Very easy DVD to divx (possible?)

[ElQuapo]

I have a friend who would very much like to backup some movies he has but doesn't realy know very much about computers. I've tried a couple of times to teach him how to make a divx file but it's just impossible. Therefore I was wondering if anyone knew of a program where you just put the dvd in the drive, press "GO" and the program would then make a standard 640*xxx divx file at 700mb without the need of calculating bitrate, choosing audio, resolution, resizing and so fourth. Any help would be much appreciated :-)

[cordraconis]

*Ahum*,

Try Xmpeg or FlaskMPEG, and use the guide from Doom9.

For newbies, I think this is the most simple way. (But the people generally agree that the quality is "not optimal", so try it out for yourself.

P.S. I think the latest dvdX is also pretty straightforward ...
Search the forum for more info. (i'm not really into svcd-stuff)

I hope that helped you a bit.

bye!

[ElQuapo]

I use DVDx myself and have tried out GordianKnot some times, but the problem is that even these 2 programs are pretty difficult to teach people how to use.

[eXistenZ]

Hi, I think you can try NeoDivx. I've used this once to show to my colleague how simple and straightforward could be and the result was not bad at all...

Look here:
http://www.neodivx.org
and download the free NeoDivx and not Divx Video Duplicator

Bye, eXistenZ

[zulu]

What about FairUse?
IIRC there's not much you can do wrong with this all-in-one tool.
There is no need to install other apps, it even has built-in ripping and the proper codec is embedded in the exe.

[CyberDemonII]

What about SimpleDivX !!

http://www.simpledivx.com


grtz,
CyberDemonII

[john blox]

I made a fairuse pack over a year ago - i sent it to doom9 & digital digest but they weren't interested. try it here :- http://www.johnblox.eurobell.co.uk/ Its all prolly a bit out of date now what with div5 etc, though coming back here after a year I'm not so sure, dvd->dix is as convoluted as it ever was. Your granny however should be able to follow this guide. its vbr->1 cd with no messing/decisions 4 u. hard work is the apps this prog just automates it. But dont worry some day soon someone will write a dvd->divx app with a single button I'm sure, though by then divx will prolly have been supersceded

[ElQuapo]

Thanks very much guys I will look into some of these programs.

[binky the stunt cat]

Gordian Knot is a good one too, a few user guides (including my own) were mentioned here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45295)

[Leftfield_2k2]

He could try my ''Idiots guide to DVD quality DivXs''. It is VERY VERY easy and will produce 2 CD DivX movies that are VERY near DVD quality. Plus its pretty fast, on a half decent PC it should only take 2-3 hours to encode.

Guide @:

~^~^^~^~^~^~ Leftfield_2k2s Idiots Guide to DVD Quality DivXs ^~^~^~^~^~^^~ (http://www.aoul98.dsl.pipex.com/paradox/How%20to%20make%20DVD%20quality%20DivX.htm)


LaterZ
Leftfield_2k2:devil:

[TheUnforgiven]

search in the avisynth forum for QuickAVS
the complete control very easy