Lester Burnham
28th June 2005, 09:31
Hi
I would be grateful for any advice with this.
I'm currently using Xvid codec for converting my DVD movies to play on my portable DivX / Xvid player (Archos AV440).
I'm currently using Auto GK to convert from DVD / VOB / mpg to Xvid AVI (mp3 audio - CBR 160kbps).
Auto GK is supposed to be pretty good at optimising the codec settings per input file, and does (typically) two-pass encoding, if using size based output files (it does one-pass encoding if selecting a quality percentage).
I've just had a slight problem converting the X Files movie (from my DVD copy). It's only really in the initial title sequence, where you have fluid (mercury-looking) that moves around a little, and that's become a little blocky with movement.
The output file was created to be around 1200Mb, and is currently showing a video bitrate of 1214kb/s.
Is it likely the reason I'm seeing the artifacts at this point because the bitrate must be a little on the low side for the movie to be converted without showing such effects?
Because I'm using Auto GK I don't have much else to play around with in terms of codec settings (as Auto GK controls all that), and I guess I'm mainly interested in whether - for the specifics of this film - I've made the output file too small?
Thanks for any help.
I would be grateful for any advice with this.
I'm currently using Xvid codec for converting my DVD movies to play on my portable DivX / Xvid player (Archos AV440).
I'm currently using Auto GK to convert from DVD / VOB / mpg to Xvid AVI (mp3 audio - CBR 160kbps).
Auto GK is supposed to be pretty good at optimising the codec settings per input file, and does (typically) two-pass encoding, if using size based output files (it does one-pass encoding if selecting a quality percentage).
I've just had a slight problem converting the X Files movie (from my DVD copy). It's only really in the initial title sequence, where you have fluid (mercury-looking) that moves around a little, and that's become a little blocky with movement.
The output file was created to be around 1200Mb, and is currently showing a video bitrate of 1214kb/s.
Is it likely the reason I'm seeing the artifacts at this point because the bitrate must be a little on the low side for the movie to be converted without showing such effects?
Because I'm using Auto GK I don't have much else to play around with in terms of codec settings (as Auto GK controls all that), and I guess I'm mainly interested in whether - for the specifics of this film - I've made the output file too small?
Thanks for any help.