A good video converter?

I have an MKV file that contains all the footage I need for the main running footage of my game (4.37 GB's). It's in 1280x720 at 29.97 frames per second.

I used Any Video Converter to convert it to a WMV File. However, several unfortunate things happened to the video after conversion:

*I lost 4.97 frames. So the converted vid runs at 25 instead of the original 29.97.

*The video now skips and stutters.

I've heard of a freeware converter called "Super", and I've seen great reviews of it. What do you think of "Super"? http://www.free-codecs.com/download/super.htm

Are there any other's out there that may be able to convert an MKV to an WMV with killing the framerate?

Super is great, I have used it in the past to convert small clips into dvds. Works great and has tons of options. Good choice.

But you have to invest some time to check out the option and also play with filesize and settings.

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Originally Posted by Maximum

*I lost 4.97 frames. So the converted vid runs at 25 instead of the original 29.97.

*The video now skips and stutters.

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Maximum, check the settings of your convertion program, sounds like it is set to export PAL format, that's why it's playing at 25 fps and stuttering. You need to set it to NTSC which is 29.97 fps and this should give you the correct result.

Another alternative to use Windows Movie Maker. This will convert your movie to WMV format and maintain the frames per second setting. Though not sure if it will import a MKV file, I've never even heard of this extension. Also, it may resize the video to 640 x 480 to take that into consideration.

I don't believe Windows Movie Maker supports MKV's, and unless you use the live version it cuts out some really vibrant colors.

For video conversion I usually use one of the many ffmpeg wrappers, but VLC might be another one to try.

PRISM VIDEO CONVERTER!

www.nchsoftware.com

It also has almost every other type of converter software (pictures, sound...)

SUPER is great, but the configuration is confusing sometimes...and it's slow in converting (on my PC, if you have PC with high specs then that is in different case).

I'm using Total Video Converter. It's easy to use, and supports many formats. I think MKV is supported too. But this program is not free.

But I prefer SUPER, if you need the better results :)

^^ Mine are all free.

But there's always www.media-convert.com

I like Super.

RickyRombo, thanks for that online site to convert videos! I didn't know of such a thing :O. Now I can watch YouTube .flv downloads easily!

You could have just used www.keepvid.com ;)

But I have others not from YouTube...and not just video files.

I use FFMPeg and make my own conversion scripts in the sendto menu in windows. I can then right click a video and convert to whatever.
FFMPEG is commandline driven and doesn't use a gui. It can read and convert to all the popular video/audio formats.
It can import multiple images, videos as well as export to them.

Just so happens that Super is a GUI for FFMPEG so there you go ;)

Thanks for all the help guys!

I used Super to try and convert that 4.37 GB .mkv to a .wmv

It took all day, and when I came home it had an error message failing to convert :(

It does convert slow, but I also didn't expect it to be too fast considering it is 4.37 GB's. My CPU is a dual core AMD running at 2.3 GHZ, with 3 GB of ram.

The issue for me is not so much playing around with the different settings to see if it will work, I don't mind that... it's just that the amount of time it takes to get the thing converted is really not ideal. I do have another workstation and I may have to start using that one just for conversion, lol.

I'll keep using the advice you guys gave, too. I'm always blown away by how helpful this community is.

Video converting is hard, you have to convert it into a format that can be then reconverted to the new format. Of course wit will take all day, unless you hire infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters and find the one with the data for the converted video format. :p

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Video converting is hard, you have to convert it into a format that can be then reconverted to the new format.

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I'm used to converting small clips, less than 100 MB's. Stuff this huge (4 gigs) is really new for me. It really stinks when you let it run all day only to come home and find that it failed for some small reason, lol.

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Of course wit will take all day, unless you hire infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters and find the one with the data for the converted video format. :p

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I'm sure someone's working on an extension for that...

Darn it. The conversion failed again. 5th time now, and I've played with evry setting I could, mixed and matched. Still, failure.

Is there any service anyone is aware of that I can pay to have them convert an .MKV to a .WMV? I've been looking around google but all the conversion services I've seen seem to want to just put your stuff on a DVD like a home movie.

Download the demo version of Adobe Premiere CS4, it should be able to do it for you. I use Premiere for all my video work and it's fantastic!! Though, again, not sure about the MKV file format.

I use Corel Video Studio. Not sure about all the video formats it supports, but super easy to use, and has about all the features I need for videos. Beats the pants off of Windows Movie Maker.

Of course, not freeware, but it's pretty inexpensive. Tried a demo of Adobe Premier and that seemed a lot less intuitive. Sure, might be more powerful, but for what I do, I don't need advanced features.

what's wrong with these?

http://www.google.com/search?q=mkv+to+wav+converter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t

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Originally Posted by RickyRombo

what's wrong with these?

http://www.google.com/search?q=mkv+to+wav+converter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t

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Nothing, except I'm trying to convert an MKV to a WMV.

What about this:
www.weqsoft.com/2/mkv-to-wmv.htm