Free apps for converting videos to work on Wii/PS3

[Matt D]

"Wii Video 9" & "PS3 Video 9", two free apps for converting your divx/xvid etc. videos into a format playable by the Wii/PS3.


http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/ps3video9/



Although, as the Wii only supports Motion JPEG (M-JPEG), your e.g. nice small 350MB xvids end up rather large... so you better get a big SD card.

[icestar2]

I think I had a program for the psp that was made by this group.

Thnx matt will check them out.

[skyblueheroes]

How does it work then ? Burn to DVD and just put in the Wii ?

Anyone tried it ?

[David F]

Originally Posted by Matt D

"Wii Video 9" & "PS3 Video 9", two free apps for converting your divx/xvid etc. videos into a format playable by the Wii/PS3.


http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/ps3video9/



Although, as the Wii only supports Motion JPEG (M-JPEG), your e.g. nice small 350MB xvids end up rather large... so you better get a big SD card.

although its a trendy app the question has to be why in gods name would anyone want to do this? Its a gimmick of no real use at all specially seeing as you can get a divx xvid dvd player all in one for a little over 25 quid and the quality will be better. Spose its just another code writters we can do this and show off jobbie

[handyman]

Here's one for £25 here.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=126619

Also if you bump the order over £30 by putting on a 1gb usb key you can take advantage of the new Google checkout and get a tenner off as well.

http://www.ebuyer.com/googlecheckout

Hmm, might get that new hard drive from them...

[Stuart C]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

although its a trendy app the question has to be why in gods name would anyone want to do this? Its a gimmick of no real use at all specially seeing as you can get a divx xvid dvd player all in one for a little over 25 quid and the quality will be better. Spose its just another code writters we can do this and show off jobbie

Depends if the PS3 allows you to store videos on it's hard drive. Do that, et Voila, you have your own Video On Demand service.

[icestar2]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

although its a trendy app the question has to be why in gods name would anyone want to do this? Its a gimmick of no real use at all specially seeing as you can get a divx xvid dvd player all in one for a little over 25 quid and the quality will be better. Spose its just another code writters we can do this and show off jobbie

Well I dont have a divx dvd player but I do have a ps3 - why spend £30 on a dvix dvd player when I can now just play them through my playstation 3 thanks to this little program.

Dont think its a show-off just a nice feature for us who want to run everything through one system i.e. ps3.

[David F]

seems a lot of hassle all that re encoding then audio sync problems so re encoding again oh dear deary me

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

Depends if the PS3 allows you to store videos on it's hard drive. Do that, et Voila, you have your own Video On Demand service.

but the ps3 plays dvds(doesnt it?) just get hold of them instead and save the time re encoding etc

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Originally Posted by icestar2

Well I dont have a divx dvd player but I do have a ps3 - why spend £30 on a dvix dvd player when I can now just play them through my playstation 3 thanks to this little program.

Dont think its a show-off just a nice feature for us who want to run everything through one system i.e. ps3.

Also how does it do it through just 1 machine you need a pc to re encode the data so thats 2 bits of kit needed. Having to change the format from one form of compression will make the quality deteriorate so each time it needs to be moved to a "new bit of kit " with a different format your ruining the file.
All to there own but I would rather watch quality than a small file played on a games console

[icestar2]

I rarely have audio sync problems when converting.

Yes the ps3 does play dvds lol I'd be worried if it didnt. However its just another option for us - depends what your converting to I surpose.

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Also how does it do it through just 1 machine you need a pc to re encode the data so thats 2 bits of kit needed. Having to change the format from one form of compression will make the quality deteriorate so each time it needs to be moved to a "new bit of kit " with a different format your ruining the file.
All to there own but I would rather watch quality than a small file played on a games console

Sorry what I meant was 1 system to run home entertainment. Not to do the converting etc etc although depends what you can do with linux seens as you can install it on the ps3.

[David F]

Fair enough all my kits in my front room so I dont need to mess with owt it all just plays where I want it to from various sources if need be

[mertle]

one I use does not have sinc issues with sound

SUPER ©

http://www.erightsoft.net/home.html

Just set it up as PS3 drag and drop set resolution wanted and the sound standard and off you go.

Works really well to convert to AAC format.

[keithwalton]

Can these cheapo divx et all players handle the latest mpeg4 (avc) version aka h.264 at high definition so at least 720p ? if not then your better off with the ps3.

[peanutkp]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Can these cheapo divx et all players handle the latest mpeg4 (avc) version aka h.264 at high definition so at least 720p ? if not then your better off with the ps3.

I don't think they can do x264's just yet, but that's a small thing. you can get 6 films onto a dvd at very near dvd quality without the need of encoding (I use an Evesham DVD1000 and it's great).

I used to encode beforehand but it's always a hassle and pain. If I got a PS3 the last thing I would do is go back to encoding. After all if I got a PS3 I'd won't even use it for DVD, to pay out that amount I'd use it for Hi Def Blu-ray only.

[keithwalton]

I have my pc connected to the same tv as my ps3 / xbox so i have no need, but i can see the use of having a ps3 in another room connected to a large hdtv, in terms of media compatibility though i've found the xbox will play more stuff and can pull media off a windows box with ease, and play anything if you setup media centre with a transcoder to wmv

[David F]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Can these cheapo divx et all players handle the latest mpeg4 (avc) version aka h.264 at high definition so at least 720p ? if not then your better off with the ps3.

if you into console gaming that is otherwise the ps3 is 400 more than el cheapo divx dvd