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Patrick Brown
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 Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: Convert Google (GVI) files to Video (AVI) files |
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This works:
| Quote: | Picked up this little tidbit from Tavis's Musings. It should be useful for those Wogs out there who want to watch, say, Patrolling (or anything else Google Video has on offer), but don't want to have to use the Google Video Player.
Caveat: You'll need GVP in the beginning for this hack, but you'll be able to watch the resulting files in your media player of choice.
So, on to the hack.
As I mentioned already, you'll need Google Video Player. You'll also need two other pieces of software:
-The DivX codec (if you don't have it already, it's available at Divx.com - if you're still running Windows 95/98, though, you'll probably want to hit DivX Movies, as they're the only place I've been able to find the 9x versions of the DivX codec)
-Virtual Dub. It's a relatively simple program - it essentially functions like a pair of linked VCRs. I'd recommend using version 1.6.11, as it's a stable build. Version 1.6.13 may be slightly faster, but it's still in experimental mode, and potentially unstable.
What To Do:
Step 1: Install the aforementioned pieces of software - Google Video Player, the DivX codec, and Virtual Dub - and download the Google videos you want to convert.
Step 2: Once the videos are downloaded, fire up Virtual Dub. Under the Video and Audio menus, make sure that the Direct stream copy option is selected.
Step 3: Under the Virtual Dub File menu, select "Open", and under Files of Type, select "All Files". Go to your Google Videos folder, open the video file you want to convert, then go back to the File menu and select "Save as AVI" (or, if you want to use the original AVI format, "Save as old-style AVI")
Step 4: Select the folder you want to save the dub to, then hit "OK". Within a few seconds to a few minutes, you should have the Google video copied over to an AVI file that'll play just about anywhere.
http://community.rantmedia.ca/node/3395
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This is handy for converting files so you can cut them up/edit them in "Windows Movie Maker". I often find it hard to find AVI versions of video and get stuck with Google GVI files that I can't edit.
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TimmyG
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm. that sounds pretty good. didn't know you could do that
i usually download for psp/ipod (mp4/3ivx format) so i can transfer stuff to my pda. the only downfall seems to be i can't easily convert these files into a dvd video so i can give dvds to friends etc..
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marek
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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It's even simpler if you're ok with AVI files. Click the Download button, save the gvp file, then open it in a text editor. It's a simple text file. In it, you'll see a line like this:
url:http://vp.video.google.com/videodownload?VERY-LONG-STRING-HERE&doc id=-somenumber
Delete the "url:" part, then use the Find function of the editor to find the test "&docid". Delete everything starting from the ampersand. What's left is:
http://vp.video.google.com/videodownload?VERY-LONG-STRING-HERE
Now you can paste this into any download manager. It will save as a .gvi file, which is an .avi, so just rename it. The only downside is that google's video server does not support resuming in this mode. |
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Andrew Johnson
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You may find the downloaded AVI's won't play in Windows Media player. Also, they may not load into things like NeroVision Express 2 for conversion to DVD.
I have had to use Virtual Dub to convert them to WMV (AVI with Windows media codec) before that will work.
When saving in Virtual Dub, you need to select the video codec for the format that your video will be saved in (i.e. Windows Media, DiVX etc)
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Mark Gobell
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I use this software, which has a free trial period or $20 for a licence. http://www.naevius.com/gvi_converter.htm
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chek
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anybody got a free way to convert the more common flash videos on Youtube/Google to avi/mpg/wmv format? |
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wepmob2000
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chek
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Thanks for that, I'll give it a try. If I find anything out about the frame rates I'll get back to you (although if you use neroshowtime exclusively, you might want to try AviSynth to halve the frame rate. It uses fairly simple frameserver scripts) |
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