Converting DVD to XviD manually, should I use AutoGK and DivX?

[cyanyde]

For my DVD backups, I have been using the following method: DVD Decrypter - DVD2AVI - AVISYNTH - VirtualDub Mod and I have been doing this manually.

I am a nitpick for quality and usually use 1200kbps encode with XviD and I am wondering if any one-click applications such as AutoGK or others will produce the same quality as what I have been doing manually.

Also, I wish to start using Divx Pro 6.2 for my encodes because of compatibility with standalone dvd players... is there any way to re-encode my previous XviD AVI's into DivX o make them compatible with standalone players?

[Baldrick]

try autogk and compare with your manually method.

most divx players supports xvid also but if you want to reconvert to divx you can use avi recomp or virtualdubmod.

[cyanyde]

I will try AutoGK this upcoming weekend...

I know XviD is supported by DivX since they are split from the same original code... but I tried decoding my XviD videos with DivX on my Media Center PC but the results were less than desireable. If I recode my XviD's into DivX with VirtualDubMod... (forgive me if this is a dumb question...) how should I configure DivX as to not compress the video any more, leaving the quality of the video intact as is?

[FulciLives]

autoGK works wonders and there are ways to control certain things using the advanced menu and the "hidden menu" which is accessable by using Ctrl-F9

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[jagabo]

how should I configure DivX as to not compress the video any more, leaving the quality of the video intact as is?

Use the same bitrate and a 2-pass encode. But you'll still get lower quality because each decode/encode cycle will introduce more artifacts.

If you don't care specifically about file size use a single pass constant quantizer encode (constant quality). Pick the quality you want and let the file come out to whatever size it does.

[celtic_druid]

DivX's decoder should give 100% identical output as XviD's or any other MPEG-4 decoder. This is without post processing.

XviD encoding with a home theatre preset should work just as well on standalones as DivX encoded with a home theater preset. Only exception are the rare players that can't handle XviD's fourCC.