Is there a way to convert WMV to MPEG-2?

RamonesFan2020204 · Post by **RamonesFan2020204** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:00 pm

I need to know, because I'm thinking about entering one of my AMVs into a con in June, and they're only taking 'em in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 (they prefer MPEG-2)

celibi87 · Post by **celibi87** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:09 pm

What editing program are you using? i dont know if WMM can compress into anything but wmv. I do know that vegas and other editing programs are able to covert. Other than that i know Virtual Dub Mod can.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:14 pm

WMM can export as DV-AVI. That can be recompressed as MPEG-2.

RamonesFan2020204 · Post by **RamonesFan2020204** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:48 pm

Kalium wrote:WMM can export as DV-AVI. That can be recompressed as MPEG-2.

How does that work?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:14 am

You export as DV-AVI from WMM. Then you import said DV-AVI in an MPEG-2 compressor. Export MPEG-2 from said compressor.

Fairly simple, I should think.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:17 am

i'm pretty sure tmpgenc, which can encode mpeg-2, can read wmv.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:19 am

downwithpants wrote:i'm pretty sure tmpgenc, which can encode mpeg-2, can read wmv.

You're probably better off going through DV-AVI anyway. It's less lossy.

megaman917 · Post by **megaman917** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:49 am

I had no idea WMM2 could do that. I thank you, Sir Kalium.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:00 am

For more details on the how-to, check this out:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... xport.html

I cover MPEG-2 encoding for conventions here:
http://www.aquilinestudios.org/mpegforcons.html

(still waiting for acceptance of that guide and the one other)

Rurounikeitaro · Post by **Rurounikeitaro** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:23 am

Scintilla wrote:I cover MPEG-2 encoding for conventions here:
http://www.aquilinestudios.org/mpegforcons.html

(still waiting for acceptance of that guide and the one other)

I need to visit your site more often then. Been thinking about MPEG-2 for a while.