how do i encode recorded tv shows to divx?

[Walleye]

so that a star trek episode dont take 2 gigs?



and with that said, how do i edit commercials out?

 

[BigFatCow]

doom9.org

 

[her209]

What format is it currently stored as?

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: her209
What format is it currently stored as?

mpeg2.

 

[CaptainHefe]

vcdhelp.com shows how to do all kinds of conversions

 

[oog]

get the divx codec and virtualdub. open it in virtual dub and select each set of commercials and hit the delete button. select divx as the video compression codec (and choose an audio codec while you're at it), and then save it as an AVI. for more information on different encoding options, visit a site like doom9.org.

 

[mee987]

vdub wont open mpeg2 directly, but you can just treat your mpeg2 like its a vob (dvd) and follow one of doom9's guides for dvd->divx. i recommend gordian knot.

i use a hauppauge pvr-250 which can only record to mpeg1/2, i use gknot to encode but i dont exactly go by doom9's guide anymore. i record to standard dvd format (mpeg2) then run it through dvd2avi selecting the parts i want. then run it through gknot doing resizing and cropping there. then save an avs and open that in vdub. i do 2pass xvid encoding there. then encode the mpa audio file (you get it from dvd2avi) into mp3 using VBR lame. then mux the 2 in nandub.

 

[Walleye]

why the fvck is encoding a damn tv show to divx so hard!? i've been trying for like 2 hours now, i cant get the damn thing to work. i'm trying to use mpeg2avi... and i dont know what settings to use, what the mpeg2avi path is... i cant figure this damn thing out... :mad;

 

[Walleye]

alright, it's coding something, but as of yet, i aint got a fvcking clue if it's working...

 

[petery83]

i use flaskmpeg to convert the mpg to divx, use virtualdub to edit out the commercials, then recompile again

 

[notfred]

Why encode them to Divx? MPEG is much nicer, cause then you can burn the to VCD and watch them in your DVD player.

Volume in drive F is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 3F0F-05B7

Directory of F:\TV\Star Trek - Enterprise

07/11/2003 06:58 PM <DIR> .
07/11/2003 06:58 PM <DIR> ..
12/22/2002 09:38 AM 431,366,856 Enterprise - 1x01 - Broken Bow.mpg
01/20/2003 08:26 AM 446,763,436 Enterprise - 1x02 - Broken Bow Part 2.mpg
12/22/2002 12:37 AM 460,450,192 Enterprise - 1x03 - Fight or Flight.mpg
01/03/2003 05:51 AM 463,998,980 Enterprise - 1x04 - Strange New World.mpg
01/16/2003 05:49 PM 453,496,064 Enterprise - 1x05 - Unexpected.mpg
01/04/2003 12:40 AM 453,691,280 Enterprise - 1x06 - Terra Nova.mpg
01/02/2003 03:48 AM 453,335,708 Enterprise - 1x07 - The Andorian Incident.mpg
01/02/2003 06:06 AM 453,805,156 Enterprise - 1x08 - Breaking the Ice.mpg
01/10/2003 05:58 AM 453,837,692 Enterprise - 1x09 - Civilization.mpg
01/14/2003 08:53 AM 454,459,396 Enterprise - 1x10 - Fortunate Son.mpg
01/11/2003 04:41 AM 454,251,364 Enterprise - 1x11 - Cold Front.mpg
12/04/2002 09:55 AM 460,842,388 Enterprise - 1x12 - Silent Enemy.mpg
12/23/2002 07:07 AM 454,676,656 Enterprise - 1x13 - Dear Doctor.mpg
12/12/2002 04:47 AM 454,923,000 Enterprise - 1x14 - Sleeping Dogs.mpg
12/15/2002 12:43 AM 454,799,828 Enterprise - 1x15 - Shadows Of P'Jem.mpg
12/19/2002 01:18 AM 455,336,672 Enterprise - 1x16 - Shuttlepod One.mpg
12/05/2002 07:28 AM 463,854,132 Enterprise - 1x17 - Fusion.mpg
12/19/2002 01:06 PM 463,942,444 Enterprise - 1x18 - Rogue Planet.mpg
12/09/2002 12:51 AM 463,332,480 Enterprise - 1x19 - Acqusition.mpg
06/02/2002 06:43 AM 463,124,396 Enterprise - 1x20 - Oasis.mpg
05/09/2002 01:57 AM 463,447,432 Enterprise - 1x21 - Detained.mpg
01/10/2003 04:52 AM 462,287,756 Enterprise - 1x22 - Vox Sola.mpg
12/09/2002 02:05 AM 462,852,340 Enterprise - 1x23 - Fallen Hero.mpg
05/22/2002 01:21 AM 438,565,772 Enterprise - 1x24 - Desert Crossing.mpg
12/07/2002 09:59 AM 462,724,668 Enterprise - 1x25 - Two Days and Two Nights.mpg
06/01/2002 02:05 AM 462,782,768 Enterprise - 1x26 - Shockwave.mpg
10/19/2002 04:17 AM 436,287,384 Enterprise - 2x01 - Shockwave Part 2.mpg
09/27/2002 03:14 AM 446,876,816 Enterprise - 2x02 - Carbon Creek.mpg
10/05/2002 12:03 PM 447,085,976 Enterprise - 2x03 - Minefield.mpg
10/10/2002 09:45 AM 446,616,368 Enterprise - 2x04 - Dead Stop.mpg
10/17/2002 11:27 PM 447,651,204 Enterprise - 2x05 - A Night in Sickbay.mpg
11/01/2002 09:14 AM 447,147,280 Enterprise - 2x06 - Marauders.mpg
12/03/2002 12:14 PM 446,741,644 Enterprise - 2x07 - The Seventh.mpg
12/02/2002 11:47 PM 447,317,236 Enterprise - 2x08 - The Communicator.mpg
12/02/2002 03:26 PM 446,997,964 Enterprise - 2x09 - Singularity.mpg
12/02/2002 04:26 AM 446,956,432 Enterprise - 2x10 - Vanishing Point.mpg
12/12/2002 04:12 AM 443,563,544 Enterprise - 2x11 - Precious Cargo.mpg
12/21/2002 02:27 AM 447,109,596 Enterprise - 2x12 - The Catwalk.mpg
01/14/2003 01:15 AM 446,877,336 Enterprise - 2x13 - Dawn.mpg
02/08/2003 02:07 AM 447,654,776 Enterprise - 2x14 - Stigma.mpg
02/14/2003 02:11 AM 447,234,992 Enterprise - 2x15 - Cease Fire.mpg
02/21/2003 04:21 AM 447,204,840 Enterprise - 2x16 - Future Tense.mpg
03/03/2003 08:16 PM 445,450,576 Enterprise - 2x17 - Canamar.mpg
04/08/2003 06:28 AM 446,835,864 Enterprise - 2x18 - The Crossing.mpg
04/14/2003 05:32 AM 446,632,916 Enterprise - 2x19 - Judgement.mpg
04/18/2003 01:29 PM 447,160,684 Enterprise - 2x20 - Horizon.mpg
04/28/2003 12:41 AM 447,063,196 Enterprise - 2x21 - The Breach.mpg
04/29/2003 10:23 PM 446,865,636 Enterprise - 2x22 - Cogenitor.mpg
05/06/2003 11:50 PM 447,588,456 Enterprise - 2x23 - Regeneration.mpg
05/13/2003 03:23 PM 446,992,916 Enterprise - 2x24 - First Flight.mpg
05/13/2003 04:17 PM 446,942,148 Enterprise - 2x25 - Bounty.mpg
05/21/2003 01:21 AM 449,281,220 Enterprise - 2x26 - The Expanse.mpg
52 File(s) 23,477,085,856 bytes
2 Dir(s) 3,015,245,824 bytes free

 

[Praetor]

Originally posted by: notfred
Why encode them to Divx? MPEG is much nicer, cause then you can burn the to VCD and watch them in your DVD player.
<SNIP>

Ooohhhh, share....

 

[petery83]

Originally posted by: notfred
Why encode them to Divx? MPEG is much nicer, cause then you can burn the to VCD and watch them in your DVD player.

i do it to make the files small enough to burn onto a cd (with mpeg it's ~1.2gb/hr), also i can't use virtualdub to edit mpeg files

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: notfred
Why encode them to Divx? MPEG is much nicer, cause then you can burn the to VCD and watch them in your DVD player.

Volume in drive F is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 3F0F-05B7

Directory of F:\TV\Star Trek - Enterprise

07/11/2003 06:58 PM <DIR> .
07/11/2003 06:58 PM <DIR> ..
12/22/2002 09:38 AM 431,366,856 Enterprise - 1x01 - Broken Bow.mpg
01/20/2003 08:26 AM 446,763,436 Enterprise - 1x02 - Broken Bow Part 2.mpg
12/22/2002 12:37 AM 460,450,192 Enterprise - 1x03 - Fight or Flight.mpg
01/03/2003 05:51 AM 463,998,980 Enterprise - 1x04 - Strange New World.mpg
01/16/2003 05:49 PM 453,496,064 Enterprise - 1x05 - Unexpected.mpg
01/04/2003 12:40 AM 453,691,280 Enterprise - 1x06 - Terra Nova.mpg
01/02/2003 03:48 AM 453,335,708 Enterprise - 1x07 - The Andorian Incident.mpg
01/02/2003 06:06 AM 453,805,156 Enterprise - 1x08 - Breaking the Ice.mpg
01/10/2003 05:58 AM 453,837,692 Enterprise - 1x09 - Civilization.mpg
01/14/2003 08:53 AM 454,459,396 Enterprise - 1x10 - Fortunate Son.mpg
01/11/2003 04:41 AM 454,251,364 Enterprise - 1x11 - Cold Front.mpg
12/04/2002 09:55 AM 460,842,388 Enterprise - 1x12 - Silent Enemy.mpg
12/23/2002 07:07 AM 454,676,656 Enterprise - 1x13 - Dear Doctor.mpg
12/12/2002 04:47 AM 454,923,000 Enterprise - 1x14 - Sleeping Dogs.mpg
12/15/2002 12:43 AM 454,799,828 Enterprise - 1x15 - Shadows Of P'Jem.mpg
12/19/2002 01:18 AM 455,336,672 Enterprise - 1x16 - Shuttlepod One.mpg
12/05/2002 07:28 AM 463,854,132 Enterprise - 1x17 - Fusion.mpg
12/19/2002 01:06 PM 463,942,444 Enterprise - 1x18 - Rogue Planet.mpg
12/09/2002 12:51 AM 463,332,480 Enterprise - 1x19 - Acqusition.mpg
06/02/2002 06:43 AM 463,124,396 Enterprise - 1x20 - Oasis.mpg
05/09/2002 01:57 AM 463,447,432 Enterprise - 1x21 - Detained.mpg
01/10/2003 04:52 AM 462,287,756 Enterprise - 1x22 - Vox Sola.mpg
12/09/2002 02:05 AM 462,852,340 Enterprise - 1x23 - Fallen Hero.mpg
05/22/2002 01:21 AM 438,565,772 Enterprise - 1x24 - Desert Crossing.mpg
12/07/2002 09:59 AM 462,724,668 Enterprise - 1x25 - Two Days and Two Nights.mpg
06/01/2002 02:05 AM 462,782,768 Enterprise - 1x26 - Shockwave.mpg
10/19/2002 04:17 AM 436,287,384 Enterprise - 2x01 - Shockwave Part 2.mpg
09/27/2002 03:14 AM 446,876,816 Enterprise - 2x02 - Carbon Creek.mpg
10/05/2002 12:03 PM 447,085,976 Enterprise - 2x03 - Minefield.mpg
10/10/2002 09:45 AM 446,616,368 Enterprise - 2x04 - Dead Stop.mpg
10/17/2002 11:27 PM 447,651,204 Enterprise - 2x05 - A Night in Sickbay.mpg
11/01/2002 09:14 AM 447,147,280 Enterprise - 2x06 - Marauders.mpg
12/03/2002 12:14 PM 446,741,644 Enterprise - 2x07 - The Seventh.mpg
12/02/2002 11:47 PM 447,317,236 Enterprise - 2x08 - The Communicator.mpg
12/02/2002 03:26 PM 446,997,964 Enterprise - 2x09 - Singularity.mpg
12/02/2002 04:26 AM 446,956,432 Enterprise - 2x10 - Vanishing Point.mpg
12/12/2002 04:12 AM 443,563,544 Enterprise - 2x11 - Precious Cargo.mpg
12/21/2002 02:27 AM 447,109,596 Enterprise - 2x12 - The Catwalk.mpg
01/14/2003 01:15 AM 446,877,336 Enterprise - 2x13 - Dawn.mpg
02/08/2003 02:07 AM 447,654,776 Enterprise - 2x14 - Stigma.mpg
02/14/2003 02:11 AM 447,234,992 Enterprise - 2x15 - Cease Fire.mpg
02/21/2003 04:21 AM 447,204,840 Enterprise - 2x16 - Future Tense.mpg
03/03/2003 08:16 PM 445,450,576 Enterprise - 2x17 - Canamar.mpg
04/08/2003 06:28 AM 446,835,864 Enterprise - 2x18 - The Crossing.mpg
04/14/2003 05:32 AM 446,632,916 Enterprise - 2x19 - Judgement.mpg
04/18/2003 01:29 PM 447,160,684 Enterprise - 2x20 - Horizon.mpg
04/28/2003 12:41 AM 447,063,196 Enterprise - 2x21 - The Breach.mpg
04/29/2003 10:23 PM 446,865,636 Enterprise - 2x22 - Cogenitor.mpg
05/06/2003 11:50 PM 447,588,456 Enterprise - 2x23 - Regeneration.mpg
05/13/2003 03:23 PM 446,992,916 Enterprise - 2x24 - First Flight.mpg
05/13/2003 04:17 PM 446,942,148 Enterprise - 2x25 - Bounty.mpg
05/21/2003 01:21 AM 449,281,220 Enterprise - 2x26 - The Expanse.mpg
52 File(s) 23,477,085,856 bytes
2 Dir(s) 3,015,245,824 bytes free

nice collection!

 

[murphy55d]

drdivx will do it, but it is a commercial program.