Author Topic: Best video converter for mac?? (Read 1333 times)

madavid789 · « **on:** July 21, 2011, 07:46:38 PM »

I tried using xilisoft video converter brought like $50 with of video converters and tried all free ones I found.
However, I couldn't find find any that can convert the translated text on the bottom of the video.

Anyone know a good (recommended free) video converter?

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2011, 02:58:14 AM »

Handbrake?

bloody000 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2011, 09:42:22 AM »

Handbrake.

madavid789 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2011, 10:56:52 AM »

I tried handbrake and it doesn't work :'(

kitamesume · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2011, 11:27:31 AM »

its because mac isn't designed to convert videos, windows is.

tip: use a webcam, easiest convert from any format to shitty-quality avi.

Kyrdua · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2011, 11:40:32 AM »

google is my wife EDIT: (search terms: Handbrake ASS)

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/322254-Epic-thread-Anime-MKV-files-to-MP4-for-iPad

offtopic ass lulz

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1746262

madavid789 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:39:45 PM »

Power PC applications are no longer supported whenever I try to open MKV extract for mac... I'll guess bootcamping or using WINE is better than having the hassle... as soon as I find my windows 7 disk that is

Kyrdua · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:41:51 PM »

So you mean you can't even use older mac programs, much less do any sort of compatibility mode?
my, that's apple for you.

madavid789 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:53:29 PM »

*sigh* what happened to backward compatibility apple??

so ya I'm going with bootcamp, wine is just not working for me... I'm using any video converter to do the job but it doesn't even start up and then I tried format factory which started up, but when I tried to convert a file it would get to 100% and crash

looking for windows 7 installation disk now... or I could wait until I go to college, wait until windows 8 comes out in 2012, and get it for $20

Nethfel · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2011, 07:01:50 PM »

What file are you trying to transcode? Are you trying to embed subtitles into an mp4 or burn the subtitles to the video?

madavid789 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2011, 07:26:53 PM »

burn the subtitles into the videos (the original video already has subtitles in it and I'm just trying to convert it into a different format)

Nethfel · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2011, 07:32:40 PM »

You said you tried handbrake but it didn't work - what exactly didn't work? What's the original file container/codec and destination container/codec and what's in the file (aside from video, 1 or more audio? subtitles as SRT? SSA? etc.)?

Kyrdua · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2011, 02:02:10 AM »

he wants to hardcode subtitles from what i understand.
but he can't do it on any prog because his mac can't run shit.

hoppurr · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2011, 03:29:07 AM »

free? for mac?
mac is unix based so you should be able to install ffmpeg and mencoder without much problem

http://snippets.aktagon.com/snippets/132-How-to-install-ffmpeg-mencoder-and-flvtool2-on-Mac-OSX-Leopard-convert-an-AVI-to-FLV-and-view-the-FLV-video-with-FlowPlayer

kitamesume · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2011, 03:34:49 AM »

why do you break your head thinking of so much complicated solutions where switching to windows is soooo much easier...

well nothing to see here,
just talking to myself,
out loud, too loud actually.

bloody000 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2011, 06:53:13 AM »

Quote from: madavid789 on July 22, 2011, 12:39:45 PM

Power PC applications are no longer supported whenever I try to open MKV extract for mac... I'll guess bootcamping or using WINE is better than having the hassle... as soon as I find my windows 7 disk that is

mkvextract is part of mkvtoolnix which does have Intel binaries. mkvextract has no GUI.
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html#macosx
http://jonthn.free.fr/MKVtoolnix/

Also, you should have done your research before upgrading to Lion. Rosetta was dropped.

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All you need to do in Handbrake is to select the sub track you want, tick "burned in", click "add" and encode. How hard is that?
Here, Handbrake nightly: https://build.handbrake.fr/

Kyrdua · « **Reply #16 on:** July 23, 2011, 07:17:45 AM »

Quote from: kitamesume on July 23, 2011, 03:34:49 AM

why do you break your head thinking of so much complicated solutions where switching to windows is soooo much easier...

this. Even i don't understand why people use mac. Work? lucky if you don't need a selection of progs to use because it won't matter because you won't.

madavid789 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2011, 03:54:24 PM »

I switched to mac because I like to download crap and most of them have windows viruses
anti-virus can't even compete with viruses I get so I switched to mac and I haven't seen a virus since
compared with my windows 7 pc I have downstairs that had 12,382 found trojan viruses found on the first day
I didn't even install anti-virus on my mac on the first day and I downloaded 50 gb of crap and there was no viruses

Kyrdua · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2011, 04:38:28 PM »

Quote from: madavid789 on July 23, 2011, 03:54:24 PM

I switched to mac because I like to download crap and most of them have windows viruses
anti-virus can't even compete with viruses I get so I switched to mac and I haven't seen a virus since
compared with my windows 7 pc I have downstairs that had 12,382 found trojan viruses found on the first day
I didn't even install anti-virus on my mac on the first day and I downloaded 50 gb of crap and there was no viruses

Epic Fail. LINUX is what you should have switched to. it a least has working shit readily available.
And don't give me that "commandline is hard" thing. It's just as hard as learning where to download clean stuff.

I've gone past the "download random crap" stage of being a computer user and now i don't even use an antivirus,
as it only slows me down.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2011, 05:16:03 PM »

Honestly, even if you do download loads of random crap, it's not hard to tell whether it has a virus or not before it infects your PC. I often download programs etc which turn out to be full of viruses, and it's easy to avoid being infected. You just need to pay attention to things, and use a bit of common sense. Antiviruses just provide tools to help; if you use common sense you won't even need one most of the time.