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Darkwhisperer
24th November 2009, 15:29
Im looking for an application to convert my DVD-Series to MKV. I have 4 dual-layer dvd-rips, and want to convert the whole lot to 8.5Gb of MKV's. I could use a tool like Megui, but it would involve me loading and setting up each episode, and manually calculating the size each episode should be. A friend mentioned that Tmpgenc Express is set up such that you load your files, select your encoding method, set the final size, and tell it to go. I calculates everything else by itself. Unfortunately, I cant afford Tmpgenc Express, and as far as I know, it doesnt do x264.

Are there any apps available here that can do the kind of batch encoding & calculating that I require?

Thanks!
Darkwhisperer
25th November 2009, 14:04
*sigh*

Not a single response. Alright, Plan B, I'll have to write my own app to do this. Please help with the following...

An MKV file is broken into 3 parts (in this case) - (1) Video, (2) Audio, (3) Overhead.

(1) As I'm using x264, I can specify the size I want, so no problem here.
(2) I would like to use AAC, so how would I calculate the audio stream/file size based on bit-rate & duration?
(3) How does one calculate how much space the overhead portion will use?

Thanks!
buzzqw
25th November 2009, 16:02
you could use makemkv to do a single big mkv file
then encode the single big mkv file to a smaller one...

BHH
RunningSkittle
25th November 2009, 20:57
... Obviously you did not search or read the stickies at all :confused:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129748

Check out Staxrip, Handbrake, and ripbot264
Forteen88
26th November 2009, 04:43
... Obviously you did not search or read the stickies at all :confused:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129748

Check out Staxrip, Handbrake, and ripbot264Staxrip, Handbrake, and ripbot264 don't use SAR, do they?! It's a compression-disadvantage if they're not...
RunningSkittle
26th November 2009, 05:14
huh? x264 supports sar, as does the matroska container.
Forteen88
26th November 2009, 05:37
huh? x264 supports sar, as does the matroska container.I know x264 & MKV-container do, but I don't think Staxrip, Handbrake, and ripbot264 uses SAR-value (aka to send to x264), but rather DAR, when encoding.
7ekno
29th November 2009, 07:51
Can also do it manually with .CMD / .BAT files ...

DGIndex can be invoked from command line (to split audio / video AND make a default AVS script), then the AVS script can be fed via command line to x264, Audio can be fed via commandline to BeSweet and to finish it all off, MKVmerge can be invoked via commandline also ...

You will be able to run a whole directory of DVD rips via command line and FOR loops ...

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stax76
29th November 2009, 09:27
Most apps call it PAR. Maybe searching the forum for 'batch' but only search in thread titles could give you a idea.

StaxRip can handle the task, I've attached some screenshots showing some related features.

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0604/x264.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0604/x264)

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0941/imageoptions.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0941/imageoptions)

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0304/armenu.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0304/armenu)

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0958/sourcesel.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0958/sourcesel)