[solved] STILL CONVERTER PROBLEMS!!!!

PHIL · #1 (**permalink**) 13th Jul 2006, 6:54 am

i'm trying to convert a film from my dvd recorder. i have used dvd shrink to put it on my hard drive. used pocket divx to convert to ami. this file played ok on the pocket divx player but will not play in media player. subsquently it will not convert in the amv convert tool 3.68. i get a error messgae as soon as i hit the begin button. i think i have all the settings correct. where ami i going wrong??? i converted a file from the unverteted downloads no problem so why am i struggleing now???
help!!!!!!

PHIL · #2 (**permalink**) 13th Jul 2006, 8:24 am

just to say 'got it sorted!!!!' loaded k-lite codec and that was it....don't know how it works though!!!!!!!

can't tell you much about the player we've got (bought it for my daughter last week off ebay for a end of year prezzie) ...38 quid for a 2gb...looks ok.....works ok...so far.....

Simonski · #3 (**permalink**) 13th Jul 2006, 8:29 am

Hi Phil

Take it you didnt install the SLD Codec pack I advised in yesterdays post then ?

Windows Media Player seems precarious with playing certain file extentions, avi being one of them - I use Media Player Classic, as it seemes to handle any type of file ( as far as I know ).

Glad you are sorted - you may want to add a ( solved ) in yesterdays and todays posts so that others know it worked out.

Happy MPX'ing - cheers !

Si

Vegas215.com · #4 (**permalink**) 13th Jul 2006, 9:47 am

I think you'll find the MPUI front end to MPlayer plays more formats better and more consistently than Media Player Classic.

Mplayer is the "player" part of the Hungarian-developed Mencoder, which happens to also be the basic "conversion engine" behind Pocket DivX Encoder and Mencoder264. Mplayer came from the Linux world and is now, IMO, the best player for Windows too.