DV to DivX

[gajowy]

Hi,
Till now I used for my DV files from Sony DCR-PC4E TMPGEnc and MPEG-1 or -2 format.
I decieded to switch to DivX and... neither VirtualDub nor NanDub can read DV (AVI) file captured by Adobe Premiere 6.0 (couldn't locate decompressor for format 'dvsd')
Can antbody help me?
Robert

[setarip]

If you can load your DV file into TMPGEnc's main screen, you can use TMPGEnc to convert it to DivX. You'll get a pleasant surprise if you look under the "File" dropdown menu and click on "Output to file". Select ".AVI" - and don't be misled by what "appears" to be limited "Uncompreessed" options for video and audio.If you look carefully to the right of both boxes, you'll see the tiniest sliver of a button. Carefully clicking on them will bring forth all of the codecs you have installed on your system.

Let us know of your success ;>}

[gajowy]

It works!!!

Thanks! It works!!!
Knowing TMPGEnc quite well I was not so curious to click on that bar and in my 2.02 version there is no help available.
I promise not to state the obvious (open by force the opened door) but being new in DivX world I will ask maybe trivial questions.
Which codec and options should I choose in order to obtain the best possible quality? I'm not interested in putting 120 min DVD film on one CD!!!
Can I resise my frame resolution from 720x576 while coding? It helped me while creating MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files.
I don't want to use hammer to kill a mosquito. Is it any easier tool which I can use to capture my movie from camera instead of Adobe?
Rob

[setarip]

"Thanks! It works!!!"

My pleasure ;>}

"Which codec and options should I choose in order to obtain the best possible quality? I'm not interested in putting 120 min DVD film on one CD!!!"

That's highly subjective (And I would hope you'll get varying meaningful responses from others). I can only tell you that I continue to be very satisfied using the ORIGINAL DivX codec (v.3.11alpha) in its "Fast Motion" mode, with the bitrate set to 910Kbps and keyframes every 10 seconds.

"Is it any easier tool which I can use to capture my movie from camera instead of Adobe?"

VirtualDub has built-in capturing capability, which relies on your already installed capture driver(s) which, presumably, afford you the ability to set capture resolution, etc. I would strongly sugest that you NOT attempt to capture using the highly compressed DivX format, because it usually results in MANY dropped frames. The closer to uncompressed the better, as you can always convert to DivX using VirtualDub after you've completed your capture. I'd suggest the same thing for the audio component. I capture using PCM uncompressed 48,000Hz. This too can be modified under VirtualDub (I usually convert to MP3 audio of 44,100Hz at 96Kbps. If you don't already have an MP3 codec installed, download and install the Radium MP3 codec).

No sledgehammers, no mosquitos - just good videos ;>}