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spidey
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Post Posted: Jun 25, 2008 08:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Hi All,

I know this is a subjective question, but I wanted to get some feedback as it has been a while I have gone through these tools for this topic.

I have a number of pre-authored VIDEO_TS directories. I would like to convert many of the streams to either Xvid or Divx for storage puprposes.

I was wondering, at this time, what is the best tool or method to do so ?

Ideally I would like to batch process alot of the TS's so it'd be nice to get to rename the output files (unlike the DivX converter) and I could load up a number of discs worth at a time.

Thank you all very much !!!!!
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Post Posted: Jun 25, 2008 08:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

spidey
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Post Posted: Jun 25, 2008 12:54 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

thank you very much Baldrick smile.gif !!!!!!
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spidey
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Post Posted: Jul 01, 2008 09:59 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Been using AutoGK for a number of days now - thank you again - I had 2 follow-up questions if possible -

1 - Is there any way to simply state a bitrate to use rather than specifying a disc size ? ie on the quality, I saw somewhere 75 % is the default but what bitrate does that compare to for the vid stream ? I'd like to have them about a 1 meg vid stream...as I believe that will yield minimal to no loss

2 - some of the conversions have resulted in being fairly off synch for the a/v. Is it recommended then to just keep the exising ac3 2 channel audio ? As while the vbr mp3 would help, in the long run it may not be worth it, in possibly having the synch issues vs the storage space saved. Any opinions or thoughts ? All movies are being archived on external drives.

Thanks All !!!!!
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Krispy Kritter
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Post Posted: Jul 01, 2008 14:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

1 _ i've never changed the default settings myself, but I remember reading that you can adjust it, likely in the advanced settings. Although I dont know how much benefit you'd actually see, depending on your source anyway.

2 - it is typically recommended to NOT use vbr. It typically always causes sync issues during playback. Keep the original audio or use CBR.
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Post Posted: Jul 01, 2008 18:22 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

And dont forget you can go to this page (allowable?) to add some divx ultra functionality to your completed avi
http://labs.divx.com/MenuRaider
Its the only comprehensible way I've found (sorry TRIPOD) while keeping the quality(sorry Divx author)
Autogk/Fairuse followed by Menuraider. STill wont do subtitles properly tho, you just have to keep in in the same folder and the same name. A rule of thumb I would use when compressing is to expect a file one quarter of the size of the original. I am generally happy keeping the original AC3.
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spidey
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Post Posted: Jul 03, 2008 14:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Thank you both very much. I'll check out the other sources smile.gif
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