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    is DIVX ... what is hot I mean

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by usair, Apr 4, 2009.

  1. usair

    usair Notebook Guru

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    is DIVX the best / compared to say XVID :D

    if yes - what is THE easy ripper or converter

    if nah - another ripper or converter software

    is 10 to 15 hours on one DVD-R reasonable 2

    ratio video + easy online sharin' into account
     
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    Na... DIVX isn't the best, but compared to XVID, it's better.

    Depending on what format you're ripping to and how fast your computer is, encoding time may vary.

    E.g. Ripping a raw dvd video in mpeg2 takes about a little over 5 minutes.
    -ripping a dvd to DIVX (modded mpeg4) to standard quality about 700mb takes about half an hour for me on my desktop computer.
     
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    10 to 15 hours of video one DVD-R
     
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    If you're not planning on burning DivX/XviD discs for a standalone player, x264 is by far the best video codec out there right now for encoding. I use a custom profile and it takes me maybe 6 hours to do a 2-pass encode on a Q6600 @ 3.0 GHz, but it depends on the movie really and your settings.
     
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    You mean how to fit 10-15 hours of video onto 1 dvd-r?
    You can easily achieve that if you encode it with divx or decent h.264 bitrate. Newer dvd player can play those format directly from a dvd-r is for those people who have those dvd, these format is prefeered over dvd-video.
     
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    What "custom profile" do you use?

    2pass encoding to h.264 2.5mbit/s from DV takes about 0.5-1 hour for me. Decoding mpeg2 to a workable format takes about 1-2 hours. So it takes 1.5-3 hours to encode dvd to h.264 on a AMD Phenom x4 9550 @ 3.0ghz. :D Overclock rulez :D
     
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    264 is a go - do you rip

    or what is the encoder.
     
    usair, Apr 4, 2009
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