Conversion

[willsy]

JUST CONVERTED MY FAVE YOU TUBE TRACKS TO 3GP FOR MY PHONE.

NOW I NEED TO CONVERT TO DVD SO I CAN WATCH ON THE DVD PLAYER,

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS FORMAT IS CALLED??

ANY HELP WOULD BE GOOD.

THANKS

MARK W

[Guest Stuart T]

The Devil's Work, that is what it is called. They used to burn people for less, bloke called the MP3finder General will be after you.

[Tabs]

A DVD has vob files on it.

You will need to convert the flv files to DVD compliant mpeg and then author / burn to DVD.

Cheers

[willsy]

A DVD has vob files on it.

You will need to convert the flv files to DVD compliant mpeg and then author / burn to DVD.

Cheers

THANKS FOR THAT

ILL TRY IT LATER ON

BEST

MARK W

[Dave Thorley]

JUST CONVERTED MY FAVE YOU TUBE TRACKS TO 3GP FOR MY PHONE.

NOW I NEED TO CONVERT TO DVD SO I CAN WATCH ON THE DVD PLAYER,

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS FORMAT IS CALLED??

ANY HELP WOULD BE GOOD.

THANKS

MARK W

Now we need real technical help, I'll ring my son

[Lloydee]

Dead easy this one; Criag Westwood supplied the info in the first place

My only tip is to use Firefox.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=32978

Edited September 13, 2006 by lloydee

[Pete S]

Here's something a bit weird though - I downloaded a video using the method Craig described, I converted to avi using Replay Converter, but when I played it back - it was upside down!!! Anyone know what the hell thats all about???

[Guest Stuart T]

Here's something a bit weird though - I downloaded a video using the method Craig described, I converted to avi using Replay Converter, but when I played it back - it was upside down!!! Anyone know what the hell thats all about???

Did you have the software running on the Australian default format? You could try turning your telly upside down to put it right (I think ).

[Lloydee]

[Pete S]

Come on, this is serious. I've downloaded about 150 clips now and they play upside down and like a mirror image. I am pretty sure this is down to either missing codecs but I can't work out what to do. I have a program that tells you what codecs are included on a particular film clip but they also show error messages like 'cannot playback video stream - no suitable decompressor could be found'. Anyone else successfully downloaded stuff off youtube and converted it to watchable avi's or mpegs?

[Mick Holdsworth]

Come on, this is serious. I've downloaded about 150 clips now and they play upside down and like a mirror image. I am pretty sure this is down to either missing codecs but I can't work out what to do. I have a program that tells you what codecs are included on a particular film clip but they also show error messages like 'cannot playback video stream - no suitable decompressor could be found'. Anyone else successfully downloaded stuff off youtube and converted it to watchable avi's or mpegs?

Pete -

Yes - I tried converting to avi and it only gave me audio, but converting to mpg was no problem. I used the Video to Flash converter that was mentioned earlier. They now play on an old version of media player, and I'm sure they are OK with later versions

Cheers

Mick

https://northern-soul-records.com

[Pete S]

Pete -

Yes - I tried converting to avi and it only gave me audio, but converting to mpg was no problem. I used the Video to Flash converter that was mentioned earlier. They now play on an old version of media player, and I'm sure they are OK with later versions

Cheers

Mick

https://northern-soul-records.com

No still no good, in fact twice as bad using Craigs settings - still upside down, mirror image, and now going too fast. All the files I downloaded, I converted to avi with athing called Replay Converter, and they have worked really well, apart from the obvious problem - but I still think it's something to do with codecs. This is really doing my head in.

[Mick Holdsworth]

No still no good, in fact twice as bad using Craigs settings - still upside down, mirror image, and now going too fast. All the files I downloaded, I converted to avi with athing called Replay Converter, and they have worked really well, apart from the obvious problem - but I still think it's something to do with codecs. This is really doing my head in.

Pete,

The converter I used was Ultra Video to Flash converter (the setup file is called video2flash.exe). I didn't try the replay converter simply because the UVF thingy worked, although reading the blurb Replay Conv doesn't appear to support .mpg format.

Now I'll ignore AVI format because of the codec problems (seems a new format is created every week!!) and look at mpg.

Any mpg should play fine because it is only one format. I still use an old win98 player version 6.4 which is so old it hurts - but works on ANY mpg I've ever encountered, and the UVF gave me a perfect mpg file. I should point out I'm still a windows 98 user so there is nothing Hi-Tech about my system.

When I installed it the UVF downloader gave me an error on registering the files - I choose 'ignore' and hoped for the best - it worked fine. It may be that a correct installation DOES cock up the outputs.

Is is also possible that if you have BOTH converters installed (UVF and Replay Conv) there is a conflict.

Completely uninstall Replay conv - reboot - Try UVF, outputting to mpg

If no good then Uninstall the UVF - reboot - Reinstall UVF only - Try It

If its still no good then it may get a little tricky ...

If you have confidence to Edit your registry, then you could remove refrences to Ultra Flash and try that --- If not, then make a backup of your UVF Folder (usually located in C:\program files), call it something else.

Then backup these files ...

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\avisynth.dll

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\devil.dll

Completely uninstall UVF and reboot - put your backup copy of UVF folderback in original location, and the above two files. Give it a go.

Worse case is that it won't work, but you can always reinstall it correctly and be back where you were... Upside down, back to front and pulling your hair out.

Let me know if it works, I'll watch this space ....

Cheers

Mick Holdsworth

https://northern-soul-records.com

[Pete S]

Mick I've managed to suss it but thanks for all your help. First use the Ultravideo To Flash Converter, which still leaves everything upside down and reversed, but then I got a program called Blaze Media Pro. This has a function called 'flip' which does exactly that, flips the film back to it's original state. I finally did a succesful file at 11.45 last night. The reason I want to do all this is because I bought an Archos AV 700 mobile digital video recorder and it has an astonishing amount of hard drive space (160 hours of video!) so I thought what a great place to keep an archive.

[Mick Holdsworth]

Mick I've managed to suss it but thanks for all your help. First use the Ultravideo To Flash Converter, which still leaves everything upside down and reversed, but then I got a program called Blaze Media Pro. This has a function called 'flip' which does exactly that, flips the film back to it's original state. I finally did a succesful file at 11.45 last night. The reason I want to do all this is because I bought an Archos AV 700 mobile digital video recorder and it has an astonishing amount of hard drive space (160 hours of video!) so I thought what a great place to keep an archive.

Pete that's great

Where did all these obscure clips come from anyway - Christine Cooper for god's sake!!

Tried to get the Dusty / What's it gonna be, but its been removed.

Cheers

Mick

https://northern-soul-records.com

[Guest geordiebri]

I've now managed to convert my FLV files to MPEG. What do I need yo do to get these onto dvd that will play on a normal DVD player?

Will I lose quality & will they look "blocky" on the dvd player?

[Pete S]

I've now managed to convert my FLV files to MPEG. What do I need yo do to get these onto dvd that will play on a normal DVD player?

Will I lose quality & will they look "blocky" on the dvd player?

I've put a few things onto dvd and at least 50% are unwatchable because, like you mention, they are 'blocky' due to them being reduced in quality before being uploaded. You can just burn the mpegs straight onto a dvd disc and your dvd should play them

[Guest geordiebri]

I've converted my FLV's to MPEG. What do I need to do to get these onto DVD?

When conveted to DVD is the quality decent? Or, do the videos look blocky when converted to DVD for full size viewing?

[Guest geordiebri]

I've put a few things onto dvd and at least 50% are unwatchable because, like you mention, they are 'blocky' due to them being reduced in quality before being uploaded. You can just burn the mpegs straight onto a dvd disc and your dvd should play them

Cheers Pete. Is there no way round this, as surely they were originally meant to be viewed full size? I suppose its to do with the file size for when they are encoded into binary?