Awsome Free DVD to Xvid tool - Page 4

Razor Blade · 12-21-04, 03:26 PM

The program automatically configures the video bitrate according to the output file size you choose. I choose 470 for my video files and I get a really good quality. Something I don't know if it can be beat :p So if you're using a small resolution, than going for a big file size, like 870mb you won't see a big difference in quality :) ut if you're using a higher resolution like 400px wide or higher I think you'll probably notice a difference. I use in the 300's though.

JoeQFlyer · 12-21-04, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by socpsy

JoeQFlyer,
(on the forums page): It can be found near the bottom of the forums list and is entitled "FairUse official forums" There's a news, support, & a bug report section.

Thanks for the info.
I used FU for the first time last night. Ripped a 2 hour movie in about two hours (real time!). Ripped it to a 400mb file. I'm very happy with the results. Betaplayer had not problems at all. It reported 9 dropped frames. Thats pretty good indeed.

-Q- :approve:

ngolfer · 12-21-04, 07:05 PM

I having a problem with this program, i have gotten through the begging of the process but when i start the converting it gives me this error. IT said "The DVD could not be converted" and it had this >>>could not load codec settings. Could someone tell me how to fix this?
Thanks
Nick

ngolfer · 12-21-04, 08:12 PM

just bumpin post up if someone could anwser the ? above that would help.
nick

12-21-04, 09:48 PM

I had the same problem
could it be the copy protection?

MarianoSF · 12-21-04, 10:57 PM

Some DVD have CSS protection. The FULL version od FairUse has CSS built-in. I donated the $13 USD. It's a great program.

Choirguy · 12-22-04, 02:27 PM

But, from a person who is burning their own DVDs for personal use on an Axim, and not redistributing these files, doesn't CSS defeat the purpose?

DrGonzo2k2 · 12-22-04, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Choirguy

But, from a person who is burning their own DVDs for personal use on an Axim, and not redistributing these files, doesn't CSS defeat the purpose?

I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Most commercially available DVDs have CSS encryption on them to protect against 1:1 copying/ripping. When your rip a DVD you need to crack the CSS keys to be able to copy the video. Hope this helps. If not, please let me know as DVD Video is what I do for a living.

Dr. Gonzo

Choirguy · 12-22-04, 03:20 PM

What I thought Mariano was saying was that the full version of FairUse acknowledged the CSS, and therefore locked the user from being able to make a copy of the DVD.

Does that make sense?

12-23-04, 12:05 PM

I've been a faithful user of PocketDivX Encoder (PDE). However, I just tried FU and WOW! It's also slow, but Matrix 3 looks better at 600mb Xvid than 800mb DivX using PDE. I will try to get to 500mb and see the results. If I can get 2 HQ movies on a 1GB, I'd be in heaven. There are plug-ins for windows media player if you want to watch DIVX and XVID on your pc also.

http://www.divxmovies.com/software/
and get DivX codec v5.2.1 (Windows XP/2000)
and
XviD codec v1.0.3
Now widows will play both. However, if you pre-rotate using fu, they will play sideways in Windows media player, as it should.

I believe the full version of FU allows you to make files larger than 700mb. This isn't a concern for us PDA people as I have found the 700mb file to be very nice quality.

12-23-04, 01:19 PM

okay, this thing is sweet! Was using DVD Wizard and it never sync'd the voice to the video correctly! With FU, it looks and sounds great, ripped Princess Bride in 3hrs into a 512mb avi file.

Have not transferred it yet, but did notice on my second DVD (Tomb Stone) I could pick the output resolution. What are you guys using?

And since I didn't pick a resolution for the first movie, I will report back how it looks on my x50v

Pared · 12-23-04, 01:21 PM

Fu is the way I've gone as well. On a 2 hour movie, the lowest I can go is 600 mb...

Would people mind posting their settings?

I'm trying to get a 2 hr. movie to 500 mbs as well... but other settings I want:

640x480 (I've recently gone 480x352 and it looks just as good!)
Divx or XviD? Seems that Divx is giving me better quality! The free one as well!
32 kbit/s for audio? mp3 or ogg?
Pre-rotated to save processor space
I was able to get LOTR:ROTK (2hrs 51 mins) to 603mb and it looks SOLID using this set up....

Hyrax · 12-23-04, 02:29 PM

Thanks, I tried Ashampoo, Windows media encoder, and Flaskmpeg, and none of them worked.

Ashampoo worked, but for some reason it was outputting 33MB file for a 90 minute movie. picture quality was horrendous. the size was amazing though.

Choirguy · 12-23-04, 02:54 PM

This is actually related to this thread, even though it may not seem like it.

Can you folks who don't have any information about your PDA on your profile or MyPDA take a moment or two and post something?

The reason is that this is a place where resolutions are discussed at some frequency, and it is helpful to know if you're talking about a X50, X30, X3, X5, or some other PDA.

Although an X30 will certainly handle a 700 MB or 500 MB movie, the QVGA screen is going to naturally limit the point at which the picture isn't going to get any better.

I've been very, very happy with the quality I'm getting with Fair Use with its auto feature, and setting the file size at 250 MB and the audio at 80.

If you have an X50 or a HP4700 series, perhaps this size will be too low of a resolution for you to enjoy the movie, which is fine, because you have the CF option.

Now...separate problem...has anyone else used FairUse to rip any of the very famous trilogy about Rings, one that comes in extended versions? I'm getting superscript titles on the screen that flash on and off every now and then on these decoded movies, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

pocketmon · 12-23-04, 03:47 PM

Im really loving this program. Its just so simple to use and its nice doing everything within one program. Im not sure if it really is slow, but on my Dell 2.8ghz machine then i just leave the thing running at night and it doesnt bother me at all.

Also, the BEST feature here is that it can do multiple shows. So those TV box sets can be dumped into individual episodes all in one session. Ive already done simpsons season 5 and am working on TV shows from my TiVo. I got a new tivo that has DVD built in so i just dump shows on DVD then convert them with FU. I used to have to run programs through a vid capture card then reencode them to the right size, but this way work much better and has a much cleaner picture.

DVD to PocketPC is gone forever for me.