XVid profiles

[filipcza]

Is there a way to set the "profile @ level" default setting to some other than "unrestricted" which is now the default one?

I'm using StaxRip and now I have to change from "unrestricted" to "Home theater PAL" everytime I encode a movie. And I have to do this 3 times for every movie(first pass, second pass, compression check) so it starts to get annoying..

Thanks for any input.

-Pete

[celtic_druid]

Sure, just change:
{"profile", reg.profile_name, "(unrestricted)"},
in config.c to:

{"profile", reg.profile_name, "(Home Theatre PAL)"},

"Home theater PAL" won't work since it isn't a valid profile. Although you could change that to.

[laserfan]

I think Pete that all you need to do is save a Project from StaxRip once you have made all your codec settings. Next time you want to do a similar encoding you just open that Project.rip, change the Input and Output files etc. but your First, Second, and Compressibility Check settings don't have to be entered again.

I'm new to StaxRip too and find it somewhat confusing--there are options to do almost anything you want...

[filipcza]

Where's that "config.c" file? I can't find it.

That project saving thing won't work, I tried it already. After you load the project, you open the movie file to be encoded. After opening it, xvid will load the default project level, which is now "unrestricted".

-Pete

[celtic_druid]

xvidcore/vfw/src/config.c

Sounds like StaxRip could be loading its own defaults though in which case changing XviD's would have no effect.

[stax76]

@filipcza

Reading the StaxRip docs under 'Projects' might help here.

[Sirber]

WHere can I find a list of the avalible profiles? I found nothing in d9 search and in man_page.html of mplayer.

Thanks!

[celtic_druid]

You mean what profiles in mencoder? They are the same.

unrestricted
sp0
sp1
sp2
sp3
asp0
asp1
asp2
asp3
asp4
asp5
dxnhandheld
dxnportntsc
dxnportpal
dxnhtntsc
dxnhtpal
dxnhdtv

My builds also contain:
mtkpal
mtkntsc
mtk6000pal
mtk6000ntsc

[laserfan]

...My builds also contain:
mtkpal
mtkntsc
mtk6000pal
mtk6000ntsccd do you have a handy web page or thread/post wherein you relate specifically how these profiles are different? I have used mtkntsc for a long time now for my Sigma Designs mediaplayers, but would like to become more knowledgeable about exactly what it is doing if possible.

OT I know but TIA if you can respond!

[celtic_druid]

Basically HT but you can use qpel and CQM's. Which I guess actually makes it closer to the Cinema Plus profiles, however they enforce DXN stuff like packed bitstream. Plus those profiles didn't exist when I came up with the MTK profiles.

If you search you should find the thread where someone first requested the extra profiles.

[Sirber]

I tryed dxnhandheld but it seems I'd need dxnportntsc instead for iPod, pocketpc and PSP, right?

Thanks for the list CD :D

[celtic_druid]

dxnhandheld is supposed to be 176x144@15fps
dxnportntsc is 352x240@30fps

Maybe you need a new profile? Although I guess you don't need higher res unless you are outputting to an external display.

[Sirber]

dxnhandheld is supposed to be 176x144@15fps
dxnportntsc is 352x240@30fps

Maybe you need a new profile? Although I guess you don't need higher res unless you are outputting to an external display.320x240 for iPod and PPC, 420x280 for PSP. I think I will just go unrestricted...