How to do 2 pass XviD?

[Jynks]

I have nvr really understood how the 2 pass XviD function works in Vdub.. is there a tutorial or something that can teach me how to use it as I understand it will yield much higher quality results.

[CWR03]

There are tutorials everywhere for it - use Search here or read on the VirtualDub site.

[Jynks]

can someone please point me to a tutorial for this .. as i can not find one...

Thanks (till doing 1 pass encodes :(

[DonQ]

Just very short description:

1. prepare your video for encoding
2. open xvid encoder properties, choose 1st pass
3. encode your video into some temporary file (without audio)
4. open xvid encoder properties, choose 2nd pass
5. encode your video again, this time into final file (and with audio)

If you're using slow filter chain for processing, then it is good idea to filter video first (encode it with some near-lossless codec, like HuffYUV) and then perform a two-pass xvid encoding from filtered video file.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

can someone please point me to a tutorial for this .. as i can not find one...

Thanks (till doing 1 pass encodes :(

You might want to give Avidemux (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=126164) a try, instead of VirtualDub.
In Avidemux just select "MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid)" encoder and "2-Pass Average Bitrate" or "2-Pass Final Size" mode.
It will then do everything automatically for you :)

[Jynks]

thanks guys....