How To Change A Media File To Mpeg

[steveb]

How can I change a media file to MPEG? Do I have to download some program to do this?

[Firefoxx]

Any video editing program can do the conversion, ie Premiere, Videostudio, Media Studio, Ulead, etc. Simply save the project as an mpeg file. If you want a program you can download with a lot of options, try tmpgenc.

[Bull]

Cucusoft or Nero will do the conversion for you too.

Bull

[Abandon]

depends what the media file is - more info needed.

but why would you want to? you will lose quality as the other codecs are far superior to mpeg. Converting swells the size of the file enormously, and reduces quality.

Set up a cheap 2nd hand old computer with a TV out on the video card if you want to play stuff on your main TV.

[Firefoxx]

Pandit, not all codecs are the same, and their quality or use depends on how/what you convert. Mpeg in general is a middling codec that can give good results with fair compression. It is also very flexible in that you can scale from lousy VCD quality to great DVD quality, depending on your settings. It's widely accepted and the most compatible.

DV is also a codec, and it gives great quality, but at the price of 12GB per hour of video. RM is a good codec for streaming and small file sizes, but horrible for quality. Quicktime is also nice, but is most popular on the Mac platform. Intel Indeo was the common codec for video capturing a few years ago. Motion Jpeg was also pretty popular but had the disadvantage of jpeg artifacts. The list goes on and on.

The codec that people seem to like most is Mpeg4 and its variants (Xvid, Divx, etc). It's also very flexible, and can give varying quality from lousier-than-VCD to near-DVD quality. However, it's not for everyone and is not yet totally platform independent. The existance of variants also means compatibility issues. There are some standalone DVD players appearing that can play Mpeg4 files, but they're not widespread and twice as expensive as normal players.

[Abandon]

Right - so set up a 2nd hand com by the TV, and you can play it all without changing format.

I presume that is what the op wants to do - play through the tv - he did not give us the information.