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Best FREE Avi to Mpeg 4 converter ???

dblue75
dblue75 Posts: 668 Forumite
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Hey guys.
Looking for a FREE AVI to MPEG4 converter so I can play movies on my tv through a USB stick. I found a program before that converts it for USB devices but I can't remember what it was ????

Any help greatly appreciaited. :j
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  • camusalbert
    camusalbert Posts: 17 Forumite
    topshareware.com
  • firedrone
    firedrone Posts: 97 Forumite
    What device are you using the play the videos?
  • dblue75
    dblue75 Posts: 668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have a sony tv and can plug a USB into the TV but need to convert the films to the correct format for the TV to recognise and play them. Doesn't recognise AVI files so I am guessing it will be Mpeg4 format I need to convert them into.
  • camusalbert
    camusalbert Posts: 17 Forumite
    firedrone wrote: »
    What device are you using the play the videos?

    He need to play the videos in TV via usb device.
  • firedrone
    firedrone Posts: 97 Forumite
    http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/about.html
  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,952 Forumite
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    dblue75 wrote: »
    ... so I am guessing it will be Mpeg4 format I need to convert them into.

    Can you find that information from the TV handbook or Sony's website?
    Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    There's some confusion here.

    Avi is a container. Not a video format. you can put all sorts of video inside an avi, including mpeg4.

    One of the best bits of video encoding software is Staxrip.

    You really need to work out what format (video and audio codecs and the container) the TV will play, then encode in that format.
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • dblue75
    dblue75 Posts: 668 Forumite
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    Found my Sony Bravia Book. It shows vids in MPEG1 format not MPEG4 as I orginally thought.
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    Really? MPEG1 is old stuff, pre DVD. Do you remember the Philips CDi, and VideoCDs? That was MPEG1. I'd be surprised if any TV these days with USB only supported MPEG1. 17 year old tech. :o
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • dblue75
    dblue75 Posts: 668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well thats what it says in the book.......
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