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Shawn
Asked: 2012-04-15 17:37:16 +0800 CST

Need to convert a video file from mp4 to xvid

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I checked out the questions with similar titles and didn't find anything that I thought would help. I am attempting to convert a video into an avi, preferably xvid. The video file's Video and Audio Properties are as follows:

Video
Dimensions: 1280x544
Codec H.264/AVC
Framerate: 24 frames per second
Bitrate: 774 kpbs

Audio
Codec: MPEG-4 AAC audio
Channels: Stereo
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Bitrate: 32 kpbs

I have tried numerous times to convert this into an Xvid codec AVI but I have had no luck successfully getting the audio to sync properly. I am using Openshot to attempt conversion, using the libxvid codec and AVI format, but I am unsure of the proper audio settings I should use. What settings should I use to convert this video with Openshot? If it is not possible with Openshot, or if there is a better application to use, I would be grateful to know that as well.

mp4 openshot video-conversion

4 Answers

  1. If you're just looking for conversion, you might want to try arista or transmageddon instead of Openshot. Arista Transcoder and Transmageddon are applications focused on just doing the conversion and nothing else. Especially Arista Transcoder contains a lot of presets, of which one is xvid. Install them using the command sudo apt-get install arista transmageddon.

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  2. I'd suggest using WinFF not because it's simple to use and it actually works, but because it dumps execution commands into *.sh files which are located in your ~/.winff/ directory. You can examine them and change parameters as you wish.

    I had to convert some mp4 videos from my Samsung Galaxy 2 to avi XViD format, and here's the command I came to thru the way I described earlier. Check this out if this works for you, if not, please try the Step 1, and post your command.

    In my case I'm using ffmpeg, so here's the command (original, slightly modified for HDMI format output):

    ffmpeg -y -i yourvid.mp4 -f avi -r 29.97 \
          -vcodec libxvid -vtag XVID \
          -vf scale=1920:1080 -b 1500k -qmin 3 -qmax 8 -bufsize 4096 \
          -mbd 2 -bf 2 -trellis 1 -flags +aic -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 \
          -acodec libmp3lame -ar 48000 -ab 128k -ac 2 \
          yourvid.avi

    Hope this helps.

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  3. Try avidemux Install avidemux. It works quite well.

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  4. Best Answer

    Well, I'll close this one out with my own answer... after trying all of the suggestions and not getting anything close to a satisfactory conversion, I wound up using Format Factory in Window$ to get it done. Makes me sad.

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