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AXmichigan
13-07-2004, 00:17
which do u guys choose and y?
does xvid have better encoding? ive never tried it
i noe xvids a free thing
but thats about it
iused divx from version 3 but now i enncode with xvid(not yet though)i heard it has near dvd quality.it's a little angry cause i have many divx moviez and can't convert them to vcd/svcd to play on dvd players.
AXmichigan
13-07-2004, 05:16
actually i think u can convert em:
http://www.videohelp.com/sefy/?id=divx2vcd.html
..
so xvid gives better quality.. while taking less memory?
thats what i heard
but im not sure
also.. whats a good bitrate for xvid?
im trying 900 on a movie
ill let u noe the results
KAMiKAZE
13-07-2004, 10:40
Here Luci a link (http://www.doom9.org) that u should add to your favorites!!
xvid its free and unlike the free divx theres no spyware
i didn't say i don't know hoe t convert the.i know doom9,org.what i meant was that it takes 3 hours to convert to vcd and 6 to svcd.
AXmichigan
14-07-2004, 08:56
yea it takes alot out of u
but u can just keep it on at night when ur sleepin or somethin
i tried encodin with some xvid codec i got
i got some weird greenish movie
..
it was the movie
but it was like displayed 3 times across the same screen
covered in green
with lines and sh*t
..
so looks like ill stay divx'ing
i just made a divx with xvid...it ROCKZ!!!it's 1:30min movie and is itted in a 750Mb avi that has kickass quality.
ax what version do you have and what program do u use to encode?
AXmichigan
18-07-2004, 01:31
im usin vidomi and xvid version 2 i think
xvid 1.0.1 is the newest version.i have dvdx and works fine.try updating your codec
Quall999
18-07-2004, 10:42
I have the same problem. I updated my codec, but I guess vidomi doesn't suppor it. It crashes whenever I try to use it now (with the xvid codec).
Anyways, I switched over to dvdx2.2. I have more control and it seems to be alot better. Anyways, I have everything set up, but I keep fetting this error message when I hit the record button:
Size splitting doesn't work in 2 pass AVI mode. Nevertheless you can split by chapters.
I have tried various settings, but don't want to lose 2-pass encoding (don't want to use one-pass). Luci, you ever get this error?
on the output settings where it sais "volume don't exceeds" put infinite.with 1 pass is god damn good
AXmichigan
18-07-2004, 11:57
is dvdx 2.2 better than vidomi?
What the hell? People actually do their own DivX/XviD backups? I'm seriously shocked over that. I thought people only downloaded stuff in that format. Anyways...
Considering almost everyone in this thread is from either the PS2 or XBox Forum, surely you have access to DVD Burners?
I'm sorry, I really dont see the point in backing up with either of these formats
SVCD and more importantly DVD all the way :D
Also...
DivX/XviD makes Baby Jesus Cry.
i haven't used vidomi.dvdx is easy to use and has lots of features like full scree mode(makes dvd fullscreen without loosing anything)cut the avi to fit in cd's.
BW well i have a dvd burner ad lot's of dvd's but with divx\xvid you have more space.the final avi is only 650-900 max and it has a really good quality so in 1 dvd you can fit 5 movies.
Quall999
18-07-2004, 13:27
Besides, I want to have all my movies either on my xbox's HDD to watch. Plain dvd format would be too large.
that's why i wanted an xbox :D
so i got 100 princoz for 45 Euros and finally won't use them for dvd's(as i wanted)but will use them when i get a dsl connection in about 2 months :D
AXmichigan
18-07-2004, 18:53
i like backin em up
its easier than watchin dvds
and withi my xbox
im good
so dvdx 2.2 is better?
Quall999
19-07-2004, 11:35
Well, I juse used it. Took a little longer, about 9 hours or so to finish the 2 hour movie. My end result you ask? 149mega bytes of compressed audio. That's right, I must have messed up somewhere, because it only did audio. 9 hours for that? Goddamn that sucks.
I think I will do 1 pass mode, it will be alot quicker.
krondike
19-07-2004, 13:00
I vote for xvid. Bether sound and image quality. However, divx is smaller. and now free from Spywares. (version 5.2).
To bad there is not any xvid dvd player in sweden. Only dvdplayers that supporting divx. :(
AXmichigan
20-07-2004, 12:55
so whats the vote
u cant use the latest xvid in vidomi
and dvdx apparently only does audio 8(
so..
now what?
quall what have you done an?i ttakes about 2 hours for a 1:30min dvd.what's your output settings?
Quall999
21-07-2004, 19:39
hmm, i dunno. it's 2 pass, so it takes a little longer. 720x480 resolution, 192kbits audio stream, quality set to 1 instead of the default 4. Those are all the settings I have that I think would matter. Target size is way up there, so that shouldn't be a problem. I only found and read one tutorial on the settings I have to worry about, and what they suggest to put them at, so maybe I missed something.
AXmichigan
22-07-2004, 07:07
i tried dvdx
with the xvid
the video was this like screen of black an white
like a constant picture that looked like nothin basically
so..
vidomi it is i guess..?
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