I've got a new JVC Everio media camera which saves video in .MOD format
files, which i've been lead to understand are MPEG-2 files, and just need to
be renamed to .mp2v files. Then reading the various threads on this
discussion group and by also visiting PapaJohn's (very useful) website I've
realised that I also need to then convert the file to an AVI file.

I'm very much a novice at all this, but when I do the conversion using the
suggested VirtualDub software, the resulting file is a) HUGE in comparison to
eh original, and b) lose the synch of video and sound. When I play the
output clip in real player or MM2 the clip seem to go into slow motion for a
couple of seconds mid way, but the sound remains OK; the sound then finishes
before the video.

I've tried a couple of differnt clips from my camera, and get thesame
result. Playing the uncoverted MPEG-2 file in Media Player is fine, so it
must be the converter that is causing the issue.

I've not idea what any of the settings in VirtualDub do or mean !

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks !

Jon

Hello
I can't help with the settings of VirtualDub since I don't use it, Papajohn
can advise you better there.
But I can recommend, thanks to dickmr for getting me on this program, using
AVSConverter
www.avsmedia.com
or have a look at this website:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
-Wojo
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"jobat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1BAE5DD-0699-4788-B1C1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a new JVC Everio media camera which saves video in .MOD format
> files, which i've been lead to understand are MPEG-2 files, and just need
> to
> be renamed to .mp2v files. Then reading the various threads on this
> discussion group and by also visiting PapaJohn's (very useful) website
> I've
> realised that I also need to then convert the file to an AVI file.
>
> I'm very much a novice at all this, but when I do the conversion using the
> suggested VirtualDub software, the resulting file is a) HUGE in comparison
> to
> eh original, and b) lose the synch of video and sound. When I play the
> output clip in real player or MM2 the clip seem to go into slow motion for
> a
> couple of seconds mid way, but the sound remains OK; the sound then
> finishes
> before the video.
>
> I've tried a couple of differnt clips from my camera, and get thesame
> result. Playing the uncoverted MPEG-2 file in Media Player is fine, so it
> must be the converter that is causing the issue.
>
> I've not idea what any of the settings in VirtualDub do or mean !
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Jon

the Setup > Other Software page of my site has a link to my newsletter #16,
an introduction to Virtual Dub... if you don't select a compression codec
for the video, you get an uncompressed one which is 5 times bigger than
DV-AVI....

VDubMod is what you want to convert MPEG-2 files... it works the same way as
VirtualDub...
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx


"jobat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1BAE5DD-0699-4788-B1C1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a new JVC Everio media camera which saves video in .MOD format
> files, which i've been lead to understand are MPEG-2 files, and just need
> to
> be renamed to .mp2v files. Then reading the various threads on this
> discussion group and by also visiting PapaJohn's (very useful) website
> I've
> realised that I also need to then convert the file to an AVI file.
>
> I'm very much a novice at all this, but when I do the conversion using the
> suggested VirtualDub software, the resulting file is a) HUGE in comparison
> to
> eh original, and b) lose the synch of video and sound. When I play the
> output clip in real player or MM2 the clip seem to go into slow motion for
> a
> couple of seconds mid way, but the sound remains OK; the sound then
> finishes
> before the video.
>
> I've tried a couple of differnt clips from my camera, and get thesame
> result. Playing the uncoverted MPEG-2 file in Media Player is fine, so it
> must be the converter that is causing the issue.
>
> I've not idea what any of the settings in VirtualDub do or mean !
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Jon

I was just looking over that older newsletter... the world has turned and
it's OK for the overview of how to use Virtual Dub, but a number of my
personal preferences have changed.

The newsletter says I'll probably use the Windows Media 9 option for
compression.... I've been using the Panasonic DV option... which is another
download (see my Setup > Other Software page)... but that codec requires the
input file to be standard DV size of 720x480... if it isn't I apply the
resize filter to make it that size for the rendering.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx


"PapaJohn (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> the Setup > Other Software page of my site has a link to my newsletter
> #16, an introduction to Virtual Dub... if you don't select a compression
> codec for the video, you get an uncompressed one which is 5 times bigger
> than DV-AVI....
>
> VDubMod is what you want to convert MPEG-2 files... it works the same way
> as VirtualDub...
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "jobat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news1BAE5DD-0699-4788-B1C1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I've got a new JVC Everio media camera which saves video in .MOD format
>> files, which i've been lead to understand are MPEG-2 files, and just need
>> to
>> be renamed to .mp2v files. Then reading the various threads on this
>> discussion group and by also visiting PapaJohn's (very useful) website
>> I've
>> realised that I also need to then convert the file to an AVI file.
>>
>> I'm very much a novice at all this, but when I do the conversion using
>> the
>> suggested VirtualDub software, the resulting file is a) HUGE in
>> comparison to
>> eh original, and b) lose the synch of video and sound. When I play the
>> output clip in real player or MM2 the clip seem to go into slow motion
>> for a
>> couple of seconds mid way, but the sound remains OK; the sound then
>> finishes
>> before the video.
>>
>> I've tried a couple of differnt clips from my camera, and get thesame
>> result. Playing the uncoverted MPEG-2 file in Media Player is fine, so
>> it
>> must be the converter that is causing the issue.
>>
>> I've not idea what any of the settings in VirtualDub do or mean !
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
>> Jon
>
>