Gordian Knot - Compression Test, et al

[naxos]

Hey guys, I am newbie to backing up DVD's and encoding them to divx. So I have been following along with the Doom9 guide (very helpful and easy to follow so far, thanks!) But I am at the point of doing the compressibility check. It runs through the entire compression check and then gives me an error message like: "log file not found...blah blah" And in Gordian Knot, there is no new info in the resolution/bitrate tab.

I am wondering here what i'm doing wrong. Not sure if this log file will help anything, but i found it in my Gordian Knot folder and it seems pertinent though i am unsure to what end. Also, is there a way to preview the audio tracks? I noticed I have 2 ac3 files in my files gotten with DVD Dycrypter I only included the first of the 2 (thinking the second may be the french) any help would be very helpful! Thanks guys!

8/29/2005 2:23:29 PM: Job "MillDollar - _.avi" started.


Gordian Knot
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_First
Container: Audio-Video Interleave (AVI)
Number: 4216605
Name: MillDollar - _.avi
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\_.avi
AviMovie: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\__Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\__Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\LastCompCheck.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : D:\Ripping\MillionDollarBaby_5_perc_DivX5_LanczosResize_352x144.log
Stats:
Ecf :
This is a Compressibility Check:
Resolution: 352 x 144

2:23:29 PM: Audio 1, calc: 434840 kb
2:23:29 PM: Audio 1, disabled, no recalc. - you probably want to add this track later.

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5 First Pass"
// $input "C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\LastCompCheck.avs"
// $output "C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\_.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\PROGRA~1\\GORDIA~1\\LastCompCheck.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\PROGRA~1\\GORDIA~1\\_.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

2:23:29 PM: Started DivX5-First Pass: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\LastCompCheck.avs
2:30:01 PM: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 6 minutes, 20 seconds.
2:30:01 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
2:30:01 PM: Error: Could not open C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\vdenc.log
2:30:02 PM: Error: Could not count encoded Frames.
2:30:02 PM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.

2:30:02 PM: Done.
2:30:02 PM: Log File = D:\Ripping\MillionDollarBaby_5_perc_DivX5_LanczosResize_352x144.log
Total Encoding Time: 6 minutes, 32 seconds.
8/29/2005 2:30:02 PM: Job "MillDollar - _.avi" finished.
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[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

It looks to me like DivX is not installed, or, not installed correctly. VirtualDubMod took only two seconds to start and finish.

To check to see if DivX is installed correctly, start VirtualDubMod (Start...All Programs....Gordian Knot...Apps...VirtualDubMod), select Video....Compression, and see if DivX is listed in the list of codecs. If not, re-install it, and check again.

[naxos]

You nailed it. I only had Divx4 installed. Well i did the compression test, and everything seemed good. Its encoding atm, so in a few hours I'll be able to see how my first divx encoding went ;) pretty stoked about it. Thanks for the reply jggimi really appreciate it.