AutoGK Features

[miljbee]

Hi all,

I have discovered AutoGK a few weeks ago and i must admit that its a fantastic software. Thanks a lot for that len0x.
Before discovering AutoGK, i was using GordianKnot, and recently i have tested DrDivx.

First of all, i would like to understand a bit much about the choices that AutoGk makes :
When i encode a movie using DrDivx, i want to achieve the best possible quality using one or two CD depending on the movie length. To achieve this goal, i turn on (or to max) all the options in the advanced settings (GMC, Quarter Pixel, Perf/Qual = Slowest, Psycho, ...). This results in a very long encoding time. This is not a problem for me. I prefer to have a good quality rip instead of a fast one.

With AutoGK, there is not all these settings, and the global encoding time (including comp test) is twice or three times less.

Does it mean that AVI produced by AutoGK doesn't uses all the functionnalities of xvid or divx codec ?
Does it mean that AutoGk makes better choices than me (I must admit that i am not sure that all these options are producing a really better movie) ?

Is there a way to enable these options in AutoGK ? (if not will there be a way to do it ?)

Now that i have asked my question, i have a few features requests ...
Yes, i know that you are probably fed up with all these requests. Sorry for this !
Would it be possible to include 90 or even 99 minutes CD in the Predifined size list ?
Even better, could we have a more flexible box to specify the output size ? (for example : 3 files of 437MB !!!)
Would it be possible to have a "Crop" window ?


Well, i know and understand that you want to keep autogk the easiest soft available to convert dvd to divx, but i think that for intermediate users like me an "Advanced tab" would be a nice feature. This advanced tab could include a "crop" window, external audio source, advanced codec settings, advanced output file size (Gordian Knot Light in fact !)...

Thanks again for this great job ...

[len0x]

Originally posted by miljbee
Does it mean that AVI produced by AutoGK doesn't uses all the functionnalities of xvid or divx codec ?
Does it mean that AutoGk makes better choices than me (I must admit that i am not sure that all these options are producing a really better movie) ?


For XviD it uses the best and safest options, but for DivX it uses best speed/quality settings, so indeed its not the most quality ones, but I just can't justify twice the time of encoding for 1-2% of increased quality... XviD 1.0 is the best codec to use now anyway (survey shows that most ppl using XviD with AutoGK already).

Originally posted by miljbee

Is there a way to enable these options in AutoGK ? (if not will there be a way to do it ?)


no and no :)

Originally posted by miljbee

Would it be possible to include 90 or even 99 minutes CD in the Predifined size list ?


different brands of CDs and writers have different sizes for 90/99 min...

Originally posted by miljbee

Would it be possible to have a "Crop" window ?


nope, never.


Originally posted by miljbee

Well, i know and understand that you want to keep autogk the easiest soft available to convert dvd to divx, but i think that for intermediate users like me an "Advanced tab" would be a nice feature. This advanced tab could include a "crop" window, external audio source, advanced codec settings, advanced output file size (Gordian Knot Light in fact !)...


AutoGK not equals GK lite and will never be in the form it was intended. Its not for ppl who know how to do things manually.

[miljbee]

Originally posted by len0x :
different brands of CDs and writers have different sizes for 90/99 min...

... So perhaps the solution is to include a custom media. I mean in the drop down list include a "custom" item. When custom is selected the user then selects number of parts and size of one part. Being able to use 90min CD enables to to have 12% more space available for the rip. This is quite interresting for long movies. isn't it ?

In all cases, thanks for your quick response. I trust you and will now do my rip using xvid and AutoGK as you advised.

I have also to tell you that i have made a low cost computer for a friend of mine a few weeks ago. Since he has never owned one, he doesn't know anything about computers and digital video.
I Installed AutoGK on its computer, and have showed him how it was working. On friday he bought a standalone MPEG4 player ....:thanks:

[manono]

Hi-

I don't understand, miljbee. Why can't you choose a custom size of 800 MB, or whatever you want, when filling the CD? And if putting 3 avis on one of those big CDs, why can't you make each for 266 MB, or something like that, and then set up each one as a separate job?

I can understand that if each of the 3 files has a different compressibility, that you might wind up with different resolutions and other settings, but you haven't mentioned that yet. So I don't know if that bothers you or not. But you can force a desired resolution anyway.

Your friend is exactly the kind of person for whom AutoGK was created by len0x. As for you, you know too much already to be the ideal user. :)

[miljbee]

Of course, i can easily produce a dvdrip of 800MB or any other custom size.

My problem is that if i have a long movie, let's say lotr for example. I want a good quality rip. Since the video is nearly 3h long, and since i want to keep sound in ac3, i will choose to store it on 2 CD.

I have a few 90 and 99 minutes CD, so it would be nice if i could use the more space available on those CDs.

Of course, i can select a custom size of 1600 or 1800MB, but i will have to cut it manually .... and i am very lazy.

And newbies won't be able to perform a cut manually, because they don't know (and i don't think len0x wants them to know) anything about VDub, key Frames, ...
The only thing they know is that they have bought some "High space" CD to gain a little more quality on long movies and that they aren't able to use this more space. So they will use only 700 MB, and will be dispointed to have paid more for something they can not use.

[manono]

Hi-

and i don't think len0x wants them to know

I think he doesn't want them to have to know. But the guide has links to lots of stuff so that they can learn for themselves if they want to learn.

And since the 700 MB CD is the standard, and since the larger sizes are either unavailable or very expensive (here in the US anyway), I don't know how far you're going to get asking len0x to make splitting for 90 and 99 minute CDs a possibility. And as he mentioned, not all CD burners even support those larger sized CDs. Up to him, though.

[miljbee]

and i don't think len0x wants them to know

I think he doesn't want them to have to know. But the guide has links to lots of stuff so that they can learn for themselves if they want to learn.


You are right, i have written it to fast.

manono wrote :
I don't know how far you're going to get asking len0x to make splitting for 90 and 99 minute CDs a possibility. And as he mentioned, not all CD burners even support those larger sized CDs. Up to him, though.


For sure, its up to him to decide. and i won't keep on asking it, i was just responding to your precedent post :

manono wrote :
(...) why can't you choose a custom size of 800 MB, or whatever you want, when filling the CD?