Video File convertion...

[Megaman Z]

Does anyone happen to know any program to convert a *.mpeg file to a *.mpg file. the reason I'm asking this is because the video file that's supposed to be used with the demo script is in *.mpeg format.

thanks in advance

[PyTom]

If you downloaded the file from:

http://www.archive.org/download/Eisenho ... ow1952.mpg

It will be in MPEG-1 format.

Otherwise, you will have to transcode it. I can't give advice on how to do this on Windows.

There's a problem that both .mpg and .mpeg are accepted extensions for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video.

The good news is that the next version of pygame will support all the formats ffmpeg supports. This includes MPEG-2 and DivX/XviD, for those so inclined. When a stable release of the new version of Pygame is out, I will update Ren'Py to use it.

[Megaman Z]

ok, I OFFICIALLY hate windows XP...

appearantly, when it downloads a *.mpg file, it "Helpfully" changes the extention to *.mpeg. figured this out while (re-)downloading the video file.

new question though... what format does *.wmv fall under? it's the only thing that windows movie creator exports, and I don't have anything else on hand that I can use to create/modify/convert movie files.

[PyTom]

That would be a windows media file. It can contain any of a number of windows media formats, none of which will be supported until at least a new release of pygame comes out.

Okay, computer video 101. There are at least two formats you need to care about when playing video on a computer: The format of the file containing the video, and the format of the video stream within the file. (The latter is often called the codec).

Basically, a file containing video consists of a number of streams. It usually includes a video stream, one or more audio streams, and maybe a subtitle stream or two. It also contains timing information so you can easily sync up the video and audio streams.

Examples of file formats that contain multiple streams are avi, ogm, mkv, wmv, and mpg. Usually, the file format determines the extension.

Each video stream is then encoded with some video codec, with specifies how a raw picture is turned into a stream of bytes, and how that stream is turned back into a picture. Examples of such video codecs include mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4/DivX/XviD, the sorenson codec used by quicktime, and so on.

There are also audio codecs that do the same thing with audio. Some of these codecs include mpeg layer-1, -2, and -3 audio (the latter is what mp3 files use), AAC, AC3, and ogg vorbis.

The motion picture experts group managed to confuse the issue even more by calling a file format, video format, and audio format with the same name, leading to endless confusion.

Anyway, what can you take home from this? Basically, that the extension of a file is a fairly poor indication of if you can play it or not.

[darkknight]

ok, I OFFICIALLY hate windows XP...

Dude i have windows ME you dont know how good u got it

[Otaku Dash]

ok, I OFFICIALLY hate windows XP...

Dude i have windows ME you dont know how good u got it

The computer i have in bedroom is ME also ... so don't say you hate XP withought trying ME i tell ya...... Thankfully i have XP in another computer....

[Megaman Z]

Dude i have windows ME you dont know how good u got it

The computer i have in bedroom is ME also ... so don't say you hate XP withought trying ME i tell ya...... Thankfully i have XP in another computer....

Actually, I have used ME before. I prefer it over XP by -just- a little...
I prefer 2000 over both, though. the only problem with 2000 is that some of my older games and programs (read: DOS) didn't work. they do with windows XP, though...

back on-topic, still no luck finding a program allowing me to make movie files compatable with ren'py... yet

[Otaku Dash]

Dude i have windows ME you dont know how good u got it

The computer i have in bedroom is ME also ... so don't say you hate XP withought trying ME i tell ya...... Thankfully i have XP in another computer....

Actually, I have used ME before. I prefer it over XP by -just- a little...
I prefer 2000 over both, though. the only problem with 2000 is that some of my older games and programs (read: DOS) didn't work. they do with windows XP, though...

back on-topic, still no luck finding a program allowing me to make movie files compatable with ren'py... yet

Out of topic:Hey if you need to run old games (dos) you should try DosBox. It a program that emulates Dos. It can be very handy. The backstand is that you need a really powerfull CPU to run it.

On-Topic: Well maybe we'll have to wait for V.4.8 to come out for that.

[PyTom]

Just to clarify: Being able to play other file formats isn't waiting on a new release of Ren'Py (although one will be necessary). It's waiting on a new stable release of PyGame. So I can't guarantee that 4.8 will be able to play DivX files.

[Otaku Dash]

Just to clarify: Being able to play other file formats isn't waiting on a new release of Ren'Py (although one will be necessary). It's waiting on a new stable release of PyGame. So I can't guarantee that 4.8 will be able to play DivX files.

Oh sorry about that... forgot to check the info for the ideas to appear no v.48. Man i still have to download v.4.7.... how could i forget!?!