Converting a avi to divx

[tal65]

Hi,

I have captured a movie in avi format with huffy compression and would like to convert it into divx using multipass encoding. The problem is it just crashes when I run the encode with multipass, but I can run it on a 1 pass without any problems.

So does anyone know how to do a multipass encode on a avi file?

[amrik]

What did you do exactly when you tried to "multipass"? Remember, to multipass properly you have to use Job Control.

[chickeneater]

there are some guides over here: http://dvdrhelp.com

[amrik]

When saving the first pass in Virtualdub, check that little box underneath that says "do not run this job now" and then when saving the second pass do the same thing ("do not run this job now"). When you are ready, press F4 to access Job Control and then run the two passes _together_. That should help.

[tal65]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I am using job control, but the job control crashes. So I try without job control and do both passes, one after the other, but the job crashes right when I try and start the first job saying it's a unrecognized format or something like that.

I think it's because it's in huffy avi format and wont let me do a multipass, because if I do a 1 pass it works fine. The only problem is with a 1 pass I find the high motion scenes pixilate very much.

Do I have to encode to a high bitrate mpeg first to keep the quality, then do a multipass encode on that mpeg to a divx?

[techno]

what ever your input quality is - it will either be the same quality or will lose quality - you have to increase the bitrate you assign in the DIVX encoding part.....

I personally love 3.11a with a nandub 2 pass encoding - or if file size is an issue and quality MUST be maintained - I make sure the source is clean as possible - then doing some MPEG 2 encodings then finally converting it to 3.11a fast motion - does the trick for me

Have you tried using an older or newer version of Virtualdub? What about the Sister - nandub?

Techno