divx5 nth pass with virtualdub

[Raging_Inferno]

after creating the 1st pass with virtual dub, do i just open the video and change it to nth pass instead of 1st pass. Do i specify how many passes i want or do i just do it over and over until i feel like stopping?

[JensG.]

Just save the nth pass over and over again.
And take care that in the codec options the log file is alway being updated.

[Raging_Inferno]

okay i think i got that
so after the first nth pass
would load the newly created divx file?
or would i load the orignal?
and also i loaded the wrong file for my first nth pass and encoded a bit and then cancled.
would that affect my encoding after switching back to the right file?

[JensG.]

You have your original source and encode it 1st pass. After that you encode your original source Nth pass as many times as you like. Usually more than 3 passes should be unnecessary. For each Nth pass you can (but don't have to) choose a different name of the resulting avi, so that you can compare them after several passes. But beware of crashes! Because once a Nth pass crashes, the log file is destroyed and you have to start over again at pass #1.
So once you cancelled a Nth pass encoding the log file is useless. If you plan more than 2 or three passes you may of course make a backup copy of the log file and then go on encoding.

[Raging_Inferno]

ooooooh i got it!
Thanks! :D

[JensG.]

You're welcome!:)