DivX vs SVCD?

[Atlanta999]

I don't know which method to use when ripping from DVD, so can anyone tell me which one gives more quality results, and how can i get the MOST of the quality and what combinations of programs to use? thanx

[jggimi]

X(S)VCD are designed for standalone players. (See www.vcdhelp.com for a database of player capabilities, and lots of doc on these various formats.)

DivX is designed for play on a PC. (See www.divx.com for some information, and a showcase of examples ... some free, some "rented".)

You'll have to let folk know how you plan to use the content. For example, do you have a surround sound system on your PC? TV-OUT from your PC? A standalone player that can read VCD or SVCD on CD-RW or CD-R media? A DVD burner? Which of the many "standard" formats?

You'll get better advice if you let people know your interests.

[Atlanta999]

Well, I got my PC with 5.1 surround system, no TV-OUTs, and I got Plextor 24/10/40 CD-RW, and I wanna make backup's of some of my favorite movies, so I was interested how to get more quality from the ripped movie..:rolleyes: thanx

[jggimi]

Thanks. Based on your PC-based surround sound, CD recordings -- I'd recommend using DivX, doing either 2 or 3 CD DivX encodings with AC3 sound. You can only do 3 CD encodings with an NTFS file-system that can go beyond 2GB file size -- Windows NT, W2K, or XP, rather than W9x or WME.

Start with the Gordian Knot package, and do 2 or 3 DivX 4 encodings to get your feet wet. Gordian Knot automates DivX 3 or DivX 4 encodings. It can be used to set up other encoders (DivX 5, Xvid) but I believe you should experiment with the completely automated toolset before moving on.

Follow Doom9's guide for Gordian Knot and DivX 4 the first time or two. You'll need the GKnot 0.21 package, the 0.23 upgrade, and a LAME 3.91 upgrade. Links are in his guides. There's also a great FAQ available at http://gknot.doom9.org.

[jeremymacmull]

i agree with nearly everything the poster above has said except u can do 3-4 cd rips using win 9X me as i have done so using GKnot and divx 3.11

EZEKIEL

[jggimi]

You must have small CDs. :o 650MB x 3 = 1950MB

FAT32 limits individual files to 2GB. 700MB x 3 = 2.1 GB = NTFS required.

[theReal]

As far as I know, Virtualdub can write 4GB avi files in Win98SE ?

Edit:

It can! http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/avi4gb.htm

and from the virtualdub.org capture-FAQ:
I'm getting an error when I try to capture an AVI file bigger than 4GB.
You'll get this problem if you either (a) are running Windows 95/98/98SE/ME, or are saving to a FAT32-formatted partition. Either limits you to 4GB. If you want to capture a single file bigger than 4GB, you must have your capture partition formatted as NTFS and you must be running Windows NT/2000. The error message itself is caused by Windows, and not by the limitations of the AVI file format.

[theReal]

btw, Atlanta999, use Gordianknot and convert to Divx 5 or, if you want everything very easy with Gordianknot, Divx 4.
But use Gordianknot!

[jggimi]

The AVI standard supports 4GB.

My understanding was that FAT32, the most-up-to-date-modern filesystem for all Windows 9X operating systems starting with W95 OSR2, was that it was limited to 2GB.

After getting feedback here saying otherwise.... I did the right thing and checked Microsoft's Knowledge Base.

It's not in there.

However, I did find a document at Microsoft's web page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/choosing_between_NTFS_FAT_and_FAT32.htm that clearly states that the maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB.

Please allow me to correct my previous assertion. I was incorrect. :stupid: