DivX encoding...

[Jeff7181]

I'm using DVD Replicant... and I can't for the life of me get a DVD rip below 1 GB... I've tried changing options, bitrates... and I can't figure out how to get the file size down.

I checked out www.doom9.org and that wasn't a whole lot of help... I followed a guide they have on there and got no sound.

Can anyone else give me some advice/help?

 

[butch84]

i used the guides on doom9, and it works great. are you using the gordianknot rip pack? thats what i use -> your first rip will always be over 5gb in size, and it wont be until after you encode it that the file size will be under 1gb (i think you understand that already, but i want to be sure). I would also make sure you have selected the one or two cd sized option, so that your files wont turn out to be so large. But honestly, their gordianknot guide cant be beat.

best of luck-
and of course this post is only to help those who are making backup copies of dvds they already own - i do not condone piracy

 

[Riedlrob]

Have you tried DVDx? Its not the fastest but one of the simplest progs.
You can find it on Doom9, also download the latest DivX Codec - i assume you´re using divx, are you?
And get the Lame or the Radium mp3 encoder.
Use a video bitrate of around 930 - 960 and an audio bitrate of 128.
This should get you around 700 - 730mb - if the source is around one and a half hour.

Hope this helps.

Rob

EDIT: typo

 

[Jeff7181]

Thanks guys...
I actually got Gordian and followed the tutorial on the DivX website. I found it to be more "noob" friendly than the one on doom9.
Getting GREAT quality per 700 MB CD.

BTW... This isn't for piracy purposes. At first I wanted to convert DVD to CD for my cousin because his laptop doesn't have a DVD drive, and he's out of town on business a lot, would be convenient for him to be able to store movies on his laptop, or on CD's.
Then my uncle thought that was a good idea to archive video tapes with home movies, since tape degrades as years go by.
And since DVD burners are still way too expensive, and his standalone DVD player will play DivX movies, that would be a perfect way to archive his family videos.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
... his standalone DVD player will play DivX movies, that would be a perfect way to archive his family videos.

Whoa, whoa. Back up. When did that become standard? :Q

I want model, specs, price, and linkage!

- M4H

 

[drewdogg808]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
... his standalone DVD player will play DivX movies, that would be a perfect way to archive his family videos.

Whoa, whoa. Back up. When did that become standard? :Q

I want model, specs, price, and linkage!

- M4H

circuit city came out with divx/dvd players many years back...they also had divx movies that you could rent, but it never caught on. my sister has a proscan dvd/divx player, but the problem is cd-rs and rw's weren't that popular yet back then, so many players aren't compatible with burned discs. the irony.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: drewdogg808

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
... his standalone DVD player will play DivX movies, that would be a perfect way to archive his family videos.

Whoa, whoa. Back up. When did that become standard? :Q

I want model, specs, price, and linkage!

- M4H

circuit city came out with divx/dvd players many years back...they also had divx movies that you could rent, but it never caught on. my sister has a proscan dvd/divx player, but the problem is cd-rs and rw's weren't that popular yet back then, so many players aren't compatible with burned discs. the irony.

No, those divx aren't the same as the Divx we're talking about here. That divx was a dvd disc, but it deteroiated after a certain number of viewings.

 

[Jeff7181]

It's a Sony (I think), that's all I can tell ya... don't know the model number.

*EDIT*
Sorry, I was mistaken... it's not a standalone DVD player. He said that would be nice cause then he could "watch them in the family room" and I assumed he meant on a standalone DVD player... turns out he just got a 42 inch plasma TV and one of those Shuttle mini PC's with a TV out thing... so that's kinda his media center now I guess. Sorry for the confusion.