A good video converter?

[Eliyahu]

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

[DJFuego]

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

[Maximum]

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.

[LB]

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

[Maximum]

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

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.

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

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

[Maximum]

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.

[Paul_Boland]

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.

[Shawn]

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.

[RickyRombo]

what's wrong with these?

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

[Maximum]

what's wrong with these?

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

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