upgrading to divx4, from mpeg2avi.

[Sarah]

Well i've been using mepg2avi for about a year now and works a treat, a movie can be encoded quicker than real time and the quality is v good. Anyway i'm thinking of migrating to divx4. What encoder should i use that is just as quick. Will 2 pass slow things down, do you really notice a difference?

[-h]

What settings are you currently using for the target avi? If you have a P4 system, 2-pass encoding could only take ~70% or so longer than your 1-pass encodes. It definitely takes more time though.

If you're using 1-pass bitrate-based encodes with DivX 3.11, you'll notice a large increase in quality with 2-pass DivX 4 rips.

-h

[Sarah]

i'm using an athlon 1.4g

[-h]

Then I'd say, if a normal rip is taking you 2 hours with DivX 3, 2-pass will be up around 3 hours 40 minutes for DivX 4.

Give it a try and see how you think they compare. If you don't find much visible benefit in 2-pass, I'd stick with what you know. Or switch over to 1-pass DivX 4 rips, seeing as it'll be faster (though possibly lower quality).

-h

[Amerzone]

Originally posted by Sarah
Well i've been using mepg2avi for about a year now and works a treat, a movie can be encoded quicker than real time and the quality is v good. Anyway i'm thinking of migrating to divx4. What encoder should i use that is just as quick. Will 2 pass slow things down, do you really notice a difference?
There is no need to change encoder; m2a works fine with DivX 4, 2-pass mode, just make sure you use the v0.1.5d by OGO and the chi simple.frontend GUI (which also supports automatic 2-pass and shutdown at the end of encoding, although the latter feature does not currently work in Win9x/ME). Have a look at the m2a group.