I need to know How can i convert AVI files to MKV

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HellBoyX2

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dear guyz;

i have around 400GB movies on my disk, all are 700-800 MB Files. I want to convert those in to 300-400MB MKV Files.

could any help me giving necessary information.

thanks in advance..
 
Having been here for a while, dont u know where to post what? :S

If u haven't noticed yet, this section belongs to guides and tutorials compiled by the members and not for queries.
 
Dude come on dvds costs like 12 r.s

why convert ?

It will definately result in slight quality loss if your source is avi......
 
Gunman said:
Having been here for a while, dont u know where to post what? :S

If u haven't noticed yet, this section belongs to guides and tutorials compiled by the members and not for queries.
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Step by step people will learn right. while every1 started with TE, they were n't knowing TE completely right. part by part, step by step with help of seniors like u, people will learn..

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mkv is just another container like avi. if you want to loose quality and size at same time you can do it with an avi format too.

why do you want mkv format though? any preference?
 
MKV container reflects quality only when the source is 720p or even better 1080. Otherwise either of AVI or MKV can be preferred.
 
Frankly speaking you will only loose quality if you re-encode the movies from already encoded AVI's if you had the Source Video as DVD then only would have the re-encode to MKV [H.264 Video +AAC/MP3 Audio] made sense.
 
I have some HD videos in AVI format ( not sure which codec). But my card only supports MKV for DXVA hardware decoding.

I am thinking of getting the ATI Video Converter and try to convert the files using that.

Will I lose image quality if I do so?
 
HellBoyX2 said:
dear guyz;

i have around 400GB movies on my disk, all are 700-800 MB Files. I want to convert those in to 300-400MB MKV Files.

could any help me giving necessary information.

thanks in advance..
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Mkv is just a container. By using mkv (instead of avi), you would achieve better compression & save some space (like 2-3 mb).
You should be looking at codec instead of container. You could choose x264 as the codec and mkv as the container. File size if very much dependent on the video bitrate. Choose a low bitrate like 300 - 400 kbps and audio at around 48-64 kbps. This way, the final size could be around 300-400 mb (assuming duration is ard 2 hrs).

dipen01 said:
MKV container reflects quality only when the source is 720p or even better 1080. Otherwise either of AVI or MKV can be preferred.
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mkv has nothing to do with quality.
 
junkiedogg said:
I have some HD videos in AVI format ( not sure which codec). But my card only supports MKV for DXVA hardware decoding.

I am thinking of getting the ATI Video Converter and try to convert the files using that.

Will I lose image quality if I do so?
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thts wierd.... ive seen 720p n 1080p only in mkv yet :P maybe coz ive never purchased a hd movie :P
 
HellBoyX2 said:
Step by step people will learn right. while every1 started with TE, they were n't knowing TE completely right. part by part, step by step with help of seniors like u, people will learn..

:cool2:
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That's right but one should also learn to be self reliant as much as possible. All the sections have descriptions regarding the contents. One should read that too :) . The threads in a particular section should also guide u in what to expect and post in that section. Ideally, that is ;)

Edit: Oops, extra post! Guess I have to learn to be slow and precise myself :)
 
HellBoyX2 said:
Step by step people will learn right. while every1 started with TE, they were n't knowing TE completely right. part by part, step by step with help of seniors like u, people will learn..
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This sounds like a poem :)

Keep the 700 MB files as they are. I had compressed some movies long time ago to save space and now they are useless on my 22 inch LCD :(
 
dude, you can use divx 7 converter to convert avi to mkv files.

but my suggestion is, u shud keep the source file if it is not too large , so that in future if u go for a higher resolution LCD monitor or LCD TV, u will get crisp clear video clarity

so more the file size, more the clarity is when it comes to higher resolutions.

in lower resolutions u will not find any noticeble difference between smaller file size and larger file size,

so now it is up to you to decide whether to keep the source or not....

hope this helps
 
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