Quick way to convert .mpg to Xvid? Something like AutoGK

[ShyGuy]

Hi All,

I've done a lot of vhs caps to mpeg2 using Pinnacle Studio 8.5, and I saved them as full 720x576 PAL Mpeg2 files (*.mpg).

But now, I want to convert them all to Xvid using something VERY simple like AutoGK does for DVD backups (which incidentally I use all the time to make Xvid files of my favourite DVD's, it's awesome when you can fit 6-7 good quality movies fit on a single DVD-R)

Is there a tool that allows me to just select the source file (the .mpg), select a destination folder for the Xvid *.avi file, hit start and away we go, like AutoGK?

I did find a guide for VirtualDub, but when I tried to use Xvid, it came up with all these errors and wouldn't code it, though it worked perfectly fine with DivX 3 and DivX 5, but I'm not happy with the final quality of them, which is why I want to convert them to Xvid instead, which I *AM* happy with the quality!

Any help would be great thanks!

[Blue_MiSfit]

sounds like you are having some evil codec problems. Un-install any version of xvid you have, and re-install the latest version (1.0 RC3)

Then, try doing a simple single pass encode, and work your way up to a nice 2 pass encode.

As far as an "easy" solution, I would just open the mpeg-2 file in dvd2avi (I think you can do this) and use it to frameserve just like you would with a dvd.

good luck
~misfit

[gotaserena]

I'm surprised this hasn't been answered before (maybe it is in the wrong forum?) But if you want ease-of-use (as opposed to quality), the best bet is virtualdubmod.

But anyways, which errors are you encountering?

[Blue_MiSfit]

if you want ease-of-use (as opposed to quality), the best bet is virtualdubmod.

just out of curiousity, what do you mean by that? vdub mod is (as far as I know) THE program to do XviD encoding in... what else would you use???

[gotaserena]

I frameserve through avisynth, and encode it in vdub using fast recompress. But vdubmod can open mpeg-2's directly. You just do too many colour conversions, especially if you want to use filters, IIRC.