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hotwire132002

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Jan 24, 2004
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My question is pretty much the thread title -- I have a number of videos that were encoded straight to MPEG2 (using a WinTV card... yes, on a PC). I'd like to convert these MPEG2 files to MPEG4 so I can put them on our podcast.

I'd use Handbrake, but these are straight MPEG2 files (*.mpg) rather than DVD images. As far as I can find, Handbrake will only work with DVDs or DVD images.

Is there another solution to transcode an mpg to an mp4 file? Thanks in advance for any solutions!
 
Thanks to both of you -- I'm trying both programs right now, I'll post to let you know how it goes. Hopefully one of them will work for me! =)
 
I used to use ffmpegX but I recently replaced it with VisualHub and I haven't looked back. All of these apps are basically the same though just graphical front ends to ffmpeg and other open source tools.
 
I like MPEGStreamclip for its ease of use, good quality, and it's freeware. I think the unlimited, non-trial VisualHub is like US23. I've only used the VisualHub trial once, though.
 
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