How to properly convert to AVI and what software?
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Hello, I want to watch movies on the TV, but between MKV and H.264 format, it's not compatible when I try to play it from a hard drive.
I had a big complication with one file, probably because it's in 1080p, or it seems like the file is too long and the TV doesn't "understand" it; it doesn't play the file all the way through, it stops after a certain amount of time, which could be after 5 minutes of playback or after 30 minutes or so. I managed to get through the video by changing the 'anamorphic' resolution (a term used by HandBrake, sorry, I don't know much about all this ^^), this time I was able to watch the whole video.
So, after all this, not being very knowledgeable in this field, I would like to know how to properly convert to AVI, knowing that my TV doesn't seem to support MKV and H.264 formats? What do I need to know to do this properly to avoid encountering various problems like the ones above?
PS: preferably free software. :p
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Hello,
Please use the MP4 format instead. Currently, it is the most universal.
My (recent) television cannot play AVI files. However, the Freebox can read them.
MP4 files are played without any issue by all devices.
For conversions, there are online converters. I haven't seen anything free except VLC, which I haven't tested.
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Hello,
Video editing software, some of which are free (like Avidemux), gets the job done.
I don't play movies directly from a USB drive connected to the TV, but through a TNT recorder or a media gateway to which this drive is connected.
For me, there's no universality; some movies in AVI, MP4, and TS formats are played by one of the two devices and not the other.
In my case (with Avidemux), success is almost always achieved by simply converting the original format to MKV while keeping the original audio and video codecs, while failure is almost guaranteed when I rely on the movie’s information and try to impose the corresponding audio or video codec before conversion.
I assume the situation is similar on the TV itself depending on its model, not reliant on the "format" but on the audio and video codecs embedded and supported in the respective containers.