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nunya
1st January 2007, 21:11
Having followed this link http://www.rita.lt/guides/GKnot_DVDtoAVI.htm

to the letter about 5 times I just can't get my video to encode properly.

I'm looking to create a 2gig xvid, the result ends up being a 250k pixelated waste of time. No matter what i set the bitrate or output resolution, they all come out very pixelated.

Now if I use AGknot, the video does come out, BUT there are black bars on the left and right sides and AGK does not allow for manual or even automatic cropping, not that I can see with its limited options.

Here's my process:
The VOB files are already extracted the the hdd, i use GK to process the VOBs using DGI, following the above link (as well as trying other things, when it didn't work), then open the .d2v file in GK. Again, setting up xvid according to the above link. Normally it should take about 1.5 hours to process this whole thing to get a file that is about 2 gigs in size, instead, it's finishing in about 30 minutes with a 250k file.

I'm not sure what I'm asking for, I'm just not sure where to start to get this working properly. I have used it before with success, but now, no.

Ask me some questions, I guess, to find out what I'm doing wrong, thanks for any help.

nunya

nunya
1st January 2007, 21:19
One more thing that is weird when using DGI, when I hit F5 to see the specs of the clip it says 4:3, FILM, 720x480, but when I save the project and it finishes it's settings it says 16:9, progressive, video 1%....i don't get it. why does it change?

CWR03
2nd January 2007, 00:27
Start by uninstalling XviD and installing the latest build. If you have the latest version installed, uninstall/reinstall it. In Gordian Knot's Options tab, click the First Pass button, set the Profile @ Level to unrestricted, repeat for Second Pass, then try your encode again. Make sure you set Video > Field Operation > Forced Film in DGIndex for your current project and for most movies; you can ignore what it displays during the creation of the .D2V file since it's only what is indicated during playback that matters.

nunya
2nd January 2007, 17:22
thanks i'll give it a try.