insane file sizes with Gordian Knot

[gejoroni]

I am trying to encode a movie in Divx5 using Gordian Knot. I ripped the VOBs with DVD Decrypter, imported into DGIndex, made the d2v, opened Gordian Knot, set the size limit to 650mb, and told it to start. When this happens, I specify the audio file and Gordian Knot begins its automated process, first calling BeSweet. When BeSweet is done, it then calls VirtualDubMod. This is where the problem is. The process creates massive (around 90GB) files on my HDD. Each time it makes a pass it makes a new one of these files. Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you so much.

I more or less followed the instructions found in this guide:
http://www.divx.com/support/guides/guide.php?gid=6

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

It "sounds" like DivX is not installed, or not installed properly. Start VdubMod manually, use the Video...Compression menu command, and see if DivX 5.2.1 is listed as one of the selectable codecs.

You might also take a look at Doom9's guide.

[CWR03]

I had a similar, only reversed, problem when I first started using Gordian Knot. I prefer XviD, and everything went fine except my output files were usually around half of what I'd specified. After playing with things and testing a while I found a setting within the XviD for unrestricted, and afterwards everything worked perfectly. Presumably you may have the same problem with DivX - if you click the Options tab you can set the default parameters for GK to use with each codec. I tried it with Home Theater selected from the Select Profile Wizard, first pass set to "Multipass, first pass," second pass set to "Multipass, nth pass" and all worked well. If you have it set for High-Def, you're gonna get a big file.

[gejoroni]

You were right, and thanks for the welcome, jggimi. I must not have had the DivX codec installed properly, because once I reinstalled it, the encoding went perfectly. Thanks alot guys!