How to Rip DVDs to DiVX AVIs
1. VobDec (put the DVD in your DVD-ROM and rip to your hard drive)
All the information you need is in the README file I included in the zip.. Please read it!
Note: For this entire procedure, you're going to need plenty of hard drive space. DVD movies are anywhere from 4 to 6 gigs, and you will also need the space that the resulting MPEG will occupy, which can be an extra 1 to 2gigs.
Quick Benefits of Vob Dec:
VOB Dec will not fail at removing the newest encryption schemes and also runs with DMA ON! Making it nice and fast.
Also, remember: for Flask you only need to rip VOB files. Starting with the first 1gig file until the end of 22222s185w the files named like it. Vob Dec will automatically do this for you! *NEW* Finally copy and paste the Vts_0X_0.IFO that belongs to your movie files to the same folder on your hard drive.
2. Flask Encoder (direct stream copy audio+video at once to 2 files)
Install the DIVX Codec and the Radium MP3 Codec and REBOOT before proceeding with Flask.
Welcome back. (If you bothered to reboot that is).
If using OPEN FILE mode (does not support subtitles), Flask DOES have the ability to see all the files in the directory and treat it as one file. This removes the need to merge. When you go to File -> Open, select the FIRST 1gig Vob of the series. It then auto detects the other ones and says something like "Vts_01_1.vob through Vts_01_5.vob found and will be treated as one logical file." Then select your audio track (numbered in the way they are presented in the movie usually).
If using OPEN DVD mode, browse to the folder with your unencrypted Vob files and your IFO. Open it and you will see a new kind of window :) It actually now tells you the LANGUAGES! and subtitles! Select what you wish for each section, if you don't want any subtitles, make sure none are highlighted.
Now, remember to choose AVI as your Output Format.
Now it's time to do some CALCULATING! You can skip this part if you do not wish to target the file size of your DiVX AVI file. Run the bitcalc.exe you downloaded from bitcalc.zip. Now... set the desired file size to about 635-640 for 1 CD, or 1280-1285 for 2 CDs only to allow for error. I strongly recommend not going below 128 for audio, and Multilanguage is 1. Remember the bit rate you get or just leave the damn program open :)
Now go to Options -> Output Format Options. Under Video, click select Codec and choose DiVX Low-Motion and click Configure. Here you set your Video quality options. You should always use a keyframe of 10secs and crispness 100%. For video quality, using the preset 910 is ok, but remember, the higher you go, the more CPU power it will require to create/playback. Slide the bar with left and right arrow to get it exact if you're trying to target 1/2 CD's. Click ok when done.
For Audio Codec, now you may choose MPEG1 Layer 3 and directly encode into that. 128kb quality with 48khz is recommended for DiVX. If you do not see MPEG1 Layer 3, you may need to un-install Radium's Codec and re-install again. (Note: You must use 48khz with the Radium Codec otherwise you risk huge de-sync problems)
Start
playing with your Global settings. You can use any resolution you wish. Full
resolution for DVD is 720x480 NTSC and 704x576 PAL. That may be a bit high for
some people. So really just pick what you want. Also change the "Time
Base" settings to 29.97 for
NTSC and 25 for PAL. Now go to the select "Decode Audio" from the
Audio Tab and be sure to keep "Same as Input" below that. Finally,
select your file destination. Remember to choose a drive with enough free space
on it. (Note: no extension like .avi is needed, as it is done automatically).
Press OK to proceed.
Start the conversion process by going to the "Run" menu and selecting
the "Start Conversion!" option.
A couple hours later...
3. VirtualDub (fix sync problems resulting from the Radium Codec)
File -> Open the AVI.
Important!! Go to audio menu and verify that it is set for direct stream copy. Go to the video menu and also check it is for direct stream copy.
Then click on the interleaving menu for audio and set pre-load 500ms and interleave every 100ms.
Now go to the file menu and click Save AVI. Choose a new file name... (Anywhere from 2-5 minutes usually, if it takes longer, you didn't set direct stream copy) you should have a perfectly syncing DiVX AVI straight through to the end.
FINALLY...you...are...DONE! =D
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