how to best use xvid

[Koepi]

I did some tests with xvid as well and i don't like the need for GKnot. A very basic curve treatment (with giving an average bitrate) shouldn't be too hard to implement? Maybe i'll find some time in 3 weeks and code something like that :P

Btw., is it normal that GKnot pops up with an error message like "the frames in the stats aren't the same as in the calculator..." and that only after typing in manually the number of frames (down next to the dvd2avi field) it is possible to calculate a new stats file?

This is all unneccessary trouble with a nice codec and confusing me like hell ;)

All this is IMHO, nobody should feel offended!

Regards,
Koepi

[Ripe73]

HI!
I encoded a movie with Xvid and used 2pass encoding for the movie and 1pass CBR for the endcredits but i got a error when i append the two files"Cannot append segment: The video streams have different data forms".I have the same resolution on both streams,anyone with the same problem?

[-h]

I did some tests with xvid as well and i don't like the need for GKnot. A very basic curve treatment (with giving an average bitrate) shouldn't be too hard to implement? Maybe i'll find some time in 3 weeks and code something like that :P

We finally got a long weekend over here. I hate not being able to code - travelling 4 hours a day kinda kills the urge :)

I'm going to implement a curve adjustment this weekend (along with finishing the quicktime stuff, add some pointless eye candy to the frontend, and some other stuff that I probably won't finish anyway), but I'm at a loss as to how to still allow GKnot modifications to the first-pass .stats file. Perhaps a toggle that preserves the current behaviour?

-h

[Teegedeck]

@Koepi: Hummm, I think that you could perhaps have chosen a wrong framerate?

@Ripe73: I get that error, too. Try merging video-streams with AviUtil and mux the audio lateron.

@-h: That would be fine with me... I believe manual editing still has a future with many of the people around here.

[Ripe73]

Originally posted by Teegedeck
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@Ripe73: I get that error, too. Try merging video-streams with AviUtil and mux the audio lateron.

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I cant get a error "unsupported format"when i try to open the first avi:(

[Teegedeck]

Originally posted by Ripe73

I cant get a error "unsupported format"when i try to open the first avi:(

Try this in AviUtil:
file >> avi-operation >> concatenate

In the dialogue that follows, add the files you want to merge, type in where you want your output-file and how you want to call it (don't forget that the name should end in '.avi') and press 'OK'.

[Ripe73]

Originally posted by Teegedeck


Try this in AviUtil:
file >> avi-operation >> concatenate

In the dialogue that follows, add the files you want to merge, type in where you want your output-file and how you want to call it (don't forget that the name should end in '.avi') and press 'OK'.

I only get a 2kb avifile nothing more and i cant open a DivX 3.11 in AviUtil either

[Teegedeck]

Originally posted by Ripe73


I only get a 2kb avifile nothing more and i cant open a DivX 3.11 in AviUtil either

I'm a bit at my wits end right now - AviUtil never let me down before. Even when it displays a warning, something like 'can't recompress, so output file may be abnormous' (or similar), the end result always works for me. Maybe if you give some more details about how you proceed, someone will detect a mistake or have an idea. Otherwise, you can alyways try the file-merging utilities on Doom9's download-site.

[Ripe73]

I will do a new first pass without trim endcredits because it seems to be impossible to append video for me with XviD :mad:

1.How will Xvid work with bits/pixel when i set the resolution in GKnot should follow the DivX 3.11 rule?

[Teegedeck]

Generally you can expect XviD to compress a little better at high bitrates (2 CDs), but it all depends on personal taste.

[Ripe73]

HI!
Good news its now possible for me to append with Xvid,i download the AviUt on Dooms downloadsite and then i download aviutl97d on this http://ruriruri.zone.ne.jp/aviutl/ site and execute the *.exe file with the new.Then open the movie.avi->append credits.avi->save avi:)