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How
to rip a DVD to DivX 5.x using DVDx
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| The new DivX 5.1.1 is probably the
best release of the version 5 of the DivX codec. Fast and easy,
has loads of new features that can make your video look better
in the same size!
Please follow the instructions exactly as shown here. A small
change at the settings can have a big effect at your video.
Always use the programs you can download from here, as different
versions may not work right.
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We start the same as the 4.12 guide.
This is DVDx 2.2, a very nice and free program. First click
at the highlighted icon to select the source of the video wo
want to encode. |
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Now we select the VIDEO_TS folder of the DVD we
want to rip. Sometimes DVDx does this automatically for us so
we proceed to next step. |
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Here you have to select the Title which has the
BIGGEST length. In our situation it is Title01. Highlight it
and then click select. Don't worry about the other ones, they
are just intros or ads of the movie. |
After we select the right Title this window comes up. Make sure
Angle is set to 1. Check Use ASPI and DeMacrovision. At Key
Search once must be OK, if you encounter problems you can try
Each VOB ID or Each VOB/CELL ID. At subtitle select none for
no subtitle or select the language your want. At Audio select
Doldy Surround and select the track you want. At Output Frame
Rate select the right values for PAL and NTSC. Also check Force
24Hz if your DVD is NTSC. At Misc select the Audio / Video synchronisation
and select Shutdown the computer when job is done if you want
the computer to automatically shutdown after the encoding. In
iDCT use SSE2 if you have a P4, otherwise use FPU. At Save your
DVD drive select a big value at the Size, as the ripping takes
long and that's not good for your DVD. If you have 512MB of
RAM select 256MB at the RAM. If You have 256, 128MB at the RAM.
If you have even less select 256MB at the Hard disk. At Deinterlace
filter leave None and then click OK. |
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A new tool for this step of the guide. Dr. DivX
calculator is the tool we should use here. Before starting it
insert the DVD in your drive and the calculator will automatically
recognise the disc and add all the info. All you have to do
is to write down the value at Bitrate for next to DivX 5.x and
also round the value DOWN. In this example it's 734 so we'll
use 730. |
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Back to DVDx now. Click at the icon that is highlighted. |
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In this one just fill in all the values as you
see them here. Make sure you select the DivX codex and that
you enable 2nd Pass, as well as Use Lame. At Zoom select None
or Full. At resize select Bilinear SEE2 for P4 or BiCubic SSE/3DNow.
Be sure to click at Whole button. At Volume don't exceed select
Infinite as DVDx can't create two files if 2-pass is enabled.
For two CDs movie read this guide to chop the AVI file in two
after encoding. Now click at Audio Lame. |
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Here select the values shown here. Click OK and
you will back at the window in Step 7. Now click Pass 1 settings. |
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OK, here is some new stuff. Select Home Theater
as a profile and then Multipass, 1st pass at Variable bitrate
mode. Then at Encoding bitrate select the value you wrote down
before (here 730). Also Click Settings and select the option
Disable Feedback window (not shown here).Then click at the Video
tab.
Note: The Performance / Quality option does what it says.
Using the option here will provide the best result, but will
take much more time. Maybe Standard value will fit you better.
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Use the same settings and then click OK. You are
back to the picture of Step 7. Select Pass 2 settings. |
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Here are the settings for the second pass. Leave
the same bitrate and select Multipass, nth pass at Variable
bitrate mode. You don't need to alter anything at the Video
tab. Click OK. |
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Back to known stuff. Now select the highlighted
button to select the target file. |
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Here click Browse and select the folder and the
filename of your file and then OK. |
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Now click the rec button. Wait for 10 minutes and watch the
progress. If you see horizontal lines in the video stop the
encoding and go back to Step 4 and then select Interpolate
at the Deinterlace filter option. After the encoding finishes
you can burn the avi file in a CD using the common ISO/Data
option.
NOTE: At the middle of the process (at 50%) a window
will come up saying "Releasing the AVI file, please wait
and do not kill the application". Please do so! It can
take from 10 to 40 minutes to continue so please wait. it
may seam that it;s not working but it does!
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