Can you recommend a media converter?

noah2112 wrote on 1/23/2009, 11:04 AM

Hi, Ive tried a couple 'free' converters to change my dvr-ms vids to a VMS supported format. The 2 programs I tried insisted on reducing the video to 50% its original size unless I upgraded, meaning fork over $30-$40, which I dont feel like doing. Is there a free, or even very cheap, converter I can use to save the original size of the dvr-ms video. Im asking you guys because everyone seems to be very knowledgeable in these things here.

Thanks in advance.

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Ivan Lietaert wrote on 1/23/2009, 12:57 PM

Have you considered SUPER? Google for it. Their website is hellish, but the program is rather good. Don't know if it will recognise the dvr-ms files, though.

MSmart wrote on 1/23/2009, 1:14 PM

Yes, Super is a good free converter, Handbrake is another.

Depending on what you plan on doing with your dvr-ms files, VideoReDo may be a "low" cost option.

noah2112 wrote on 1/23/2009, 10:26 PM

Thanks I tried SUPER and it worked nicely. Thanks for the suggestion.

Strangeman wrote on 1/26/2009, 1:01 AM

I'd like to add my thanks for that suggestion - it's going to save me a lot of unnecessary work in the future.

noah2112 wrote on 1/27/2009, 2:53 AM

I found an even better one, and more convenient, called DVRMSToolbox. It made especially for converting DVR-MS and it includes an option for auto-editing out commercials that seems to work fairly well. It will only convert to WMV or MPEG tho'. Even so its faster than SUPER.