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So what is DivX, well I’ve seen it called Div4 and MPEG4. Basically it’s a a highly compressed .avi file. By installing the correct codecs you can convert DVD .vob files to a DivX movie in one step (well 3 or 4). I’ll come to VHS laterSoftware: DeCSS or VobDec; Flaskmpeg 0.563 onwards; DivX codec
Thanks: To dhp who’s guide was the basis of this one (thanks Dave)
If you are backing up a commercial DVD, read the small print, you shouldn’t be. Anyway, if you are you need to use something like DeCSS or VobDec to remove the copy protection.
Now you need to install the DivX codec and FlasKMPEG.
Open FlasKMPEG and select file/open... and select your .vob file. If there are more than one file, select the first (vts_01_1.vob) and Flask will find the following file (if they are vts_01_2; vts_01_3 etc), you will get a message telling you which files are being loaded, click OK. If you are prompted to select the desired audio track I have found it normal for 0x80 to be the English language (don’t take my word for it, encode a few minutes of video and check). select the stream and click ‘flask it’.
Now choose options and select AVI for Output Format; still in Options, select ‘Global Project Options’. Under the Video Tab select your resolution (I recommend width = 720; height = 576(pal) or 480(ntsc); time base (fps) = 25(pal) or 29.97(ntsc).
Under the Audio Tab choose ‘DecodeAudio’ and set the Sampling Rate to 44100Hz.
All other settings can be left standard, although you may want to play around anyway ;o) If you have a wide screen movie you can alter the output (using the ‘show output pad’ is the easiest way to do this)
Now select run/start conversion, but don’t get to cocky yet. Minimize the flaskmpeg windows (and any other programs you have open) and there should be an ‘Audio Compression’ window, set the Format to MP3, and I suggest 128 Kbits/s (you can suit yourself). Now click OK.
Hang on though! Another box just appeared, ‘Video Compression’, select ‘DivX Mpeg-4 (fast motion) for the compressor. Now click on ‘Configure’, keep ‘Compression Control’ at 100 and Keyframe every 10 secs. The setting you use for Data Rate will help determine how big the final file will be (900Kbps should put a 2hr movie onto one CD - but don’t shoot me if it doesn’t) the higher the Data rate the better the quality but the bigger the file. I wouldn’t recomend any more than 1600Kbps as the quality doesn’t get that much better. OK now click OK
Now you’ve got some time to kill, (say 17hrs for a 2hr movie on a K6-3-400).
Ohh, you’re back! OK the file you’ve just created should run in media player if you installed the codecs, set it to full screen and sit back :o)
If this didn’t quite work as expected, I’m sorry, but hey, it worked for me
