What kinda computers u guys use to do DIVX ripping?

[pookguy88]

Just wondering how fast my Duron 1Ghz and 256 PC 133 will be able to rip a DVD? I know it takes long but... will I lose quality with this setup?

 

[notfred]

quality isn't dpendent at all on the processor.

I use a AthlonXP 1600+ at 1470mhz. It takes right about half as long as my old Athlon 950 did.

edit: half as long means - an 90 minute movie probably takes about 2.5 hours from DVD to finished DIVX

 

[sk560]

may i ask which utility u guys r using to rip DVD?

 

[J3anyus]

I use a 1.4GHz Athlon, does it almost twice as fast as my 800MHz Athlon that I used to do it on. It'll be somewhat slow for you, because cache is pretty important in encoding, and Durons don't have too much cache.

 

[J3anyus]

<< edit: half as long means - an 90 minute movie probably takes about 2.5 hours from DVD to finished DIVX >>



Ewww...sounds like you're Flasking it. SBC for life

 

[notfred]

No flask here. Ripping with cladMdec, encoding with DVD2AVI and Virtualdub, using Divx 4.12 and Radium MP3 codec. I've gotten several compliments on my rips, and always tune everything to look better rather than encode quickly.

 

[J3anyus]

How the hell are you getting two passes done in 2.5 hours? I can't even get one pass done that quickly (90 minute movie takes about 4-5 hours per pass).

 

[notfred]

Actually, I should say I have it set for all the best quality with 1 pass. 2 pass has never seemed to work right for me, but then, I got tired of it hanging my encoding apps, so I stopped using it, maybe I shoudl try again with divx 4.12

 

[puffpio]

<< How the hell are you getting two passes done in 2.5 hours? I can't even get one pass done that quickly (90 minute movie takes about 4-5 hours per pass). >>



If you keep the colorspace in YUV instead of converting to RGB then the speed improves dramatically because there is less time needed in the conversion from YUV->RGB and back again. I have an Athlon 900 and my encodes used to take that long too, but now the time is significantly reduced.

Basically I followed doom9's divx4 guide that used gordian knot. (check it out at www.doom9.net )

 

[J3anyus]

Aha, that makes more sense. I'm ripping with SmartRipper, using DVD2AVI and VFAPI to pass it through to Nandub, then doing full 2-pass SBC encoding from within Nandub. I use DVD2AVI to convert the Dolby audio to a stereo WAV file, then convert that to MP3 with LAME and sample it back into the video with Nandub.

 

[Nefrodite]

when i don't feel like bothering my own comp i have this old p2 400 in another room i let crunch away at movies sometimes takes 24-30 hours hah

 

[GhettoFob]

I'm using a duron 800:

Ripping With SmartRipper- 15-30 mins (crappy dvd drive)
DVD2AVI- ~5 mins
VFAPI converting thing: a few seconds
lame to encode audio to mp3: 30-45 mins
compressing with virtual dub, 2-pass divx 4.12: 9-12 hours
combining audio and video: 3-5 mins

 

[pookguy88]

ok, i'm quite a newbie at this, which is the best way to rip dvds to divx? with best quality? that will fit on 2cds...
what's this 1 pass 2 pass thing??
ahhh so many terms, so confusing

 

[GhettoFob]

My method is roughly based on those at doom9. I think my rips look pretty good.

 

[Nefrodite]

go to doom9.org and start reading guides explanations are far far too long for us to teach you anything

 

[pookguy88]

I'm gonna try the Gknot method on Doom 9, seems to be an all in one program

 

[notfred]

seems like everyone has a different method for this. This is what I've ben using for a while now:

Ripping DVD -> VOB with cladMdec: 10-15 minutes
VOB -> DIVX encoded avi, and 48khz wav file with dvd2avi: couple hours
avi from above attached to audio (radium at 128kbs) and saved as final move with virtualdub: half an hour or so.

 

[pookguy88]

this Gknot thing is complicated, why can't it just give u the normal options that is standard instead of telling u to set ur own.

 

[J3anyus]

<< this Gknot thing is complicated, why can't it just give u the normal options that is standard instead of telling u to set ur own. >>



DivX is complicated. If you want quality, then it takes experience and a lot of trial and error. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

 

[notfred]

J3anyus - sent you a private message.

 

[GhettoFob]

Yeah it takes a while to get the hang of it, basically just follow their methods, but if you read up on the settings, you can tinker with them to see what you like better.

 

[singh]

It just surprises me that there are so many different apps for different parts of ripping, yet there is not a single app that will do everything for you. Why can't someone combine the 4-5 programs and make it into 1 program. Most of these ripping apps are open-source, so I wonder what the problem is.

 

[J3anyus]

Each app does a very specific thing. Combining them all into one is feasible, but not very efficient and sort of stupid, actually. It's just the way it is, they're all small apps so it's not a very big deal.

 

[singh]

Yeah but you could at least make a sort of "command center" where you configure each of the 4-5 ripping applications and then the "command center" would execute each application. So you would still be using all the applications, except you're controlling them from a main application.

 

[Nefrodite]

Yeah but you could at least make a sort of "command center" where you configure each of the 4-5 ripping applications and then the "command center" would execute each application. So you would still be using all the applications, except you're controlling them from a main application.


huh? thats what gknot does.