Converting MPEG-3 to MPEG-4

[Maver1ck666]

Hi, does anyone know if I can do this? I have just bought a Yamada 6100 DVD player which can read MPEG-4 files from your PC but all mine seem to be in MPEG-3 format. Thanks.

[smorodina]

I think you're getting a little confused with the terms. If a file ends in MP3 it is an audio file and your machine will play it. Video files will have the suffix MPEG or AVI. These are coded using various methods, but if I have read the blurb on your machine correctly it will play all of the common ones already, which is amazing. So you don't need to recode your files at all, just check the manual for exactly how they need to be presented to the machine. You might want to check out this site for info on the various methods of encoding. As for me, I'm off to buy one' http://www.dvdrhelp.com

[rinkytink]

I think that Maver1ck666 may be on about the fact that MPEG's come in four categories -
MPEG-1 - which is optomised for CD-ROM
MPEG-2 - for broadcast quality video
MPEG-3 - which was merged into MPEG-2
MPEG-4 - optomized for low bandwidth video telephony
There is a piece of software here that will do a conversion between the various compressions (I think):

http://www.heroshare.com/products/VideoConvert.php

It's not free ($29.95) but offers a free trial. I've never used it so I'm not sure if it's any good.

[smorodina]

The reason I thought he might be getting confused is because MPEG 3 was never implemented and could be confused with MP3. The machine plays all the other formats already as well as the most common DIVX codings. So he shouldn't need to convert his files anyway. The link I gave above should help and if you're interested in the machine, you can see it here:http://www.neil.ukhq.co.uk/acatalog/DVDUmax6100.ht
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[Maver1ck666]

Hi Chaps, thanks for answering this one. If you right click over one of the mpeg's and click properties, it says under Audio Format "MPEG Layer-3". The problem I have, isn't really a problem now as I have managed to resolve it. Reading the manual on the DVD player says it reads 4 but it would run on my TV, turns out that my Video recorder cant read them. The set up I have is a scart running form the TV to my video then a scart running from the video to the DVD player. I tried running the DVD scart direct to the TV and by jove, it worked!!!!! Quality is excellent however, you cannot change the dimensions of the file (unless you change it in windows first). Anyway, hope this makes sense and I would recommend this player to anyone!!! Just wished they made bigger CDR's (or do they?).

[Loki128]

The only way to get bigger than a 700mb CDR is to get yourself a DVD writer. DVDs can hold around 4.7GB of data, about 6 CDR's worth.

[Stav's Back]

Ive got one of these, they are quality. Just an added point. Go to this link: http://www.umax.de/support/treiber.htm select DVD-player, then select your 6100 and click search, and download the firmware update, which will improve the resolution of the video files, as they are quite small on the screen. There are instructions on exactly what to do. It make a big difference

[gazzyk1ns]

Maver1ck666, the "layer 3" your PC/software is telling you about is just the audio layer, as you imply. That's MPEG-1. It's "MP3" - MPEG-1, layer 3. So don't worry about trying to play "MPEG-3" files!

[ixus_123]

if you are talking about sound files then iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/ - a free download for Windows XP & Apple Mac - will convert mpeg-3 (MP3) files to mpeg4 which is AAC. mpeg4 is supposed to be better for sound quality but there is still some debate around this & for the most part it's the encoding that maks the difference. Ofcourse you wont gain any quality form converting from one lossy format to another

[itsmemyself]

**** ***!!! who cares~!!! put that mpeg-3 file in your mom's pussy, *******, son of ******** :s

[LizT]

Hi I've got a similar question I use a mac computer and I've got MPEG movie clips that I've taken on my Digital camera. I want to upload them onto my Motorola E398 cell phone but it seems it doesn't recognise MPEG files but only MPEG4 - can I convert from the former to the latter? Thanks.

[aurelia]

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[aurelia]

If you mean MPeg3 - Mp3 audio files - then you can convert them to MP4 using Nero 6.0 - it gives the option to convert any files to mP4 if you want but to be honest - I didn't notice a difference in the sound quality between the mp3 and mp4 audio files that I had