cypher_soundz

@Jefefef
yes doom9 is a great site, i would recomend there way of encoding, vdubmod is great and using avisynth speeds things up alot , also if ripping a dvd (yv12 colour space), there is no colour conversion so speed is increased and acuracy. also you can use avisynth to do ALL your filtering and therefore speed thing up again, i would recomend a 2pass encode using xvid and ogg vorbis audio, i here you can get players for pdas that play these.
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cyph

if you convert your movie to a different fps , you wil lneed to convert your audio too, no?

AximPhreak

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Originally posted by Aximifuwanna Wow! It worked! Obviously, this means I have to keep a very large amount of space open on my drive to make this work.

sorry if this is flaming but...

if you consider 4-9GB a lot of space, you NEED a bigger hard drive... working with video on a hard drive below 60 gigs is like training an elephant in a volkswagen...

my 2.22143412124122421418142742941904 cents...

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one more thing...

If you wanna do all of this encoding stuff extremely easily (my dog could figure it out), and have about $35 to waste, buy Dr. DivX from the DivX site. It's helped me... a lot.

and about Windows Media codec, I wouldn't recommend ANYONE use it... if properly used it can compress your 4GB DVD into a 60MB Axim-compatible file, but the quality with which this is done is, at best, crap...

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Robotic Clone

I do agree that Dr. Divx is very simple to use but can be a bit buggy. I also hated the fact that even though in can encode right from a VOB or DVD it had do be deincripted. In other words it can encode from standard DVDs. There are programs to decypt VOBs and make new ones, but that takes alot of time. As for WM encoder, yes it is dificult and confusing to use but once you get ur setup and profile set, just click start. I also think that some sort of basic standards are made as to encoding movies for the AXIM. I would be more than will to help write it and include files for it.
Well thats what i think. Feel free to email me about the stadards idea: roboticclone13@aol.com

AximPhreak

well, clone...

other than a cool avatar, you have a point... although for some reason all my efforts of encoding in WMV look so crappy (enough artifacts to make me think it was a video of Tetris and not a movie...) that it's near impossible to watch...

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LaSmooz

Has anyone seen this application at Handango?



http://www.handango.com/PlatformProd...h=dv d+to+ppc

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cypher_soundz

just something that might save some headache and time:

going for a height of 576, 288, or 144 means that there is no need to deinterlace. it will look the same as a progresive.
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cyph

Robotic Clone

1) i had looked up that program and the majority of the reviews were bad. i have yet to try it.
2) I found a patch for Flaskmpeg that alows u to encode in WMV. this sure helps beacuse it removes the need of reencoding. Plus if you have Flaskmpeg decss, and u have this patch, u have all u need to encode movies! a google searck will bring alll this stuff up.
oh and i am still working on making a guide and writing the standards

AximPhreak

I've reached the conclusion that with WMV versus DiVX you pretty much get what you pay for... in size, that is...

Just that WMV will go lower than DiVX, so while it is true that The Matrix encoded down to 60MB in WMV would look better than the same thing in DiVX (hate to say this, but Microcrud wins here), the normal quality files should be ~same size.

The only way I see of normal quality videos coming down in size is if someone implements OGG audio in a PPC-compatible video format.

This would cut the video down to 75% it's original size as the audio, which takes up ~50% of the file, could be encoded with half the bitrate without any quality loss, thus taking off half the audio file and leaving us with about 60-65MB less clutter per 256MB file.

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Robotic Clone

standards are almost ready. i encoded Back to the future with good audio and good video in wmv in flaskmpeg. the end file size was about 80mb. I am trying to make a single zip file with all the needed software. all thats needed is smart ripper, flaskmpegdeccss, and this wmv plugin for flask. The writen guide is almost done, i just have to dummy test it with a few friends. feel free to email me with questions.

danthony2

Hello, Does anyone know of another place to download FlaskMpegDeCSS_0594.exe, I tried the link above and its gives a file not found error.
THanks

***** Tried again and it worked, thanks.

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NateGBent

How big are the files when you convert them to the axim? And how long does it take using the standard cradle?

kungfustickman

Hello everyone I'm a new member to this site. Just how new am I? Why my Dell Axim is still in the mail, as a result I've had a lot of time to prepare myself for watching DVD's on my to be Axim. I totally respect the guy who created this DVD to divx guide so for the record his method works. However I seem to have found an even simpler way to get the job done.

Issues with DVD to divx for the average user.
*Ripping the DVD.
*People can't afford or don't want to buy the pro version of the divx codec.
*Virtual dub is pretty hard to use unless your a pro or you know the exact settings.

What you need.

*A resonably fast computer with about five to ten GB free.
*A pocket pc with a decent processor. (From what I've read 400mhz is pretty good)
*Oh and you'll probably want a 256mb sd card.

My links for software.
DVD Decrypter
This is the DVD ripping software. It will rip DVD to .vob the purest form of dvd video.

Pocket Divx Encoder
Pocket divx encoder is for encoding videos to divx avi's.

The first step is to get a DVD movie you want to rip and encode. I choose the Matrix. (Come on everyone likes the Matrix.)

Next install dvddecrypter. When that's done just open the program. The best part about the program is that it's free!

Select the drive in which your DVD is in and you should see a screen like this.



If I were you I would choose IFO mode.

The next part is a bit strange. For some reason the DVD making companies put in an unecessary sound track so you'll need to remove it. You can do this by selecting the streaming process, clicking "enable streaming process" and remove AC3/ 2ch english like in the screenshot bellow.



Then just click the DVD to hard drive button. (The defalt output location should be in the main drive.)

Next get the program pocket divx encoder. (For anyone who uses beta player this should be familiar.)

Now the cool thing about pocket divx encoder is that is encodes .VOB files. (I'm not sure if virtual dub does...)

As soon as you open the self contained program it will ask you for the correct audio stream. I choose this one....



Neo looks a bit streched out with the ratio at 320 by 240. Reduce the size to 320 by 174 if you are using a widescreen DVD.



Pocket divx has a lot of cool advanced options. I choose to activate beta frames and xvid encoding.



The cool thing about this program is that you don't need any codecs installed to encode the divx video since it is a self contained program. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) Press the direct encode button. (It takes about an hour) Then all you've got to do is load it on your sd (a super high quality Matrix movie is about 320 mbs.) card and play it on beta player. (Link provided on pocket divx encoder's site)
So there you have it a guide from DVD to divx. And the best part is that all the sofwares free. Not bad considering you already paid for the DVD...

Since I don't have a pocket yet, all of this is hypothetical. It might or might not work on a pocket pc. All I did was encode the video. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. And mods if you want to move this post to another thread feel free. I decided I would humble myself to a single post rather than an entire thread. Since this topic was about dvd to divx.

Thanks....

Oh here's a link to pocket divx discussions and a beta player one as well.

pocket divx discussion

beta player discussion

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whitelyt

For me there is even a simpler way to rip from a DVD and get a Divx file on a one-step process. mMedia has to programs; mDVD and mVideo. mDVD is an app that creates a Divx or WMV file directly from the DVD disc. No need to use a ripping program to save off the video to file to run through another program saving time, effort and system resources. mDVD is highly flexible allowing you to save the file to whatever filesize you want and it will automatically adjust its settings to meet the file size. mVideo takes an existing video file and converts it to Divx or WMV.

The app is $11.95 but it is well worth it. I have converted all three Matrix movies to Divx and the average filesize was about 217MB and the quality is outstanding. I have also been using several free methods of converting but after using this app I appreciate the one-step process.

This is an app that I would definately take a peek at.

cnjmorris

Guide mentions virtualdub guide, which is here:

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ght=virtualdub

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