victorypoint

Originally Posted by Bradish

Sorry to double post, but if you guys are trying to encode your widescreen videos in fullscreen let me know what you think, cause I am curious as to you guy's opinions! Thanks, -Brad

I can't see why you would want to encode to fullscreen. You loose so much of the widescreen picture.

-AJ

Bradish

Originally Posted by victorypoint

I can't see why you would want to encode to fullscreen. You loose so much of the widescreen picture. -AJ

There was some complaint of the lack of screen use with widescreen videos, therefore I made the option avalible for people. Not for everyone I know, but some perfer it. ;)

-Brad

Paimae

Any advice on a version of Gordian Knot that does not use spyware? The latest version warns of monitoring your "web usage" and I'd rather not willingly infect my computer with spyware.

Thanks in advance!

chasgood

Sorry to hear Auto GK now has spyware.
Some people do hate to have waisted space. My sister is like that. when she watches a movie the dvd players zoom gets used. personal choice I guess. As more people move to widescreen TV's Less will want a fullscreen movie. I hate watching a fullscreen movie on my HD TV. Waisted space on the sides. hehee

Bradish

Paimea, don't take this wrong, but I highly doubt that AutoGordian Knot is what has brought Spyware onto your computer. I have used every version, and in no instance has AutoGordian Knot installed Spyware with it. I'm sorry to hear that you do have it though. To remove it you can download the free Microsoft Anit-Spyware Beta V. 1.0. It works very well and keeps up to date protection against Spyware. So you may want to double check that it is truly AutoGordian Knot infecting your system, which I doubt is the problem.

Hope it works out.

Originally Posted by chasgood

Some people do hate to have waisted space. My sister is like that. when she watches a movie the dvd players zoom gets used. personal choice I guess. As more people move to widescreen TV's Less will want a fullscreen movie. I hate watching a fullscreen movie on my HD TV. Waisted space on the sides. hehee

Thank you for validating my point Chasgood;) Different strokes for different folks.


-Brad

mc_0804

Originally Posted by Bradish

Paimea, don't take this wrong, but I highly doubt that AutoGordian Knot is what has brought Spyware onto your computer. I have used every version, and in no instance has AutoGordian Knot installed Spyware with it. I'm sorry to hear that you do have it though. To remove it you can download the free Microsoft Anit-Spyware Beta V. 1.0. It works very well and keeps up to date protection against Spyware. So you may want to double check that it is truly AutoGordian Knot infecting your system, which I doubt is the problem. Hope it works out. -Brad

From the install license agreement:

"IMPORTANT NOTICE:

THIS SOFTWARE RELAYS YOUR WEB SURFING PERFORMANCE METRICS TO RESPONSETARGET TO GENERATE PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR THIRD PARTIES. AS SUCH, YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION WILL BE USED PERIODICALLY TO SEND AND RECEIVE DATA."

maybe that's what he's talking about?

zilla31

when i installed AutoGK - it also installed (i just accepted all the defaults): VobSub and AviSynth2.5 - do i need these?

second question: in the tutorial we output to .avi, is there an advantage/disadvantage to choosing DivX instead?

zilla31

i'm having a lot of luck w/ this but have 4 more questions :)

1. Is there a way to tell (maybe a rule of thumb) which file is the widescreen and which is the full screen version? trying to rip top gun and there are 2 equal files found (both 1:32). i want to get the full screen - is it typically the first or second for example?

2. Star Wars Clone Wars episodes (cartoon network) are 15 mins long - what's a good starting size for this (taking into account that it's a cartoon too which supposedly compress better w/o losing quality).

3. does SD or CF matter for any reason (one vs. the other)? now that i know how to do this i want to buy me some media!!!

4. i've downloaded and installed betaplayer 0.5 - do i also install "mpc.setup.STABLE.0.5.exe" (this file is from their "plugin" dload section) to get this x50v chip plug-in or does it just come w/ the stable ver?

THANKS!!! very happy to have finally figured this out thanks to this great tut.

EDIT: I answered my own question #2 if anyone's interested - i tested it at 50mb and 75mb and couldn't tell the difference.

zilla31

this thread seems to have died a hard death for some reason (not sure why there is some great conversation in here), but i'll keep trying.

i ripped my samurai jack (cartoon) season one DVD (no problems here), then when i tried to put episode one (24 mins) through AGK w/ a target size of 75 mb it came out at 96, tried again w/ a target of 50 (thinking maybe this would get me near my 75 target), and this time it came out at 67 with the audio about 5 seconds off (behind) the video. is this audio out of sync a common problem?? ps i'm using the very latest AGK.

braver

Followed the tutorial to encode "The Incredibles" into width 320, exepcting height 240. However, regaredless of the "Override input" and "AR 4:3" checked, I still get 320x176. Checking "detect 4:3 (global)" doesn't help either. Should I tinker with autocrop, and/or are there other ways to enforce 4:3 before I delve into the good ol' Manual GK?

zilla31

there is life in this thread! sorry braver - i'd love to help you out but i'm working exclusively in 640 (that gives me 480 h each time).

Bradish

Originally Posted by braver

Followed the tutorial to encode "The Incredibles" into width 320, exepcting height 240. However, regaredless of the "Override input" and "AR 4:3" checked, I still get 320x176. Checking "detect 4:3 (global)" doesn't help either. Should I tinker with autocrop, and/or are there other ways to enforce 4:3 before I delve into the good ol' Manual GK?

Yeah go ahead and auto crop that. Try croping 32 pixels off both the top and the bottom. That should work if your video is truly 176W.

Originally Posted by zilla31

i'm having a lot of luck w/ this but have 4 more questions :) 1. Is there a way to tell (maybe a rule of thumb) which file is the widescreen and which is the full screen version? trying to rip top gun and there are 2 equal files found (both 1:32). i want to get the full screen - is it typically the first or second for example? 3. does SD or CF matter for any reason (one vs. the other)? now that i know how to do this i want to buy me some media!!! 4. i've downloaded and installed betaplayer 0.5 - do i also install "mpc.setup.STABLE.0.5.exe" (this file is from their "plugin" dload section) to get this x50v chip plug-in or does it just come w/ the stable ver? THANKS!!! very happy to have finally figured this out thanks to this great tut.

1. When I rip my movies, I put them their own folder and label them either 'MOVIE NAME'- Wide. That solves alot of the problem. But if you still need to know and you are in AGK, push Ctrl+F9 and it will take you into that menu. In the top right corner where we override our video aspect ratio, it should have what the video is already in highlighted.

3. I have seen tests that prove SD over CF in media access. I personally bought 2 1GB SanDisk SD cards. Although now I would buy the SanDisk 2 GB Ultra II SD card. Either way, having all your media on the SD card frees up your CF for either programs, or you can get a CF GPS and not be forced to have a wasted CF card.

4. I'm not sure if it includes it with it or not. If it truly is newer than the latest unstable version then I would say 'yes'.

Thanks for keeping the thread going, I've been insanly busy lately!
-Brad

zilla31

welcome back into the fold my friend. i'm having a hell of a time (good and bad) with AGK. First a quickie about your response to my earlier post: in #1 i know how to tell for the outputted file - i'm talking about from the DVD itself (in DVD decrypter). i have to kind of guess so i'm decrypting the full screen version instead of the widescreen...

Second, i'm having trouble with a cartoon (samurai jack episode). no matter what i set the output target too - it always comes out about 15 mb more. 75 gave me a 90 mb output AVI, 50 gave me 66, etc. and the audio (set on auto) is about 5 seconds behind the video - making it unwatcheable. any clues?

Mank

hey guys i just used this tutorial and i got my movie fight club onto my windows media on my ppc... however... the sound isnt as good as i would like it to be... is there anyway to make the sound better... like its very quiet and like i have it on full blast and it still isnt that good even wit head phones so would someone please tell me if there is a way to make the sound better... thanks in advance!!!

victorypoint

Originally Posted by Mank

hey guys i just used this tutorial and i got my movie fight club onto my windows media on my ppc... however... the sound isnt as good as i would like it to be... is there anyway to make the sound better... like its very quiet and like i have it on full blast and it still isnt that good even wit head phones so would someone please tell me if there is a way to make the sound better... thanks in advance!!!

I don't use Auto GordianKnot but prefer to encode to either WMV9 or Nero Digital MP4. In both cases, I find audio levels converted from a DVD Digital Dolby soundtrack are quite low. To work around this, I perform an intermediate step where audio levels are "normalized" after the 5.1 to 2-channel stereo mixdown. This brings audio levels back to normal dB levels for optimum playback on the Axim.

-AJ