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.

Re: Free apps for converting videos to work on Wii/PS3
 

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