How to convert OGM to AVI/MP4/DVD/MOV with OGM converter ?

What is OGM?

The OGM file type is primarily associated with 'Ogg Vorbis'. OGM is another extention for the OGG container adopted by Windows users to distinguish music (OGG) and video (OGM). Although not an official extention it is used by DivX and Xvid encoders that put video into the Ogg container.

OGM is not a codec. OGM (OGG Media) is a container format, like AVI. It has 2 main advantages over AVI: the first is seeking. Seeking will be instantaneous. No longer will you have to wait in front of a black screen until the video starts playing again, or experience the video speed up to warp speeds as it tries to catch up with the audio. And the second one is the multiplexing overhead.

OGM consists of Video and Audio streams. Usually OGM Audio stream is Ogg Vorbis or AC3. Ogg Vorbis is an open source patent free audio codec that can rival the quality of upcoming commercial codecs like AAC, MP3Pro and VQF and which can surpass MP3 and WMA audio. OGM Video stream usually is compressed with XviD or DivX codec. In order to play OGM files with any directshow compatible video player you must install Ogg Vorbis package.

Why do you need convert OGM to AVI/MP4/DVD/MOV ?

OGM is not as popular as Matroska . So you need convert OGM to other popular formats such as AVI, MP4, DVD, MOV,etc.

 Tips:The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks inside a single file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. Matroska is similar in conception to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only. The most common use of .MKV files is to store HD video files.

This tutorial shows how to convert OGM to AVI/MP4/DVD/MOV with OGM converter step by step.

AVS Video Converter, a versatile video program, can directly convert OGM to DVD, AVI, iPod, MP4, MPEG, PSP, WMV, MOV, DivX, Swf, 3GP, XviD, etc.

River Past Video Cleaner can convert OGM files to AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG, MOV, MKV, DV, FLC, GIF, MPG easily and quickly.

Step1. Download River Past Video Cleaner, install properly and run

Step2. Add OGM Files. Click the "Add" button on the tool bar, Select "OGM - OGG Media" in its "Files of type" combo box from the standard "Open File" dialog, and then browse to the OGM videos, click "Open".

Step3. Select output format Click on the toggle to the left of the "Output Format" label to expand the panel. Select "AVI - Audio Video Interleave", "DivX" or other formats you like as the "File Type".