Changed to mp4 still comes out as avi

kjer · Post by **kjer** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:54 am

Hey all,
When I encode my DVD i have saved it as a mp4 in handbrake, but when i open it it after it being encoded it is avi. I have VLC.

help please many thanks

Bressler · Post by **Bressler** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:40 am

I'm having the opposite problem - no matter what I set the encoder to and with the destination set to *.avi, the resulting file is a video clip (Windows Media Player). Must be something I'm missing...

Post by **s55** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:29 pm

@Bressler - Windows media player will be your default player for avi files.
Right click the file, Then click open with to choose another application.

@kjer- What video & audio codecs did you use?

Bressler · Post by **Bressler** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:05 pm

thanks SR55!

You are right, it is really an AVI file. However, if I try to drag and drop it on to iTunes (or ADD FILE or IMPORT), it will not do it. Are there some other file attributes that have to be changed?

Bressler · Post by **Bressler** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:14 pm

hmm.. if I try to open the file with quicktime, I just get a blank screen. (opening it with WMP works fine)

Post by **s55** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:36 pm

Itunes needs an mp4 file. The save file dialog has an option for .mp4 as the extension in the dropdown below the file name box.

Bressler · Post by **Bressler** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:09 pm

Scott, thanks again. I have no idea why I was thinking that I needed AVI.

kjer · Post by **kjer** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:40 pm

not sure what codecs im using would you reccomend any that i would have to download

Post by **s55** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:46 pm

errm, I mean't what video/audio encoder settings you used in handbrake.

kjer · Post by **kjer** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:05 am

oh sorry i ste the video to H.264 (ipod) like the manual says and the audio to ACC.

Post by **s55** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:45 am

Ok, the only reason for it not to be a mp4 file is you have saved it as an avi.

Under the Destination Section
The browse button,
Change the save as type dropdown to mp4.

Your file must have the avi extension currently so you'll need to re-encode.

kjer · Post by **kjer** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:23 pm

Thanks for that
Ive got it in mp4 now but when i chuck it onto my ipod it just plays the audio with a peice of album artwork. Ive right clicked it and converted it in itunes already.