Free apps for converting videos to work on Wii/PS3
 

"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.

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

Thnx matt will check them out.

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

Anyone tried it ?

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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

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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...

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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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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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.

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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 :)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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of course you wouldn't buy a ps3 for anything but a games console, all these other features are just a bonus. Once you go high definition you dont want to go back simple as that really and im only using 720p on a 27" inch screen, when i've saved up my pennies again and have the room for one i'll be moving to a 42" 1080p monster.

other features of the ps3 is a media jukebox for music, videos etc its more for the living room than your computer space. however other than the card reader the x360 does this better as well

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I like my projector for movies ;)

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Yes sorry the version I posted its H.264/AVC silly me. Tends to convert just about anything I have threw at it. Some even my nero cannot convert to nero's format.

Scale suported
640-480
720-480
750-576
1280-544
1280-720
1920-1072 (I assume they cannot goto true HD 1080 scale)

pretty much comprehensive aspect ratio's too
3-2 right up to 16-9 and 29.97 frame rates.

I done a few 130k files at 1280-720 scale and they grow to about 200k which not to bad. Takes about 20-25 mins.

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Convert it to M-JPEG (Motion JPEG) using Wii Video 9, whack it on an SD card, & then put the SD card in the Wii & watch the video using the "Photo Channel".


Far from ideal, but it's limited by what the Wii supports.


Not tried it yet myself though. Don't actually need the functionality personally (XBMC & my 360 handle everything I need media-wise), but I might try it out anyway to see what it's like.


Yep, the 360 works extremely well with media streaming (& will also play files burnt to CD/DVD or stored on an external USB2 HDD).

The "Spring Update" due next month is adding extra codec support too... H.264 (aka AVC aka MPEG-4 Part 10), MPEG-4 Part 2 (only "Simple Profile" though, not the "Advanced Simple Profile" required for divx/xvid unfortunately), & also support for videos using Windows Media DRM ("PlaysForSure" ?)[already has support for WMA using WM-DRM].


Although, the lack of divx/xvid support on the 360 means I still use my old modded Xbox with XBMC. Brilliant software. Plays everything you throw at it, with the exception of VC-1 & AVC.