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    I have captured DV into many small .AVI files from a camcorder over 1394 using WinDV, with the setting intentionally set such that each scene is saved as a separate .AVI file.

    Now I am looking for an encoding program, to encode each small DV .AVI file into a DivX/Xvid .AVI file in "batch mode". i.e. I don't want to tell the encoder what to do using a GUI. Instead I am looking for an encoder (running in Windows OS) that can execute a batch script.

    This is because I am trying to do this using distributed grid computing. I have access to a network of computers. Each computer on the network will be running one instance of the encoding program. I will then distribute the multiple DV .AVI files to the network of computers to encode.

    I will then collect the encoded files back from the network. "Many Hands" make light work, so they say. If I am successful, I will write-up my results here. (For those of you who are interested in doing your own video-grid computing experiments, I am doing the development work using a digipede.net software development kit license. )

    If it works, I can imagine encoding an hour our video to DivX in several minutes.

    If my DivX/Xvid requirement eliminates all the encoders, I would settle for a .MPEG2 batch converter, i.e. (DV .AVI to MPEG2)

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  2. Our NConvert can convert dv to mpeg4 with batch mode.
    But I don't know how can you combine this mpeg4 file to
    one.
    free video player,convert,decoder sdk
    http://www.nvideo-tech.com
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    Combining multiple files into one isn't a problem for me. I actually prefer to have them separate. Then, when I copy the files onto DVD-R, my Philips DVP642 player will treat the individual files like chapters, which is much better than having a single long file with no chapters.

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    mencoder can batch convert DV to XviD avi's.
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    I thought mencoder ran on linux/mac/BSD not on Windows. Is there a windows port? If there is, do I have to compile it myself, or does it come with an installer? - Paul
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  6. Thers a Windows release on the site.
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    It is cross platform, you can compile it yourself or download a precompiled build.

    You can find my compiles for various CPU's here: http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/

    No installer. I could make one but I don't think that command line apps really need them.
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    Originally Posted by celtic_druid
    You can find my compiles for various CPU's here: http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/
    I see mplayer files at the link above. Is mencoder part of the mplayer installation? Also, the builds you made for the various cpu's, are .7z files. (example: mplayer2005.09.22.Athlon-XP.7z) Is that a type of zipped file? What app should I use to convert the .7z files to an executable? - Paul
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    Yes, the mplayer project includes mencoder and the packages include both.

    7z = 7-zip, various archiving apps support it though including all recent versions of winrar.
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