help me to convert WMV to AVI,mpg etc

[wesley]

hi

i got a large WMV video which i like to edit, make the video shorter, making few GIF's etc

so i used format factory to convert the video to AVI, but virtualdubmod wouldnt open the converted video, i also tried different codec, XVID, DIVX, all same error

message saying

[!] Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'avc1' (unknown).
VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to
decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media
Player, are not suitable. Only 'Direct stream copy' is available for this
video.

i tried converting to mpeg, mkv, mpg. still cant getting it working

anyone ?

thanks

 

[opethdisciple]

avidemux should be able to do what you are asking and its free

 

[Mattus]

Looks like the video codec is x264. VirtualDub doesn't support x264 properly on its own, as I found out the other day.

I got round this problem by using AviSynth. It can basically take your input file and feed it to VirtualDub in a format which it understands.

After you've installed AviSynth, you need to write a brief script telling it what to do. Paste the following into Notepad, change the path to the location of your video and save the file:

DirectShowSource("C:\Video\video.wmv")

Now open VirtualDub, and open the script as if you were opening the movie itself. If all goes well, you should then be able to edit the video as normal.

 

[wesley]

tried avidemux last night, had a problem. couldnt remember the error message.

will try avisynth later tonight thanks

 

[opethdisciple]

Download gspot.

It will tell you what codecs your file is using etc.....

 

[wesley]

there you go