WinAvi Video Converter Review
WinAVI Video Converter - simply the Best!
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You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
WinAVI was the only product that could successfully convert a Sonic created mpg file to a wmv file. the speed is second to none, the quality is decent, it will handle any video file type, and it supports directAC3 and converts all other audio to ac3 2ch. if an avi file has ac3, it will use the source audio with the video. any other audio, it will convert to ac3 2ch. Very easy method of cropping / black banding using sliders and preview.
WinAVI uses very high bitrates when doing the MPEG-2 encoding - often way out of official spec. This can lead to some serious problems - specifically losing audio. Theres no custom video target size for the constant video size option. the options closest to a full DVD5 is 4300mb (too small), or 4700mb (too big). so i end up using 4700mb, then using dvdshrink to shrink it to size. if you convert 1 video thats widescreen, and another thats fullscreen, you cant set them seperately. also, theres not that many options, ie you cant set the bitrate for the video. then again, this IS an all-in-one converter made to be easy to use. The quality of the video encoding is also not exactly great - Nerovision is probably better but also not the best. I've found MainConcept's Encoder to be the best - very quick with great quality however not the easiest to use. When I play mpegs converted using winavi 7.0, my cpu usage reaches 100% (with explorer.exe spiking to 95%). even after I stop playing the mpeg, the cpu usage wont go down, and i'm forced to reboot. Irrespective of the selection (auto or 4/3 or 16/9) the MPEG2 produced did not have any DAR flag!! Needed patching with another program (DVDPatcher) to set up the flags.
WinAVI is a powerful video converting software. I've been trying so many over the past few days and this is the best. This is the fastest encoding tool, i never used!
I have been using this software to convert avi files to DVD (VOB files) and it works great for me. I use TMPGE also but lately I have been getting errors while converting to MPEG. This WinAVI I just open the app and point to the file I want to convert and 40-50 minutes later I have DVD vob files ready to burn.
It is faster than TMPEGenc and supports more formats. I'm especially impressed with the RM conversions.
WinAVI Video Converter is easy to use and powerful for experts. Just one click to convert with beautiful user interface. Burning VCD/SVCD/DVD is supported. It supports almost all video file formats, including AVI, MPEG1/2/4, VCD/SVCD/DVD, DivX, XVid, ASF, WMV, RM, QuickTime MOV, Flash SWF, MKV.