Bradish

Originally Posted by SKluck

I would HIGHLY suggest getting the update to the newest beta. Mainly because it adds (actually all versions past 1.84 or something add it) the hidden menu. Press cntrl-f9 and you get to a hidden menu with lots more options. I've had problems with the AGK not adjusting the Aspect ratio correctly and I could fix it there with the manual cropping. The latest version also corrects issues with filesizes not being exact.

Excellent, I'll change my links. Thanks for the info, as I often to forget to look for updates!

-Brad

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falconflyer

Speaking of subtitles. Here's a question. I encoded Kill Bill Vol 2. I chose English - I think 6channel was the only choice audio wise. Anyway, I kept subtitles OFF. Well, there is about half an hour in the middle of the movie where there are subtitles...but I figured they were just part of the movie. Otherewise, there are no subtitles. Well, after decoding, there are suprise - no subtitles at all! So, should I select subtitles on, and if I do, will it add subtitles all the time? Thanks for the advice.

Zenak

Originally Posted by bigsmoove

after i encode using these 2 methods, should my movie run fine on my x5-300?...haven't tested yet, as i need a bigger CF card

I would guess yes, beta player does a great job of rendering MPG 4, it played these movies fine on my old Toshiba e740, when Pocket DivX and Pocket MVP stuttered and made the movie unwatchable.

Zenak

Originally Posted by falconflyer

Speaking of subtitles. Here's a question. I encoded Kill Bill Vol 2. I chose English - I think 6channel was the only choice audio wise. Anyway, I kept subtitles OFF. Well, there is about half an hour in the middle of the movie where there are subtitles...but I figured they were just part of the movie. Otherewise, there are no subtitles. Well, after decoding, there are suprise - no subtitles at all! So, should I select subtitles on, and if I do, will it add subtitles all the time? Thanks for the advice.

Most likely you want to go with the default option of only showing forced subs. (That way subs only show when the language spoken on screen is not english.)

falconflyer

Thanks!!
I'll try that.

rwilkins

Must say, this has all been most helpful. However, running my very first movie (SW2-Attack of the Clones--excuse me) I get the voice-over commentaries of George his very own self et al. Is there any way to get just the original movie soundtrack?

Zenak

In Auto GK you can select the audio track you want to encode. You must have picked a commentary track. Try selecting one of the 5.1 AC3 tracks and under advanced convert it to a CBR MP3.

bigsmoove

I just watched my first video (Band of Brothers, Ep 3 of my collection)on my x5 on the way home from Atlanta... i think i told my wife about it at least 3 or 4 times the same night...Needless to say, I cant wait to get the rest of the series put on my CF card to watch them... Totally makes the flight home an enjoyable one!

R1OneWheel

i must say. "EXCELLENTE" Thx bradish. Worked flawlessly.

Gladiator shows pixelation, so gonna try bigger than 475mb file. could it be that its a long movie? im using the latest stable betaplayer and plug in. thx

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bigsmoove

i trimmed a 1 hour episode down to 242MB for my 256 CF card...it lagged on me in about 2 spots, but i'm definitely not complaining. i had to stop playback in one place and restart again is all...

rwilkins

Re: SW2 commentary track problems:
In AutoGK (Step 2), the "English AC3 2ch" for SW2 is, in fact, the commentary track. Selecting "English AC3 6ch" solved the problem, giving me the regular movie soundtrack, and not adding much at all to the actual file space used by the audio portion (less than 10MB more, it seems).
I presume other movies may use the "2ch" option for yet other things.

RHENZHEN

Originally Posted by Zenak

In Auto GK you can select the audio track you want to encode. You must have picked a commentary track. Try selecting one of the 5.1 AC3 tracks and under advanced convert it to a CBR MP3.

I tried this one and Im still getting the director commentary...

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R1OneWheel

Originally Posted by RHENZHEN

I tried this one and Im still getting the director commentary...

When u select "AC3 2channel" there will b more than one. Its a guessing game.

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deedas

Excellent Tutorial. Thanks!

This is one of the very best examples of a forum tutorial that I have seen. Very simple and easy to follow. I got it right the first time.

This should be a Sticky

kablooie

i have converted several of my son's 30 minute or so dvds according to the tutorial and they have come out excellent. thanks for the free information

i do have a question though as i have a x30h... the ratio mentioned in the tutorial is ~23 minutes to 110MB with a maximum resolution of 640. since my screen is 320 should i then decrease the MB limit as well? i converted a 35 minute dvd with a limit of 167MB and 320 resolution and it looks superb... but is 167MB overkill for a 35 minute movie at 320 resolution? should be cut in half just as the resolution is cut half (from 640 to 320)?
tia,
louie