Awsome Free DVD to Xvid tool - Page 2

qoti · 12-18-04, 11:14 PM

What is the best way to get movies from satelite to a card. I have a pvr on the dish reciever how would I transfer to the computer saved prev recorted shows?

Im not allowed to touch my X50 till x-mas so I cant play with it yet and possibly answer my own questions. I also plan on getting dvds converted too.

bigds63 · 12-18-04, 11:31 PM

So you are saying that the files that you have created play on your Axim or have you just testing them out on your PC ?
I have used this software in the past but the audio codec it used to encode with would not play on the Axim. Video played perfect, just no sound...It played fine on my PC however.

12-18-04, 11:38 PM

They work fine on my X50v using BetaPlayer.

mrg2k · 12-19-04, 12:49 AM

I just tried it with the Matrix. I told it 120MB and I got 3.92GB ?!? Dimensions 702x288.
My goal is to play movies on my x50v, but I always run in landscape with real VGA. Am I using the right settings?

TanKilleR · 12-19-04, 01:34 AM

Hey guys, I kind of posted it for a reason :D
Go to the link, make yourself a account,and post in the fourms, UMP "the maker of FU" will be able to help you their.

http://www.dvd-guides.com/

Razor Blade · 12-19-04, 02:12 AM

Thanks for the heads up Tomdon and thanks for the link Tan Killer. :)

Trying this program right now. I'm looking fr a good program right now to convert my files with good quality and decent file size :) Hopefully this one works out good. I'll get back to you guys with my results

pauche · 12-19-04, 02:26 AM

I tried fair-use this afternoon. I transferred Austin Powers to a 208mb avi file. It took about 2 hours. Though the quality of the video is lacking but I really like the wizard. Encoding is so much easier than I was using before and best of all it is free!

Choirguy · 12-19-04, 02:41 AM

I first bought DVD to Pocket PC, based on reviews at PocketPC Magazine, at the same time that I bought my Axim X30 (October).

I was impressed, but distressed at the occasional problems with the syncing between voice and video.

So I converted roughly 30 movies to .wmv format.

About that time, I began to read through a lot of Aximsite, learned about BetaPlayer, and found that .wmv files didn't work with BetaPlayer, but then learned about the use of DVD-Shrink and PocketDivXEncoder to make .avi movies.

So I deleted all the .wmv files, and began making .avi files.

The second format was superior, in my opinion, to the first format, running video on settings 10-12, and audio at setting 4.

24 movies were encoded in this format.

Today I tried converting another movei using Fair Use Wizard. It is much slower than either of the two above methods, but at a setting of 250 MB and audio at 80 kps, I feel that I've found the best option yet. Best video and good sound. Considering that the DVD is being compressed to 5% of its original size, it is outstanding overall, except for the time issue.

I turned the first video to the 90 degree setting, which oddly placed it UPSIDE DOWN in the normal BetaPlayer view. I'm re-encoding it now, without that option, and with audio at 75 kps.

I'll let you know what I think.

I'm getting tired of re-encoding these movies, however.

Does the registered copy of Fair Use Wizard allow for faster processing of these files?

TanKilleR · 12-19-04, 03:25 AM

Last time I try to tell ya all

,go to the fourms, and ask UMP himself, He will be able to tell you how to work FU like gold.

http://www.dvd-guides.com/

alexcar_8 · 12-19-04, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by tomdon

Im so pleased, I have found a brilliant tool for converting DVD straight to Xvid. Can set file size format etc and even rotate 90 degrees :D.
Download:

http://www.fairusewizard.com/Release/FU-Setup_LE.exe

Site:

http://www.fairusewizard.com/lang_en/index.html

The "Lite" edtion is free and makes perfect VGA movies :D. I have converted saving private ryan came out really nice!.

How Do you install this program?

12-19-04, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by TanKilleR

ROFL,thats too funny you posted that. I happen to be one of the MOD's over at the site that provides his fourms:

http://www.dvd-guides.com/

Thanks for the URL TanKilleR! (I got it the first time! :))

Choirguy · 12-19-04, 10:15 AM

And don't forget, TanKiller, that there is some joy to be found in working out problems, or working out a program on one's own effort.

I don't know if I'm the same as everyone else, but things often mean more to me when I've figured them out on my own. And it is nice to know there's a place to go if I get stuck.

I visited the site, too, by the way. There wasn't much discussion about PPCs, but there was a thread where the author was told "The PPC people love your program," of which you were the originator.

psydstudent · 12-19-04, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by qoti

What is the best way to get movies from satelite to a card. I have a pvr on the dish reciever how would I transfer to the computer saved prev recorted shows?

Im not allowed to touch my X50 till x-mas so I cant play with it yet and possibly answer my own questions. I also plan on getting dvds converted too.

You have to search the net and see if someone developed a program to allow you to do that. Your PVR will also have to be network capable.

I have a ReplayTV and use a program called DVArchive that allows me to transfer all my saved TV shows on my ReplayTV to my PC over a wired or wireless LAN and then convert them to any format I want.

Razor Blade · 12-19-04, 02:45 PM

Well guys I said I would give you my results and here they are!

I previously ripped Kill Bill 2 to my Hard Drive. Firstly I tried making a WMV. Although the quality wasn't horrible, the colors seemed washed out and overall, I wasn't completely satisfied.

Next I tried a few trial "DVD to PocketPC apps" They were very easy to use, but I wanted to look around more before I purchased anything

(boy was I glad)

Next I read here about the PocketDivXEncoder. That is a great appliation. My videos were good quality, nice sound and vibrant colors :D I converted Kill Bill 2 to compare with the others and a few episodes of the family guy (hehe) :p

Just yesterday, in the evening, I tripped over the thread. Im glad I did. I wanted to do Kill Bill 2 again, just so I could compare it and make fair judgement. So I set it up to my likings so I can fit one movie on a 512mb SD card. I put my movie to a max size of 470mb and sound quality to 128kbps. I could have went lower in the sound but decided, hell why not? I also chose a resolution of 336x192, because with a QVGA screen, I see no need to go higher.

So after all tha it gave me a video bitrate of around 380kbps (Can't remember the exact number) *whoops*!

So I went to the mall and did some Christmas shopping ... When I returned home my movie was done! Since I was gone I don't know exactly how long my movie took, but all's I can say is make ourself busy while doing this, or do it overnight ;)

I opened my video file and the quality was amazing! I didn't see any noise or blockyness. The movie was 2:08 minutes long and at a size of 470mb, with nice quality sound and it was this beautiful!

I will do all my movies lie this. I won't even try any other apps, as this one tops them all. :D

Thanks for reading my horribly long review of this product. I hope you guys have good luck using it as I have :D

Choirguy · 12-19-04, 06:08 PM

I've decided (after some trial and error) that I'm very happy when I set the audio to 80kps and at a file size of 250MB. The program is fool proof...every movie rips to the same size on this setting. VERY NICE.