Want to compress a movie into Divx or something like that

[TheRyuu]

I have a lot of movies. I also don't really enjoy having each movie take up 5+GB of space.

So I'm thinking the other day, why not compress it???

Thing is, I have no idea how (ok, I have an idea, sorta).

I know I have to use DVD Decrypter to remove the encryption. I also know that (i think) I have to use VirtualDub to make the VOB into an AVI. Then I guess use Divx to compress the AVI???

Am I close? Also, some of it needs some subtitles as well. Anything to do that??

I'm doing this because my Laptop HD (and regular HD) is only so big and I don't like carrying all those DVD's around when I travel sometimes. I actually got the idea watching anime that was compressed in mkv (which uses divx), go figure...

Thanks.

 

[Barfo]

You're missing two steps between DVD Decrypter and VirtualDub

you can use this guide or check out www.videohelp.com there are more guides there, plus forums and whatnot.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: barfo
You're missing two steps between DVD Decrypter and VirtualDub

you can use this guide or check out www.videohelp.com there are more guides there, plus forums and whatnot.

Well, I was close.
Thanks

Were it says to use Xvid in the guide, can I use Divx instead? Or does it really not matter?

 

[Lonyo]

www.doom9.org for all your recoding needs.

 

[Evander]

First, rip with DVD Decryptor to an ISO file. Then
Do yourself a favor and get the freeware Fairuse Wizard. I use it all the time, in fact it's encoding a dvd for me right now. You can encode divx, xvid, or the more advanced x264 (what i use) and for audio (multiple tracks OK) you can go ac3, mp3, or ogg (what I use- 36 kpbs sounds good with ogg). Subittles can be included- either "burned in" to the movie or in a seperate file. The downside to the freeware version of Fairuse is you're limited to 700 per file, but I'm OK with that.
My second choice is AutoGK, which i used before FairUse, I believe it dosn't have that filesize limit and I think you have to opt-out of some spyware during installation (don't remember) but it's good also.

 

[TheRyuu]

Alright, I'm having a bit of trouble with the Fairuse Wizard.

For some reason it keeps screwing up the aspect ratio (i think). Black bard appear on the sides even if I have the same input and output res. (720x480 -> 720x480). With the normal DVD, the movie (which is ws) would fill up the whole screen. (I have a WS monitor). even if I disable Resizing in FFDSHOW, it still looks scretched up and down.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: wizboy11

Originally posted by: barfo
You're missing two steps between DVD Decrypter and VirtualDub

you can use this guide or check out www.videohelp.com there are more guides there, plus forums and whatnot.

Well, I was close.
Thanks

Were it says to use Xvid in the guide, can I use Divx instead? Or does it really not matter?

You can use Divx or any other video codec installed in your computer, I like to use Xvid and encode it with a single pass and 1500 kbps bitrate and I get pretty good quality with less encoding time than that guide, and I use MP3 audio instead of AC3, that yields smaller files.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: barfo
You're missing two steps between DVD Decrypter and VirtualDub

you can use this guide or check out www.videohelp.com there are more guides there, plus forums and whatnot.

One change I'd like to make to that guide:
On this page, they recommend using minimum quantizers of 1. I've seen it recommended to use 2 instead. It'll greatly decrease the filesize with very little change in quality.

That's a pretty decent guide though.