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unknownsoldierX
3rd February 2006, 00:53
I'm using Divx Pro 6.1.1 and having a hard time with Gordian Knot 0.35.0. I set the bitrates for first pass and Nth pass, and the video seems to get encoded at the default 780Kb/s. Also, when I do a compressibility test it comes up saying something like 9999997%. And, when I set the framerate to 23.976, the finished AVI still comes out as 29.970.

What is everyone using for DVD to Divx besides GKnot?
stax76
3rd February 2006, 01:17
What is everyone using for DVD to Divx besides GKnot?

See this poll: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104167&highlight=what+divx
MaximRecoil
12th February 2006, 16:17
I typically use DGIndex + DGDecode.dll + AviSynth + VirtualDub.

If you use VirtualDubMod, it can even write most of your AVS script for you, especially the normally pain to write cropping values.

With NTSC DVD's that have film as a source, I use "force film" when processing in DGIndex. Then I open the .d2v file with VirtualDubMod using the MPEG2Source AviSynth template. I use the null transform > cropping filter in VDubMod to crop off the black bars (this allows for easy GUI cropping to get the correct values), then I use Tools > Script Editor to Edit > Insert Crop. I manually type in the resize line (usually LanczosResize) and then save and refresh the script. Then I set VDubMod to "fast recompress" (this disables the cropping filter that you added in VDubMod that you no longer need, as well as speeds things up and omits a redundant color space conversion).
robU*4
13th February 2006, 20:49
How about DrDivX ?
SeeMoreDigital
13th February 2006, 21:14
Shouldn't this thread be located in the new MPEG-4 Encoder GUI's (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=78) section of the forum?

That said... shouldn't the Gordian Knot threads be placed in the new section too?


Cheers
unknownsoldierX
13th February 2006, 22:31
DrDivx doesn't support multipass as far as I can tell. I have been getting great results with FairUse Wizard Pro. I'll be sticking with it until an updated GK is released.
Enigmax
14th February 2006, 00:35
ARCalculator.

Greetings
thekid
14th February 2006, 18:19
Dr. DivX does multipass by default

but you can set it to only do 1 pass if you want

thekid...
mod
14th February 2006, 20:11
DgIndex - Avisynth - VDubMod.
But I like SimpleDivX final quality with 2 pass too.
robU*4
14th February 2006, 20:20
Dr. DivX does multipass by default

but you can set it to only do 1 pass if you want

thekid...

Maybe he's talking about more than 2 pass ? Is there really an advantage to that ?