XViD Ripping Guide

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edited September 2006 in Science & Tech
"DiVX tends to produce blocky video at bitrates whereas XViD does not. After all this ragging, you'd think DiVX is the worst thing ever, but it really isn't. DiVX is a quick-and-dirty solution to produce acceptably small downloads with reasonable viewing quality. XViD is a codec designed exactly for what we're doing here: making high quality video in MPEG4 format a reality."

Lesson three in Thrax's great series on how to back up your favorite movies. Read it here.

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  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    The Final Leg of the Thraxian Triad of DVD goodness....YES!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Heeeeell no!

    I've still got DVD -> SVCD and DiVX/XViD -> SVCD! :D

    ...Then I have to find something else to do.
  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Okay...so it's more like a pentagon...
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Preacher said
    Okay...so it's more like a pentagon...


    lol...
  • tophericetopherice Oak Ridge, TN
    edited August 2003
    DiVX and XViD are cool and all, but why bother these days when you can get DVD+RW for $150-$200 and media in bulk for about $1/disc.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Far less people have a set-top compatible DVD burner than they do the means to rip a disc.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Nice work as usual, Thrax :)
  • Unregistered
    edited March 2005
    Hi Thrax

    Thx a million for your rip guide.
    I've used it to the T but still have one issue, I get these horizontal lines across the screen everytime there's some fast paced motion or action on the screeen, I have no idea how to get rid of this, please help?

    Thanks
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Use the newer version of the article. http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=267
  • Unregistered
    edited March 2005
    Hi Thrax

    Thx a million for your rip guide.
    I've used it to the T but still have one issue, I get these horizontal lines across the screen everytime there's some fast paced motion or action on the screeen, I have no idea how to get rid of this, please help?

    Thanks
  • splungsplung
    edited November 2005
    Hi there, I am writing to you as I need some help.
    I have recently followed the tutorial 'XVID Ripping Guide' by Robert "Thrax" Hallock and every time my rip is exported I am unable to view the video I have compressed.
    I have followed the tutorials word for word and attempted the tasks many times. Every time I try to play a completed rip in media player it says 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. One or more codecs required to play the file could not be found' and in DivX I get 'there was an error' message.

    I don't understand how this can happen, as I have the latest xvid codec and a fairly recent divx player. Moreover I have also tried to rip using the ‘DivX’ method and again I am unable to play my videos.

    Do you happen to know what I maybe doing wrong?
    Do I need additional codecs?
    Did the tutorial miss something out?

    If you can be of any help, I would be much appreciated.

    Kind Thanks
    Splung
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    @ Unregistered Guest (LAAAAAAATE):

    This is probably due to some form of interlacing or telecining on your video source. Without a sample of your video, I can't tell you how to proceed. Suffice it to say, a telecined source is a video that blends fields (frames) together in a pattern to ramp the video up to 29.97 frames per second for a projector.. A telecined source displays lines through the picture at fast motion. An interlaced image blends all fields together, and only a thorough/complex deinterlacing engine (Which AutoGK/GK has) can make sense of it. Post a sample, though.. That's the best way to get the issue resolved.

    @ Splung:

    What's your source?
    What program are you using?
    What audio type are you using?

    Try using Real VNC or Media Player Classic to play the movie.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    @ Unregistered Guest (LAAAAAAATE):

    This is probably due to some form of interlacing or telecining on your video source. Without a sample of your video, I can't tell you how to proceed. Suffice it to say, a telecined source is a video that blends fields (frames) together in a pattern to ramp the video up to 29.97 frames per second for a projector.. A telecined source displays lines through the picture at fast motion. An interlaced image blends all fields together, and only a thorough/complex deinterlacing engine (Which AutoGK/GK has) can make sense of it. Post a sample, though.. That's the best way to get the issue resolved.

    @ Splung:

    What's your source?
    What program are you using?
    What audio type are you using?

    Try using Real VNC or Media Player Classic to play the movie.


    VNC?? u mean VLC??
  • Gojira69Gojira69
    edited January 2006
    topherice wrote:
    DiVX and XViD are cool and all, but why bother these days when you can get DVD+RW for $150-$200 and media in bulk for about $1/disc.

    Because I wish to leave my vids on my home network so I can stream them over my network media device, and so I don't have to deal with a stack of more media. xVids will save me some space. :thumbsup:

    Bob Burns
    San Francisco
  • nomannoman pakistan
    edited September 2006
    the topic seems to be dead.....but i have a question...

    the customised matrices and and other options that we set in Xvid encoder............
    i set those Q-pel and turbo etc settings........but after encoding when i opened the encoder settings of Xvid........all had reverted back to default...

    so the point is.....
    1-are these options retained when autogk is coding???
    2-doesn't autogk override these settings???
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