FlaskMpge or Xmpeg?

[starfarer]

Hi all... what's the difference between these two? I want to convert DVD to DivX with one of these so could you suggest the better and faster one? Where is the link for Xmpeg???
thanks in advance!

[gs0666]

I've used flask,and it worked great.
Converted a 3h20min DVD in 6 hours!!

[Endless Summer]

Originally posted by gs0666
I've used flask,and it worked great.
Converted a 3h20min DVD in 6 hours!!

How fast is your processor?

[UncasMS]

Re: FlaskMpge or Xmpeg?

flask or xmpeg?

neither nor


nandub or gordian knot!

all of the above should be avail at digital digest software section.

links to ddigest can be found in numerous sticky postings.

[starfarer]

xmpeg!

I tried gordian knot and after 3 hours of trying and reading the faqs , howtos and forum couldn't get it to work. Even if it's working i would still not preffered it for the sheer volume of options and configuration it has. So Xmpeg is staying for :
1) can directly copy from DVD drive. why use any ripper?
2) no need to manually make the .d2v file. never understood wha'ts this needed for?
3) getting 12-15fps speed with PIII 700 256MB SDRAM WinXP. Is it slow?
4) till now all dvd's i converted looks great in avi.
well am i missing something?

[gs0666]

Originally posted by Endless Summer


How fast is your processor?

1,3Ghz
1,5 GB RAM

[starfarer]

Re: Re: FlaskMpge or Xmpeg?

Originally posted by UncasMS
flask or xmpeg?

neither nor


nandub or gordian knot!

yeah you r right. successfully used gk, virtual dub and nandub and first thing I said about the avi i made was WOW WOW. Thanks for pointing to these great software. Thank YOu!

[heradicattor]

flaskmpeg rulez!!!!!!!!! yeahh!!!!!!! 0.60 preview more lot of patchs for ifo parsing and optimizations for amd,,,!!!!!!!!!!! [sorry for my bad english]

[TheShadow091]

Depends On The Codec

I think that it depends on the codec that you're using. I use the Nandub SBC method for DivX 3.11 and X-MPEG for DivX 4.xx. X-MPEG is very similar to flask, i think the creator may have even left old flask code in there, because the settings menus still say flask not X-MPEG. anyway, it depends on the codec.

[Enchanter]

Flask is great for beginners (Okay, newbies still need some amount of guidance too), but once they are more familiar with these things, they should try using more powerful softwares. SBC encoder Nandub is a great option. I'll try using the GK sometime too. Just heard of it.

[Enchanter]

Should have added this earlier.

Flask isn't really that fast an encoder and I have a horrible time trying to deinterlace NTSC DVD rips. No amount of deinterlacing filters and close-to-zero thresold settings would solve it. Until I abandoned Flask, I realised that Flask somehow made interlaced materials close to impossible to fix.

By the way, achieving that fps in flask with that processor is really fast. Were you using Flask with the Deinterlace option turned on? I could only achieve 12-14fps with a P4 1.8GHz and DDR RAM. But that's with deinterlacing on, resizing & cropping, and subtitling (No idea if this really puts a toll on the CPU).

[starfarer]

yeah that speed with xmpeg with all deinterlacing, resizing and cropping but with no subtitle. With Flask I had only 9-11 fps. This on NTSC DVD. Well now I already deleted xmpeg and flasmpeg. NOw using gordion knot. It's very slow I mean very very only 7-9 fps (1-pass 4hrs +2-pass 4 hrs on 1hr20min DVD) and final file size to fit on 1 CD with all kinds of filters. I only wonder and dream when somebody talks about 20+fps or even 30fps. I am on truck and they r driving ferraris

[TheShadow091]

I havent tried the gordian knot method yet. Is it good in terms of final quality, and with what codecs?

[UncasMS]

20fps were no problem with GK
still i dont like GK, since it does NOT allow ms v2 codec.
divx3 too often results in macroblock-errors- even with antishit ON!

since i want highest quality i stick to nandub with ms v2.

++++
btw gk can use divx3 and 4

[TheShadow091]

Thanks, it doesnt sound so great, but i think i'll give it a try. What are the results like with DivX 4?