Converting Video Files

I have a newscast piece that I was on that someone burned for me....It is in a Video_TS format.....I need to convert these files over to a file type that I can save to my computer and then view with Windows Media Player. Do you know of an easy program that will do this without leaving that tag in the middle of the video??? Your help will be appreciated.....We adopted a former homeless family for xmas and the news piece is about us delivering to the family and I would really like to share the piece with my family via internet but really need to convert these files over....Thanks....

Iceeqb

 

I'm not an expert on going from DVD to PC formats. The only way I've had good results was using AutoGK which converts DVD files to .Avi files using either the XviD of DivX codecs. I always use the defaults which produce a 700mb file from a full movie. In your case you are looking for a smaller movie which you may or may not get good results using AutoGK. A second possible issue is I'm unsure if Windows Media Player plays XviD movies by default or if your friends would need to download the codec(I have so many codecs on my machine it automatically plays anything ). But once you get an .avi file Windows Movie Maker will convert it to .wmv format for free w/o a watermark. Re-encoding with AutoGK takes about 2 1/2 hours(maybe less if the file is small) just to give you a heads up.

So if you're still interested:

Download AutoGK and install:

http://www.autogk.me.uk/index.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=1

Copy the whole VIDEO_TS folder from your disc to your desktop.

Open AutoGK and in the input file box use the folder icon to browse to you desktop and the VIDEO_TS folder. Inside you should see some files--look for one that has VTS_01_01.ifo or VTS_01_01.vob and select the .ifo (if exists) or .vob file. Do not select VIDEO_TS.ifo [Won't work!].

In the output box just click browse icon and choose a name for .avi file, by default it is put in your VIDEO_TS folder you can move it later.

Audio box should fill itself in so go to Select Output Size box. Since this is a small clip and you want to share it I would use predefined size and choose 1/4 CD(175)mb. Hopefully it will come out smaller. Using predefined size gives emphasis on video quality and compresses audio most which is fine for a TV newscast.

Then just click Add Job and then Start icon. See what you end up with.

If the clip looks good take it into Windows MovieMaker and see how it is able to compress it from there.

Hope this helps

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If anyone has an all-in-one solution go with it. Like I said I'm not an expert but this is a valid work around.

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EDIT

You know what, I was just thinking the person that gave you the file on disc, may have it in regular PC format on their computer. Perhaps they just converted it to DVD so that you could watch it on your T.V. probably worth a call to find out.

 

Thanks to you both for the replies...I am going to work on those solutions today and see what I come up with...Will let you know how it turns out....Thanks again and Happy Holidays...

M