how to convert DV AVI to divx or xvid avi

[roise_r]

what is the easiest way to encode a DV AVI downloaded from a digital camcorder to a regular progressive divx or xvid video into .avi format for permenant use on my computer... i tried with adobe premiere pro which is suposed to be the best, but what i get, is that i can export only in some redicolous avi formats, something about microsoft avi or uncompressed avi???, even thought i have divx and xvid encoders installed on my computer. can virtualdub do that, is this the best way to go, and what plug -in must i use, couse right now, my unchanged VDM says it cannot read dv avi

[neuron2]

Use VirtualDub with the Cedocida DV codec.

And don't ask about the best way to go; it's against forum rules.

[HymnToLife]

I guess you can export your video in Premiere as Uncompressed AVI and then use VDub to recompress it. I know VDub can be used for capturing too but I don't know how good it is.

[roise_r]

VD is pretty bad at capturing, and thanks, i read in some guide to use panasonic DV codec which i dont think defferes from cedocida dv codec very much... so i am done with that

[Blue_MiSfit]

Premiere really sucks at exporting. It doesn't support 3rd party VFW codecs (DivX and XviD) well at all. What you want to do is take your DV file, and use AviSynth with vdub/vdubmod.

A script template like this is what I use:

directshowsource("path to avi goes here", audio=false)

#deinterlace and resize
SeparateFields().SelectEven().LanczosResize(720,480)

#denoise
removegrain(mode=2)


Note my "deinterlacing" method is primitive. You will probably want something a bit more powerful to retain more resolution. I'm a novice at deinterlacing though... I know MVBob gives fantastic results but is dreadfully, sickeningly slow :)

Anyway, dump this avisynth script into vdub and compress as you want. Encode the audio seperately and then mux with vdub or avimux or mkvmerge if you want matroska.

Good luck
~Misfit

[roise_r]

what about that de-noiser, can i use it as a filter in virtual dub. or should i ask, where can i download the most popular de-noise (grain removal) filter that is out there for VD. long ago there was some guy that gave me the link to some place that had all kind of VD filters, but i lost the URL... :(

[roise_r]

well i finally found where to export in xvid or divx in adobe premiere pro, but i miss the option where i can make batch encoding, as with job control in VDM

[smok3]

well i finally found where to export in xvid or divx in adobe premiere pro, but i miss the option where i can make batch encoding, as with job control in VDM there is no such option afaik.

[Blue_MiSfit]

It is better to do filtering in AviSynth as it retains the YUV colorspaces. If you filter in VirtualDub, you must enable full processing mode, which goes from YUY2->RGB32->YV12 (the native colorspace for MPEG codecs).

If you do all the filtering in AviSynth then you just go from YUY2->YV12. This is both faster and higher quality. That, and filter development for AviSynth seems to be more active ATM.

~MiSfit

[roise_r]

i heard all great stuff about avisynth, but all this scripting... i get scared... i like the ease of the gui apps. i like all my options to be visible and all i have to do is click on them:), maybe its not that hard, i dont know...

[qyb]

you can download it from here (http://www.dup2.org/files/dv2xvid-0.6.zip). It depend on a installation of AutoGK (http://www.autogk.net). I'm very sorry because there is no english document in the zip file. You can contact me (http://qyb.blogspot.com) directly by email/gtalk.

I'm a programmer and create the project DV-2-XviD, a DV avi batch compress GUI tool, because I need a tool to conjoin and backup my DV clips. Althought version 0.6 lack many important features, I'll listen for any feedbacks and improve it.

Update: You can found English infomation here (http://www.dup2.org/en/dv2xvid/doc.html). and screenshot (http://www.dup2.org/en/dv2xvid/screenshot.html)!