Rip DVD to Divx/Xvid with AC3 Audio

[dudeman316]

How can I rip my DVD's to Divx/Xvid with AC3 Audio, I currently have AVS Video Converter & it does a fine job at ripping, but the audio is in MP3, I would like to make it AC3.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Also what is needed to improve speed of encoding time?

[t0nee1]

AutoGk comes to mind, for one...A faster CPU will help the encoding times, and running 1-pass encodes will certainly help some, although at the expense of quality...

[yoda313]

Ditto to t0nee1.

Also virtualdub will do the trick.

And as t0nee1 mentioned the only real way to increase encoding time is to get a faster processor.

Though certainly some steps like disabling any programs running in the background will increase performance as well. Also probably a disk defragmentation might not be a bad idea either. THough with modern harddrives I guess that isn't as much a factor anymore.

Edit - one other thing - many programs include a "priority" setting. Setting it to the highest priority setting will increase performance to a degree. THough at the cost of other programs running time. But as I mentioned if you want peak performance on encodes its best to do it without other programs running.

[stiltman]

How can I rip my DVD's to Divx/Xvid with AC3 Audio, I currently have AVS Video Converter & it does a fine job at ripping, but the audio is in MP3, I would like to make it AC3.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Also what is needed to improve speed of encoding time?

I use DVD Decrypter for ripping
I use Fairuse or Handbrake for encoding

My settings differ pretty much from what everyone else recommends (ie over kill) but I'm happy with my encodes

In Fairuse I encode 704x384 AC3 at 2 constant quality
In Handbrake, I encode 720x480 AC3 at 94 constant quality

Then again, I'm also not trying to get my encodes on to a CD either
Better encode times will depend on your CPU

[dudeman316]

thanks all for your posts & I am not trying to get mine on cd-r either, I have WD TV Media player, & a 750 GB HDD, so file size isnt a factor for me.
I have tried AVS Video Converter 6 & am happy with the video output, but I cant see anywhere to use ac3 audio, & I tried Fairuse today on a cartoon disc I have & was pleased with the results. & I figued I would eventually have to break down & get a multi core CPU, any recommendation on which CPU to get now?

[stiltman]

I would use Handbrake all the time if I knew what was up with the 12 bytes problem that Gspot reports. It plays fine on my stanalone DVD player, but this thing would play the petter pan theme if I put a peanut butter and jelly sandwitch in it


CPUs, I have a Q6600, but that's old now

[mel2000]

Any Video Converter Free allows you to set your audio format, including AC3, during conversion setup.