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1225288 2011-08-27 06:26:00 Thanks for all the advice - one of the ones recommended AVS? I ended up with blurb on the screen which said it was not a registered version and the video quality was awful. I have used Handbrake and that converted 7 of the 9, but the first two it does not load, even though they are in the same folder as the ones it did convert satisfactorily... sigh... Bryden (4161)
1225289 2011-08-27 07:12:00 Another one you can try, has a HUGE range of outputs, and its free -- Xmedia recode (www.xmedia-recode.de) The latest version has a quite extensive list for apple products, including the ipad ( see Screen shot (www.imagef1.net.nz)) wainuitech (129)
1225290 2011-08-27 11:00:00 Thanks for all the advice - one of the ones recommended AVS? I ended up with blurb on the screen which said it was not a registered version and the video quality was awful. I have used Handbrake and that converted 7 of the 9, but the first two it does not load, even though they are in the same folder as the ones it did convert satisfactorily... sigh...

Usually that's due to a bad encode or corrupt file. While some programs / encoders will just 'skip over' the bad parts, others won't go near them.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1225291 2011-08-27 11:42:00 I prefer Xmedia Recode to Handbrake but both have their faults. I don't like the following with Handbrake:

- Windows-D (to bring up the desktop) unloads the program! At least for me.
- quitting during encode gives an unusable file. Xmedia stops cleanly.
- has a bizarre way of setting aspect ratio
- GUI doesn't allow keyframes every second to get good FFD and RWD
- can't choose what x264 profile Level to set

On the plus side, Handbrake seems about 25% faster than Xmedia, the preview facility is good, automatic normalisation of sound is good (I think it does this)

But overall I prefer Xmedia
BBCmicro (15761)
1225292 2011-08-28 12:24:00 try buying an app from the appstore called Azul, its played every format I've tried, no need to convert nmercer (3899)
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