Converting x-vid files?

Tanabe · 02-04-2007 03:03AM #1

Hi folks,

I've googled it but can't really find a solution. I'm looking for a programme that can convert xvid files so I can burn them using toast or even convert xvid to avi.

Anybody know?

failsafe · 02-04-2007 11:06AM

I can burn xvid movies in toast. Maybe i'm completely wrong, but is xvid not a codec/encoder, as opposed to a file type? I thought all my divx/xvid movies were avi files. Can you watch them on your mac in quicktime? If not, you may just need the divx codecs.

Diarmuid · 02-04-2007 11:16AM

failsafe is right. xvid is just the codec, which is based on MPEG4. avi is just a container. When you burn them off what do you want to do with them? Watch on a DVD player ?

If you just want to play them you can use VLC

marcphisto · 02-04-2007 11:19AM

You can get the codec here
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

Oriel · 02-04-2007 01:50PM

I downloaded the Xvid codec and tried to burn an avi to DVD, but it still toast still complained about not being able to find a codec.

Tanabe · 02-04-2007 11:18PM

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the replies. Yes you're 100% correct, x-vid is only the codec, so apologies there.

The files once downloaded are .r files and are numbered sequentially thoughout eg. r.00,r.01. r.02, etc. However I can't seem to open these files at all

Macpar is no joy, nor Divx converter:( If I drag these files into toast, you guessed it, that doesn't recognize them either.

So this is where I could do with a hand, if anybody can.

Thanks.

marcphisto · 02-04-2007 11:44PM

those are sequential rar files which are a type of archive file.

More info http://schmidt.devlib.org/file-formats/rar-archive-file-format.html

you'll find a command line tool here http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm

and some more tools here http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Compression-Tools/RAR-for-Mac-OS-X.shtml and here http://www.unrarx.com/

I'm a windows kid so I can't really say which one is best.

hth

Simon201 · 03-04-2007 01:29AM

Just get this - does the job fine

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/

bar goes right across looks like it's hanging but just be patient.

Drag resulting file into Toast window.

big_moe · 03-04-2007 03:58AM

or another option is UnRarX... thats what i use to extract the .r files. then i use toast to burn the resultant files.

moe

tywy · 03-04-2007 07:47AM

Simon201 wrote:

Just get this - does the job fine

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/

bar goes right across looks like it's hanging but just be patient.

Drag resulting file into Toast window.

that's what I do, works perfectly! Just double click on the file with the ending .rar and it will expand all the other files with the .r0, .r1 file endings.

Tanabe · 03-04-2007 10:58AM

Thanks for the replies Guys!

I'm currently using UnrarX and dropping the converted files into Toast & they seem to be working fine.

Cheers.

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