[help] .mkv to .avi converter

[chrone]

dear all,

have been a long time not to join here. do you guys have any idea what's the easiest software to convert .mkv to .avi including the subtitle?

thanks in advance.


/chrone

[orangegator]

I used a program called mkvtoavi converter from Digitbyte Studio to convert a bunch of mkv files a while ago. I remember it worked well. It's not free, but if you know where to look...

Another good, free video converter program is Super video converter. The download link is at the bottom of the page. You can give it a try.

[chrone]

I used a program called mkvtoavi converter from Digitbyte Studio to convert a bunch of mkv files a while ago. I remember it worked well. It's not free, but if you know where to look...

oh okay, i'll take a look. need to convert this one file in order to save hdd space. darn those hd films really taking up spaces, even when they've been compressed.

thanks dude!

[orangegator]

oh okay, i'll take a look. need to convert this one file in order to save hdd space. darn those hd films really taking up spaces, even when they've been compressed.

thanks dude!

I edited my post to add Super video converter. Give that a try too.

[chrone]

I edited my post to add Super video converter. Give that a try too.

wow, nice finding there, and it's free also! i'll give supervideo converter a first try. thank you very much for the info, i really appreciate it.

[chrone]

I edited my post to add Super video converter. Give that a try too.

it takes too long to convert 8gb .mkv using q6600 cpu. it seems it couldn't go multi-thread. i notice there's only 1 active cpu instead of 4 used 100% right now.

i'm on 25% converting, hope the results will be good. a nice free software except we could not determine the size of the output file, ie: cd ~ 700mb.

[billdcat4]

Isnt the point of downloading those 4-8gb .mkv files for the HD quality?
If you then convert them to .avi, whats the difference between that and downloading the 700mb version?

The real answer is to get a 1tb HD for $70, depending on how many movies you have to convert, it may save you money from power usage

[chrone]

Isnt the point of downloading those 4-8gb .mkv files for the HD quality?
If you then convert them to .avi, whats the difference between that and downloading the 700mb version?

The real answer is to get a 1tb HD for $70, depending on how many movies you have to convert, it may save you money from power usage

actually i copied the .mkv from a friend and want it to save hdd space, thus i need to convert it to .avi into a single cd size. hehe

[billdcat4]

actually i copied the .mkv from a friend and want it to save hdd space, thus i need to convert it to .avi into a single cd size. hehe

wouldnt it be faster to "aqquire" it yourself over the internets?

[chrone]

wouldnt it be faster to "aqquire" it yourself over the internets?

yeah i guess you're right. will try to look at torrent. thanks

[suprnova74]

I use MKV2VOB to convert items for my PS3 which can convert to vob, avi, mpg etc and it's free.

MKV is only a "container" that holds the actual video and audio. If it's merely changing the container, it takes only about 5 to 10 minutes to do so for a 15GB 1080 movie. If it needs to convert the video or audio (many times the audio needs to be converted from DTS to AC3 for a PS3), it increases the time to 20-30 minutes.

It can be downloaded from http://www.mkv2vob.com/

[chrone]

I use MKV2VOB to convert items for my PS3 which can convert to vob, avi, mpg etc and it's free.

MKV is only a "container" that holds the actual video and audio. If it's merely changing the container, it takes only about 5 to 10 minutes to do so for a 15GB 1080 movie. If it needs to convert the video or audio (many times the audio needs to be converted from DTS to AC3 for a PS3), it increases the time to 20-30 minutes.

It can be downloaded from mkv2vob Forums

thanks dude, i'll give it a try.

[wuzy]

oh okay, i'll take a look. need to convert this one file in order to save hdd space. darn those hd films really taking up spaces, even when they've been compressed.

thanks dude!

d00d, just buy more 1TB HDDs. Seriously!

I started out with one 1TB. Then another two a few months later. Then another one at beginning of this year. Now yet another one last month.

I LOVE DATA!!!