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DVD to DivX (or xvid)
by bugmenot2 - 3/8/06 10:25 AMHey everyone,
My zen vision:m is on its way to me, and I want to be ready for it when it gets here. I was wondering if anyone could recommend on a good tool (or set of tools) to convert DVD's to a compressed format such as divx or xvid. Freewares are preferred 
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Thanks.
Auto Gk
by Glorybox3737 - 3/8/06 1:23 PM In reply to: DVD to DivX (or xvid) by bugmenot2I love it.
Here's where you Download it:
http://www.autogk.me.uk/modules.php?name=Downloads
Here's how you use it:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/autogk.htm
It's simple to figure out. Pretty quick. I have my movies at custom size, 350mb for a 90 minute movie. Takes about 2 hours for each movie. The quality is great on my Cowon at this size. I use the xvid codec.
http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html
It takes me around 8 hours...
by bugmenot2 - 3/9/06 2:13 PM In reply to: Auto Gk by Glorybox3737I don't know why, but using this tool it takes me about 8 (!) hours to convert from vob to xvid (I'm using a different tool to get the vob files from the dvd, i dont think that matters, but once at that point of having vob files, it takes 8 hours+ to get the xvid file). Any ideas why? I downloaded the latest version from the link in the previous message and installed all the components it had in that installation. Is that just how long it takes or am I doing something wrong?
btw - I converted two movies (2-hours long each) to a target file of 700MB. Each took a little over 8 hours.
That's way too long
by Glorybox3737 - 3/9/06 3:02 PM In reply to: It takes me around 8 hours... by bugmenot2When I tested auto GK with the movie Heat (2h 51m) it only took 4 hours and 20 minutes.
xvid encorder was configured with the Portable NTSC option with 2nd pass. In Auto GK I had a target size of 550mbs. Which was the perfect compromise between quality and size imo. Try not using such a high file size. It's not nessary for portable video. Another problem could be the computer you are using.
But to answer your question 8 hours is way to long. I've done over alot of movies and the longest a movie took me was 5 hours and half. That was for the LOTRs.
So what do I do....?
by bugmenot2 - 3/9/06 10:07 PM In reply to: That's way too long by Glorybox3737What settings do I have to play with? There don't seem to be too many in autoGK itself. BTW, with autoGK there were 2 other tools installed named VobSub and AviSynth, and I think they both run when the conversion takes place (not sure though). What are they? VobSub kinda sounds like it's related to subtitles, but I don't need subtitles in my movies. I'm not sure what AviSynth is. Anyways, any suggestions on how to speed up the process (other than using smaller target files than 700MB)?
Xvid encoder
by Glorybox3737 - 3/10/06 7:53 AM In reply to: So what do I do....? by bugmenot2They changes you'll make will be in the xvid config. That will be seperate from auto GK. Try looking for xvid in your start menu. Go to configure encoder.
Why don't you want to reduce the files size? Reducing the file size will take a good amount of time of the encoding process. You really don't need a file size that big. I have a Cowon A2. My screen is 4" and 16 million colors. I use half the file size you are using and I have a great picture. Now your Vision M only has a 2.5" screen and only 262,144 colors. I don't think your mp3 player has a good enough screen to really take advantage of such a high file size as 700mbs. So you aren't gaining much in the way of quality. Anything will look good scaled down to 2'5 inches. Also the larger file size will just aid in killing your battery sooner. Smaller file size is the way to go.
improvement, however video & audio not synced
by bugmenot2 - 3/10/06 3:42 PM In reply to: Xvid encoder by Glorybox3737I didn't say I don't want to reduce the file size, I was just asking if there's anything more to do to make it even faster .
So I went to the xvid settings and changed it to portable ntsc, and reduced the file size to 350. I tried another movie (90 minutes long) and it took 3:50, which is much better, however - the sound and video came out unsynchronized! I'll try running it through the conversion again to see if it's a one time thing. Any idea why that happend?
Thanks.
hmmm.....
by Glorybox3737 - 3/10/06 8:21 PM In reply to: improvement, however video & audio not synced by bugmenot2Glad the time went down I'm not sure about it being out of sync. I haven't come across that problem. Perhaps you can post your problem on this forum.
http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28&order=desc
Hopefully they can help you with that problem.
Copy protection?
by hrdc37 - 3/11/06 8:01 PM In reply to: Auto Gk by Glorybox3737Does this program work for copy-protected Dvd's??
It works on many things
by Glorybox3737 - 3/11/06 8:49 PM In reply to: Copy protection? by hrdc37I can't really answer that question out right (forum rules)...but check out this page.
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/autogk.htm
You'll find useful information there. On that page. Check out DVD decrypter
Re: Copy protection
by - 3/11/06 9:51 PM In reply to: Copy protection? by hrdc37"Does this program work for copy-protected Dvd's??"
Virtually all DVD's are protected with CSS and Macrovision. Do you mean to ask if it works well with DVD's that have extra protection?
DVDSmith Movie Backup: Copy Any Movie DVD to Hard Disk Easil
by happy511 - 7/17/08 12:52 AM In reply to: Copy protection? by hrdc37I would like to recommend a freeware named DVDSmith Movie Backup which is an extremely easy-to-use DVD copying software to copy any DVD movie with excellent DVD copying quality in Full Disk Mode. It can backup, clone or copy DVD movie to computer as DVD folder, ISO file. Besides, it removes all the protections (CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying.
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3) Select source disk location;
4) Select output folder path;
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