MPEG-4 to AVI

dori2o

Can anyone recommend a good (free) converter for MPEG-4 to avi.
Thanks

Poppycat

Handrake ..................

Supported Sources:

• Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files
• Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.

Outputs:

• File format: MP4 and MKV
• Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora
• Audio: AAC, CoreAudio AAC (OS X Only), MP3, or Vorbis. AC-3 pass-through, DTS pass-thorugh (MKV only)

Misc features:

• Chapter selection
• Subtitles
• Integrated bitrate calculator
• Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
• Live Video Preivew

bat999

Hi
Although Handbrake might be capable of doing the conversion, imo it's the wrong tool for the job.
Something simple like WinnFF will do it.
Here:-http://winff.org/html_new/
:cool:

Poppycat

avi is just a container though OP hasnt mentioned what type of format they want XviD, DivX etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats

bat999

Poppycat wrote: »

avi is just a container though OP hasnt mentioned what type of format they want XviD, DivX etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats

That's true.
But on Handbrake's website it says this about the latest version of Handbrake:-

AVI: AVI is a rough beast. It is obsolete. It does not support modern container features like chapters, muxed-in subtitles, variable framerate video, or out of order frame display. Furthermore, HandBrake's AVI muxer is vanilla AVI 1.0 that doesn't even support large files. The code has not been actively maintained since 2005. Keeping it in the library while implementing new features means a very convoluted data pipeline, full of conditionals that make the code more difficult to read and maintain, and make output harder to predict. As such, it is now gone. It is not coming back, and good riddance.

savemoney

Handbrake does support large files been using files over 10gb it doesnt support chapters though but very few people use it in avi, mkv etc

mr_fishbulb

bat999 wrote: »

AVI: AVI is a rough beast. It is obsolete. It does not support modern container features like chapters, muxed-in subtitles, variable framerate video, or out of order frame display....

Hahaha why would you want that? Surely it would just make it more difficult to watch?

Yes it would make it more difficult to watch. And don't call me Shirley.