Converting video to different format

[koushik]

If I like to change the format of a video file will the quality depend on the graphic card that I have or it will be converted digitally?

I would like to write some mkv, avi file as DVD video. Is there any possibilities of quality getting degraded?

What is the best software to do it? I use Magic Video Converter as of now.

Thanks!

 

[spirovious]

converXtoDVD is very good to convert mkv,avi to DVD video-
ConvertXtoDVD - AVI to DVD Video Converter to burn on DVD
I could convert some Bluray clips to DVD easily.It supports DTS writing too if original clip has it(does not encode DTS)

 

[jsmithe]

If I like to change the format of a video file will the quality depend on the graphic card that I have or it will be converted digitally?

Your graphics card has nothing to do with the quality of the video conversion. If you re-encode the video, there is bound to be quality loss. That said, the quality loss may not be noticeable depending on the source material, the re-encode parameters, the codec and the device on which you will be playing back the re-encoded video.

I would like to write some mkv, avi file as DVD video. Is there any possibilities of quality getting degraded?

If you just change containers eg. mkv to m2ts without re-encoding there will be no loss of quality. On the other hand as I said earlier, if you re-encode you should expect quality loss.

 

[koushik]

Thanks Spiro & Jsmithe. Happy to know that my graphic card will not come in the way.
Spiro, I will try that s/w and would ask if I face any problem.