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jgreen

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DIVX CONVERTER?
« on: April 11, 2008, 11:50:56 am »

Let's just imagine that I've ripped one or more of my DVD's to my hard drive.  Let's say the rip was at a 1:1 data ratio, no further compression from the DVD.  All the bup and ifo files are there and MC handles them perfectly!

Some of these movies I want to compress for space only, while others I want to leave as they are and let MC deal with all the different files.  Like I said, MC handles it like a dream.

1.  What is the current standard for high-compression codec--DIVX, or something else?

2.  Whichever codec needs a FREE converter or FREE method of conversion.  Most DVDs are running 5-6 GBs per.  I would like to get this to 3 GB or less, at the extreme.  (Remember, these are the stinker movies).

3.   What's the recommended (FREE) re-authoring software?  In a perfect world, I don't even want chapters, let alone all the garbage they tack onto the front, for example, 10 minutes of previews.

Thanks!
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Alex B

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Re: DIVX CONVERTER?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 12:33:48 pm »

For moderate compression levels I'd recommend the open source Xvid codec. (2-3 GB is a rather generous amount of bytes for a single Xvid movie.)

Auto Gordian Knot is a nice free converter/frontend program that can handle the complete process (after the DVD is ripped):
http://www.autogk.me.uk/index.php
http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28
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