DVD compress

Conrad11

Conrad11

Conrad11

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Hi there,

I have a company DVD which I want to RIP to the computer and compress.

What would be the best format to do this in and how would i go about doing it to get the best filesize/quality? Also what programs and codecs etc would i use.

Thanks.
 
I have been told by someone that the DVD is not encrypted and that I should use DIVX.

Now i have downloaded the trial of DIVX, but when i try to create it, it creates a file which is a .divx and the audio and video are off sync.

Is there any special settings i should be using or is it just my computer, because it does take quite a while to create the file.
 
Don't use divx, x.264 is best for video and ogg vorbis is best for audio. Video transcoding can take a long time, it's entirely dependant on the cpu.
 
i'd just use autogk

simply copy the files from the dvd to c:\dvd

then use autogk to convert them to xvid, you can choose the filesize (larger filesize is obviously better quality) -roughly 10mb per minute you should allocate it for good quality
 
Energize said:
Don't use divx, x.264 is best for video and ogg vorbis is best for audio. Video transcoding can take a long time, it's entirely dependant on the cpu.
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I have recently bought a dual core cpu at a higher clock speed, i'm guess that will help considerably? Also does more RAM help?

What is x.264?
 
bledd. said:
i'd just use autogk
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Agreed, as AutoGK is a great converter and very simple to use.

I would personally rip with DVD Decrypter (search my posts here and you'll find a link to the installer) then convert to AVI (Xvid). As a guide, the most popular file size for a feature length film (IE - 1.5-2 hours) is 1.4GB.

As for RAM, the more the better.
 
I'm not fully sure, but you don't need the additional codec so can play the files with something like VLC with no trouble.
 
Conrad11 said:
I have recently bought a dual core cpu at a higher clock speed, i'm guess that will help considerably? Also does more RAM help?

What is x.264?
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x.264 is video compression codec also known as mpeg4 avc, it gives better quality video than divx and xvid at the same bitrates.

Dual core should give a 95% performance increase assuming the encoding program you use supports it.
 
Thats for the replies guys.

I need to it be put in either of the following: Divx 3.11, 4.x 5.x 6.x/Xvid.

So would Xvid be the best out of those?
 
If you're using AutoGK, I'd just use the Xvid codec as it gives pretty good results.

From what I understand, DivX and Xvid are pretty similar. Once DivX went from open source to commerical, Xvid appeared and continued along the open source route.
 
You dont actually need to rip the DVD to your HDD first, just set autoGK to get the info straight from the disk. It will be a little slower but not much. :)
 
Amp34 said:
You dont actually need to rip the DVD to your HDD first, just set autoGK to get the info straight from the disk. It will be a little slower but not much. :)
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I was not aware that this is possible. What about and region encoding etc? Is this a new feature? I am not using the latest version.
 
Bah! I need a faster CPU.:(

In the process of encoding a 2.5GB MPEG to a 700MB Xvid file. Started at 5.30pm and its still going lol

Just as I moan, it finishes. 3.5 hours later.
 
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