vob/mpeg2 to Divx close to Dr Divx?

[Tiribulus]

I never I thought I'd have to ask something like this again, but here it is.

Dr Divx was, for me the greatest to divx encoding tool ever... when you could get it working. Very fast, easy to setup and great quality.

I can't find anything with that combination of characteristics as Dr Divx is getting impossible to deal with. That idiotic converter that comes with divx is useless, Xillisoft works well, but gives me like high 20's to 30 fps on the same machine I got 70fps with Dr Divx. Riverpast just doesn't work half the time. I get no video or audio or vice versa. Super is an invasive disaster. There were a couple other ones I can't remember that worked, but couldn't do deinterlacing. Vdubmod is the classic, but is slow as hell. I can't even remember all the ones I've tried in the last week, but they all have a fatal flaw somewhere.

Dr Divx had good options, deinterlacing, super speed and excellent quality results.

I sill have use for Divx and if anybody can point me to something I've missed I sure would appreciate it. Oh yeah, I need it to run in Windows 7.
Thanks

[jagabo]

VirtualDub is not slow as hell. The settings you choose in the encoder are causing the slowness.

For the fastest conversion you want to use DgIndex to index your VOB/MPG files, AviSynth for any filtering, and VirtualDub in Fast Recompress mode for compression.

[jman98]

I haven't updated Divx or Dr. Divx since before the move to H.264 encoding. Did you start having problems after updating? Just curious. I still use Dr. Divx at times, but some of the posts like yours make me awfully wary of upgrading to the current release. Plus the few times I use it it's for the convenience of family members who have DVD players that can play Divx files, so H.264 is pretty useless to them.

Yes, Divx Converter is terrible, absolutely awful. It is what it is - a tool designed for the most inexperienced users to use without being overwhelmed with configurable options.

[Baldrick]

I use AutoGK and StaxRip for dvd/vob/mpeg2 to divx/xvid conversions.

[jagabo]

Using DgIndex, AviSynth resizing from 720x480 to 576x432, and Divx 7 in "Fastest" mode, single pass, constant quantizer=4, and VirtualDub in Fast Recompress mode, I get around 160 fps on my Q6600 CPU. In "Balanced" mode I get around 110 fps. There's usually no point in going much higher than "Balanced" (quality doesn't get significantly better, or file size significantly smaller), but going all the way up to "Insane" mode I'm getting about 60 fps. The exact rate will vary from video to video (even with the same frame size) because some is easier to compress than others. High action and noise will cause the encoder to take longer. Many still shots with little noise will encode faster.

The frame size makes a difference too. The larger the frame the longer it takes to encode.

[Tiribulus]

Thanks for the responses guys.

95% of the files I convert to divx are dvd format TV caps using a Happauge card. Dr Divx had me spoiled. Set keyyframes, bitrates a couple other small things, save profile. From then on load file and encode.

AutoGK is cumbersome as is having to use different apps with vdub. Dr Divx was like 3 clicks once it was setup. I know that sounds lazy and noobish, but when that's how you've been doing something for years it's a bit irritating to have a once heavenly effortless operation become less so. I'm looking at staxrip at the moment. One I've never heard of. I really do hate to sound like a whiner, but that requires java and .net which I know is unavoidable in Vista and 7, but I hate the .net framework with a passion.

I'm not in a very good mood. At war with my local government. I do very much appreciate all your guys time.

[jman98]

Thanks for the responses guys.

You're welcome, but your lengthy reply in no way answered the question I posed to you in my reply. Oh well.

[Tiribulus]

Thanks for the responses guys.

You're welcome, but your lengthy reply in no way answered the question I posed to you in my reply. Oh well.

Sorry,

The troubl;e with Dr Divx for a while is with the video processing itself. It requires specific components of specific versions installed in a specific order to work at all. Namely, AC3 1.1 and divx 6.8. Some earlier versions MIGHT work, but it,s hit or miss. It will encode the audio and immediately fail when the video encoding starts. Even when installed with a routine that previously worked it may still not work without major manual reinstall surgery and sometimes repeatedly. I can't get it to work in Windows 7 at all though it does fail exactly the same way a faulty install in XP would only the eventual success is not forthcoming. A dll flips out, ffmpeg or something, can't recall at the moment though I've seen it 1000 times. The latest beta 7 is what I'm referring to.

Like I say, once it does start working you're good to go and it is a fabulous tool. All the detail are there. Progress bar, which is fresh on my mind because staxrip doesn't have one though staxrip does show some promise. Admittedly some of my addiction to Dr Divx is just plain long term familiarity. It was perfect for what I wanted and it almost became part of the family

[Tiribulus]

I'm gonna have to work on this. My first run with staxrip took longer is 550 megs rather than the usual 300 or less I get with an identical tv cap and is noticeably lower quality.