[Amario]

I am pretty sure this has been asked countless times but just need to know which converter is best; when regarding this talk not any video converter (although it is good).

I am looking for a converter which matches what is converted for example when mkv file to avi file to keep the same format in the subtitles and etc.

There are various website hosts such as animesenshi which convert them into these formats.

Anyone know which converter to use to bring out the same quality as theirs?

Any tips would be good ^_^

[Serenity7]

I don't know if it's the best, but WinAVI is a very good converter ^-^
(it has good quality + keeps the same format in the subs etc)

[R3MB0]

i think they're using xvid4psp, because i've read their converting guide and of course i'm using it as well.. it will convert your mkv file to avi with same subs style.. i recommend you to use xvid4psp ver 5.xx, although the newest one is ver 6.xx.. you can go to this link "http://www.animesenshi.com/forums/topic/4897-guide-mkv-to-xvid-conversation/" to see their guide..

[Alphard]

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[Apathy compleX]

... VirtualDub no questions asked. It's not just a video converter, it has many, many filters, which can give you some crazy advanced options.

the thing to note here is that there are 2 different things you should distinguish

1- containers : such as AVI and MKV, these are files that "contain" audio and video tracks, which form your Anime episodes

2- Encoded Videos : for example, when people say AVI, then they mean, in most of the times, an Xvid/Divx (codec names) video file & an mp3/ac3 audio file, both are contained in an AVI file which is your Anime Episode.

However, when people say MKV, then you should know that MKV can contain anything, but in most cases it would contain an H-264 Video (H-264 is better than Xvid and Divx in all ways, and it has smaller file size), or maybe an AVC Video, or other formats... with the audio being in AAC/AC3, and almost never an mp3...

Now, MKV can still contain an H-264 video with a hard subtitle in it (the subtitle is posted on the video and considered a part of it which cannot be replaced/edited.) So unless you actually have a website that you want to post your videos on, I recommend you always use H-264.

Now about these websites, if you mean streaming websites, then they have no choice but to convert files into AVI.

There's is an idea of H-264 streaming on internet browsers, the original project is called MediaElement, (mediaelementjs.com) But H-264 are somehow not being used by any website (despite their superiority), cuz Adobe, for some reason, made sure to suppress this H-264 streaming idea.

[ChaosMaster]

I know that HandBrake is a very popular one. I use CyberLink Espresso though, as that uses VGA acceleration to help speed up encoding. With BluRays and that, it makes a huge difference, or if you have a slow CPU. But the options are limited.

[pendragonuzumaki]

Originally Posted by Alphard

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I recommend this also.

[mahjong]

handbrake hands down. Although on linux, encoders handle subtitles quite hard. They are just not that pretty.

[HD survivor]

It does't matter because they all broke when the videos switched to 10 bit. but before that i used to use mkv tools for mac, and total video converter for windows. at the moment the new nightly build for handbrake can convert 10 bit mkv to mp4 but still isn't reading the subs correctly.

let me know if anyone finds a converter that can convert 10 bit mkv to mp4 without massive quality loss/complete breakdown of the file. I was completely shut down by the change to 10 bit.

[naru2]

Why not use the mkv2vob program?

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After installing it, click on configuration and look for a sub-menu called "Output File Extendion". Clicking the arrow associated with this sub menu and a drop down menu will appear. From that sub menu choose avi as the output file extension (as its default is automatic---mpg). NB----From the configuration menu on the far right there is a check list, from that list, check "Load subtitles from file" and "Always Encode Subtitles" in order for the converted vid to have the subtitles as well.

Choose "english" from the "preferred subtitle language" menu (or any other language u can understand)

Then click "add file" choose the vid(s) you wish to convert.