[benedict]

You need to get VirtualDub 1.3 ASF support was dropped at that point. If my other hard drive hadn't just issued me an "imminent failure" message, I could tell you what version of 1.3 you needed (it's like .3 or .4) and where to get it. Others here certainly can.

Now on to the problem of dealing with 4 Gigs of data I have on that drive that clearly just went up in smoke!

[draggoon01]

i found 1.3c asf, but it still gives the error:
"couldn't locate decompressor for format 'wmv1'(unknown)"

any way to fix it.

btw, everyone should check out the video, it's awesome.

[-h]

You can use Avisynth to access the video, with a script like

DirectShowSource("myasffile.asf", fps)

To access the audio, you will have to use Graphedit and dump the audio stream to a wav file.

Perhaps others know of easier ways?

-h

[benedict]

"WMV1" is a Windows Media codec. If you can view the video while downloading, you have the codec on your system somewhere. Trouble is, it isn't officially installed on your system. Windows Media Player knows where to find this codec, so it doesn't require it to be installed. VirtualDub however will only work with installed codecs.
(BTW: Microsoft uses this "trick" on some of their proprietary codecs to force you to use Windows Media Player for viewing. A few other players use this same trick, but many don't, and almost no editor will.)

Now it gets a bit tricky. If you want to "install" this, you need to go into your system.ini file (probabbly in your Windows folder), and put it in there. Look down in that file until you see "[drivers32]". Under that, you'll see a bunch of entries that look like this: "VIDC.IV31=ir32_32.dll". Each of these represents one of your installed codecs, in this case the "IV31" codec. You'll need to add the line "VIDC.WMV1=xxxxx.dll", where "xxxxx" is the name of the .dll file that implements that codec. What exactly that name is, I can't tell you, but it quite likely has the letters "wmv" in it. If you've got a bunch of options, just try plugging each one in until VirtualDub opens your file. When it does, that's the one you want, and you're all done.

[Note: Always make a back-up of system.ini before editing it. Nothing about this change should hurt you even if you get it wrong, but it's always better to play it safe.]

[-h]

That would only work if Microsoft included a DLL which had a VFW interface for the WMV1 codec. Unfortunately they didn't - all you get are DirectShow and DirectX Media Object interfaces, which is why it only works with a DirectShow reader like GraphEdit or Avisynth.

Actually, I believe ffvfw included encoding/decoding support for WMV1 via VFW, though the last release was a bit buggy. It may be what you're after though.

-h

[phrentec]

There is a very easy solution to this. I'm glad you asked becuase not too many people know of the solution, and its not posted in any of doom9s guides, or i havent seen it yet, and i hope microsoft doesnt know of it or else they will request the company to disable support for their propriety media just like they did with virtualdub. well. the solution.

USE TMPGENC TO CONVERT ASF AND WMV FILES TO AVI AND MPEG.

yup. thatis right. it's that simple.

tmpgenc can be found at www.tmpgenc.net

btw. that is one totally stately video. damn i wish i was better at that.

[iparout]

Originally posted by phrentec
There is a very easy solution to this. I'm glad you asked becuase not too many people know of the solution, and its not posted in any of doom9s guides, or i havent seen it yet, and i hope microsoft doesnt know of it or else they will request the company to disable support for their propriety media just like they did with virtualdub. well. the solution.

USE TMPGENC TO CONVERT ASF AND WMV FILES TO AVI AND MPEG.

yup. thatis right. it's that simple.

tmpgenc can be found at www.tmpgenc.net

btw. that is one totally stately video. damn i wish i was better at that.

Huh ?!? I never thought it would be that simple ? Is quality any good using TMPGEnc to create AVIs ?

[phrentec]

the quality of tmpgenc encoded videos, as far as converting from windows media files, is by far decent. I wouldn't say it's the best nor the worst but it is the easiest so what more could you ask for.

[draggoon01]

wow, TMPGEnc works great. thanks for the suggestion. i wish they'd make a progarm to write avi files, virtualdub can be annoying at times.

can read quicktime files to with plugin. i guess only thing it can't read is realmedia files (i have a few anime of those i'd like to convert).

[N_F]

Originally posted by draggoon01
wow, TMPGEnc works great. thanks for the suggestion. i wish they'd make a progarm to write avi files, virtualdub can be annoying at times.

can read quicktime files to with plugin. i guess only thing it can't read is realmedia files (i have a few anime of those i'd like to convert).

There's a program called Tinra that can convert realmedia files to avi.

[lucindrea]

i got a wmv file that media player happly plays but tempeng wont open and virtual dub give an error ....

[phrentec]

try using the latest version of tmpgenc.

[lucindrea]

i got ver 2.56 ( not the current 2.58 ) and for now i'm not going to upgrade as i have this version working fine for me ... anyway i used grapfedit and several hours to convert it into somthing useable.