DivX to VCD Conversion Hardware

[aakast42]

I'm new to this whole thing but I noticed it would take me about 2 days to convert a 15 minute divx movie into VCD. Is there any hardware that accelerates this? If so what? Which is the best and why? How drastic is the accel? Thanks

[neomaine]

First, be a good newbie and use the SEARCH function...I've been on this site and creating VCDs for about 6 months now and still consider myself a newbie...by far. But I'm feeling generous today, just refinanced my house lowering my payment by $40 a month and cutting 8 years off the term.

First, from what I can tell, there is no such thing as DivX (mpeg4, I think) hardware to be found. And the discussions all seem to say "they'll never come out with mpeg4 'cause it would kill the other markets" or something like that. Basically, ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

Two days is pretty steep on such a conversion. I've been doing the divx->vcd (keep missing a B5 or Enterprise episode once in a while) thing for about a month now. It basically takes me 45mins for a 44mins video using TMPGEnc, which you can find in TOOLS over to the left.

You'll need to:
- Get a DIVX codec (also in tools)
- Get TMPGEnc
- Read the guides (yes, also to the left) and it will step you through the full process.

I basically just open up the divx/avi, use the VCD template, set some manual VCD compliant settings and press start. In a little more than the length of the movie + 10 mins with Nero, I have a VCD ready to go.

Here's my config in case you need to review your system specs as well:
-Biostar M7MIA mobo (08/06 bios)
-256meg DDR memory
-Athlon 1.2/266
-ATI AIW Radeon 32DDR
-Integrated sound (gotta work on this one...)
-2x20gb Maxtor 5400 ata/100 drives, OS on one, capture on the other (MAKE SURE you have an 80 PIN cable AND DMA set on the drives!!)
-Latest 4in1 drivers from VIA
-Latest miniAGP driver from AMD
-The March-2001 ATI drivers for the AIW (the October one was WAY too slow changing the channels for the capture scheduler. Also, be sure to find the guide on installing up MMC7.1 and the ATI registry tool for captures and VCD creation)
-Creative 12x DVD
-Creative 8x4x32 CD/Writer (looking for a newer/faster one this week)
-2x10/100 NICs

Happy Converting!!! (Which by the way is ALSO to left in the HOW TO section)