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4GB DVD to 700mb AVI File Tutorial

jmoney.byethost15.com — Contains all necessary applications, directions, and steps. Step by step process. Even has a tutorial for adding subtitles. Very useful tutorial that really works.

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  • kaz928, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thank you, thank you , thank you, i've been meaning to ask this in forum somewhere but was afraid of the flames. This is very helpful, thanks again!
  • celeb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1good guide for the newbies out there

    good post
  • kaz928, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2see there's that N word I was worried about......
  • NiLeS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Good tutorial. If you like it, grab DVD Decrypter while you can - Macrovision just bought all rights to it.
  • teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0super post +digg
  • mutabi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Good tutorial. I would suggest using AutoGK as an alternative to DrDivX for converting to AVI, as I have found it gives much better quality and flexibility.
  • teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What I need is a good app to convert .VOB files to MPEG2. This should be a quick conversion since .VOB is basicly MPEG2 but every app i've used takes forever to do it and lose's sync with audio...anyone have any suggestions?
  • TNHitokiri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The tutorial works, but is by far not the best way to create a quality divx rip. Dr Divx is a idiotic program and does not have enough funtionality to encode the movie that will meet the standard of a scene release
  • lickmygiggle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3lol. Complete with warez links inside.
    (Dr. Divx plus Keygen)
  • tmanka, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah I second the autogk method, VERY easy to use and very powerful. No Digg
  • garagefighter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm looking for a better alternative to Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/). Any ideas?
  • WalkerBurgin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3AutoGK is without a doubt the way to go... check it out (http://www.autogk.me.uk/) and give it a shot.
  • qster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I use software made for a pocket pc, stick the dvd in the drive, press one button and an hour or so later I have a nice 700 meg file.
  • caluml, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3It's for Windows. Are people still using that *****?
  • fr1j0l3, on 10/29/2007, -3/+3Handbrake.

    Insert disc. Set target size to 700 MB. Select oen or two pass encoding, and codec.

    Click go.

    Guess everything really is easier on a Mac.

    :-p
  • dmron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've seen much better tutorials. He goes into lots of detail and there's lots of screenshots but I still thought it wasn't that good.
  • Gawd_it_HURTS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0@kaz98 -

    You think you're getting off that easy? No flames? Guess again...You're a ***** putz.
  • mentallo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Answer for teamparadox: Try DVD Author here http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html

    Very fast convertion from Vob to Mpeg2
  • ajz8182, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2^^^ For all you noobs, ignore all comments above ^^^^

    just go to http://www.fairusewizard.com/lang_en/
    there is simply no simpler way to convert a DVD. period.
  • n0xie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://www.videohelp.com/
    http://www.doom9.org/
    http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/

    All host numerous guides/tutorials whatever for this sort of thing. This is nothing special. No digg.
  • japester, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0why are you not using Handbrake? simple all in one end to end dvd compressor.
    it ::is:: the easiest app to use.

    there are similar apps for Windows that don't require multi step decrypting. google *is* your friend for these.
  • mingistech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just use Handbrake. Everything in one easy step.

    http://handbrake.m0k.org/
  • jaymunee80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0i linked to doom9 and videohelp. their tutorials are better. this was put together quickly.
  • n3mi5y5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i dont really see how this is is a big deal, i do 700 mb movies all the time.
  • Coolcan2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't wait until DrDivx 2 comes out. Nice fast encode speeds, open source, and best of all settings to tweak.
  • SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0heres an easier 1 step method:

    step #1: Fair use wizard.

    enjoy
  • xile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The guy needs to learn how to use gif images for his screenshots. His jpegs are such low quality they are sometimes unreadable.
  • bigboludo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Amen to the AutoGK suggestions. www.autogk.net good luck finding DVD Decrypter. Mark Cuban had a great post in his blog about Macrovision and how much they suck www.blogmaverick.com
  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0xile, get your eyes checked.

    I can read them perfectly.
  • McoreD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0For me it is DVD to WMV9 with WMA9 Professional 5.1 Channel
    http://microsoftuse.temp.powweb.com/mcored/
  • phuqju, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0for those of you have no idea that this is possible, bravo!!!
    you now know, might as well get a Philips dvp-642 so you can burn it and watch them on your TV. for those of you who already know how to do this, this is not worth your digg.
  • jaymunee80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0some of them are crappy because of all the activity on the site. and there are now mirrors to all the files thanks to Brian over at playerkill.org
    http://www.playerkill.org/mirrior/ Please conserve both of our bandwiths. Im pretty much out. Ill update the pages tomorrow. I have some work to do today.
  • Warpdrv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0+ 1 on the AutoGK The best Program for converting to .AVI
  • shockme17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0fairuse wizard for windows.. very simple
  • cmirza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dr. DivX isn't free. AutoGK is free and is easier to use.

    http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/autogk.htm

    Even simpiler guide to ripping a 4gb DVD to 700mb XviD.
  • Cronos1388, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thank you
  • RomieZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This will be awesome for my Divx,xvid dvd player!
  • OriginalGamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Damn even divx/xvid conversions are hard for PC users, a mac and Handbrake is all you need :)
  • garagefighter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I do use Handbrake. It just takes several hours to rip/convert a DVD, and pegs my 1.5ghz proc the whole time. It's not that big of a deal I just know there are Winders/Linux apps that don't require so much overhead.
  • TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hate when people say "No Digg". We know you didn't Digg the story if your name isnt in the list at the bottom.
  • damonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree - Handbrake on the Mac.
    teamparadox - to change a .VOB to an .MPG all you need to do is change the extension from .vob to .mpg - its that simple.
  • davidaq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeh another vote for fair use wizard. i did use autogk for quite a while and was pretty happy with it, but i think fair use definatly has the edge on it.
  • holmesxt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great tutorial. I was looking for something like this the other day to backup my DVDs!
  • republicoftexas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1AutoGK is the way to go. Really good quality, and free.
  • cyberbeing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3DGmpgdec, Avisynth 2.5, Decomb filter, Virtual Dub with fast re-compress for me.

    There is a thing called Interlacing that most DVDs have which results in unsightly "combing" of the picture in movement scenes. There is also a thing called IVTC (3:2 pulldown) to cut out the interlaced frames (leaving you with progressive frames). Depending on the DVD you might also want to want to convert it to 23.976fps (film). Also you probably want to crop the black lines on the edges off and resize it to 704x396 or 853.44x480 for 16:9 and 640x480 for 4:3 DVDs because anamorphic encodes suck.

    Example AviSynth script:

    loadplugin("C:Program FilesDGmpgdecbeta2DGDecode.dll")
    loadplugin("C:Program FilesAviSynth 2.5pluginsDecomb.dll")
    Mpeg2Source("C:DVDRIPVTS_01_1.d2v",cpu=6)
    AssumeTFF()
    Telecide(post=4)
    Decimate()
    Lanczos4Resize(704, 396)

    Note: You might have to fool around with the different Telecide and Decimate options. If the DVD is pure video (30fps) then you probably don't want to use decimate as it will probably make for jerky motion scenes.


    The guide posted here is for a person who is new to encoding and from scanning through it the results will most likely not be the best. For those who want better results you might want to setup basic AviSynth scripts similar to the one I have shown (or just play around with Vdub filters).

    http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html
    http://neuron2.net/decomb/decomb522.zip
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57023&package_id=72557
    The guide posted here is for a person who is new to encoding and from scanning through it the results will most likely not be the best. For those who want better results you might want to setup basic AviSynth scripts similar to the one I have shown (or just play around with Vdub filters).

    http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html
    http://neuron2.net/decomb/decomb522.zip
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57023&package_id=72557
  • EyeDye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AutoGK users, please press ctrl+F9 for advanced options & enable standalone support (ESS chipset for most players). It sucks when you have to spend a few hours re-encoding a movie because someone forgot to do this.
  • chime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1DrDivx isn't completely free. If you are going to spend this much effort on converting from VOB to XVID/DIVX, either get ffmpeg (http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=263) or mencoder (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/). Both are command line utilities and it's quite easy to write batch scripts to convert from MPEG2 to XVID/DIVX AVIs.

    After you've used DVD Decrypter to extract VOB files, here's how you can convert to XVID (I prefer that to the commercial DIVX format) using ffmpeg:

    rem Include the following (with the correct page for source and dest files) in a batch script or copy/paste on the command line:

    echo PASS ONE using ffmpeg
    ffmpeg -i "source.vob" -y -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 768 -g 384 -bf 2 -deinterlace -an -pass 1 -passlogfile fftmp.log fftmp.avi

    echo PASS TWO using ffmpeg
    ffmpeg -i "source.vob" -y -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 768 -g 384 -bf 2 -deinterlace -ar 44100 -ab 128 -acodec mp3 -pass 2 -passlogfile fftmp.log "dest.avi"


    Here's how you can do the same using mencoder:

    echo PASS ONE using mencoder
    mencoder -ovc xvid -sws 9 -xvidencopts pass=1 -nosound -passlogfile metmp.log -o metmp.avi "source.vob"

    echo PASS TWO using mencoder
    mencoder -aid 128 -ovc xvid -sws 9 -xvidencopts bitrate=768:pass=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -passlogfile metmp.log -o "dest.avi" "source.vob"


    Obviously, you'd want to read the manuals for both the encoders and change the arguments to suit your needs.

    It's pretty trivial to setup a dedicated VOB-2-XVID converting machine. I rip my DVDs to the D:Queue folder and a simple DOS script automatically starts converting all the files one-by-one to XVID. Next morning when I wake up, D:XVID folder has lots of goodies. Once I verify all the files are in good condition (sometimes there's issues with corrupted MPEG2 format), I delete the original VOBs from Queue folder. Anyone think I should make a tutorial or anything for it?
  • Euan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nero 7 recode.
  • MrZop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ok. But what i need is the opposite. I have a Xvid and i want to be able to play it on a DVD player / Television. How do i encode it so i can put it on a DVD?
    695MB XviD
    640 x 480
    192kbps

    I want that on a Normal DVD. Its a Video my friend made and we need to be able to play it on a regular TV/DVD.

    Any heplp would be great.
  • garagefighter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0MrZop, if it's a good DVD player is should be able to play a VCD or SVCD. There are several apps to convert an .avi to either one.
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