GordionKnot 0.26b + Divx 5.02 Pro GUIDE

[UncasMS]

URL below has changed!!!
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i have finished the ENGLISH version of my latest guide some minutes ago.

you will now find the following guides on my page:


- ripping dvd with SMARTRIPPER 2.41

- transcoding this material with GORDIANKNOT 0.26Beta + DIVX 5.02 PRO to avi

- extracting audio with VOB2AUDIO as well as DVD2AVI

- muxing audio/video with nandub
- splitting avis with nandub
- scannning for frozen frames with virtualdub


the guide can be found here:

http://uncas.atlandide.net/en/index.php

hope it helps

[hacker_on_fire]

thanx a lot for the guide and your dedicated time

[xviddivxoggmp3]

you site

thanks for some more resources to read and fighting the cause.

[LaFouine]

Very nice and clear guide.
Thank you for your job.

[UncasMS]

thanx guys

it's always nice to know people take a look at it & might find it helpful!

[clause63b]

incorrect bitrate for divx

thanks for a great guide to using gordian and the new divx 5 codec.

i'm having a strange problem though. i've set everything up fine with a bitrate of 750 k/bits and when all the encoding is finished the resulting file has a bitrate of only 456 k/bits

also when calculating the bitrate through gordian to fit on a certain number of cds, no adjustment seems to happen to take into account the different bitrate being used for the credits (which i've set at 8 and also covers an interview with director at end of movie).

any ideas?

regards,

owen

[UncasMS]

gk normally recalculates the 'remaining' bitrate (to be used for the main part except end-credits) AFTER encoding the end-credits with which gk always starts encoding.

in the gk_log file you should find something like this:

+++
14:23:14: Started DivX5-Single, Quality 12%: F:\avi\alaska_Credits.avs
14:25:50: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality 12%. Duration: 2 minutes, 35 seconds.
14:25:50: Assumed: Main Movie has 126335 Frames.
14:25:50: Assumed: Credits Part has 2913 Frames.
14:25:50: Credits Size = 2354Kb
14:25:50: New Bitrate for Movie = 1030 k(=1000)Bits/s
+++

the initial bitrate was +++ Bitrate: 1011 k(=1000)Bits/s
+++

i have no idea as to why your final avi was way smaller than it should have been.

have you double-checked your settings with my guide and maybe did/could do another transcoding?

and post your logfile!

[clause63b]

log file from undersized movie

hi, thanks for your very speedy response.

here is the log file from my most recent attempt. i see that it has a problem opening 'log file' i've no idea why this would be. when is that log file created?

anyway, it says it's keeping the bitrate of 768 but the output movie has a bitrate of 456 as shown by avinfo (57 KB/sec).

i've tried the guide several times but still the same result. i did try again following the guide but used divx 3.11 instead of 5.02 and the result was pretty accurate (well +/- 15 megs)

thanks again for your help,

owen

[clause63b]

just realised that the above is one attempt where i didn't set any end credits. below is the log file for a previous attempt where the credits were set :

7/16/02 11:28:15 AM: Job "Default" started.

o DivX5-Single, Quality 8%: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avs
o DivX5-First Pass: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
o DivX5-Second Pass: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
o Append Credits.
o Delete Intermediate Files.
End of Job 2 (Default).
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Gordian Knot 0.26.0.6
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_Both_CreditsSep
Number: 2
Name: Default
Platform: Win98SE (4.10.67766446).1

Files:
VirtualDubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\Virtualdub.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avi
AviMovie: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
CreditsFS: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avs
Log : C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.log
Stats: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.stats
Ecf : C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 8
CreditsStart: 158779
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 1
DeleteInterm.: 1
EnforceBitrate:0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 761347 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 115428 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 12791 kbyte.
AviSize: 889567 kbyte (868 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 889567 kbyte (868 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 768 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 203026
FPS: 25.000
Duration: 2:15:21
Quality: 0.103 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.292 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
DivX5BiDirect: 1
DivX5GMC: 1
DivX5QuartPel: 0
DivX5PsyVis: 0
Resolution: 640 x 464

Audio 1:
mode: Just Mux Source File.
sourceFile: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
wavFile: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav
mp3File: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_2.mp3
azid: ""
lame: ""
delay: 0
interval: 2
preload: 500
mux: 1
recalc: 1
deleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.

11:28:15 AM: Audio 1, determined: 115428 kb
11:28:15 AM: Audio 1, calc: 115428 kb
11:28:15 AM: New Bitrate for Movie = 768 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Single Pass"
// $input "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avs"
// $output "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

[snip]

11:28:15 AM: Started DivX5-Single, Quality 8%: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Credits.avs
12:27:40 PM: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality 8%. Duration: 59 minutes, 24 seconds.
12:27:40 PM: Assumed: Main Movie has 158779 Frames.
12:27:40 PM: Assumed: Credits Part has 44247 Frames.
12:27:40 PM: Credits Size = 74498Kb
12:27:40 PM: New Bitrate for Movie = 886 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 First Pass"
// $input "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs"
// $output "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

[snip]

12:27:40 PM: Started DivX5-First Pass: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
4:13:42 PM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 3 hours, 46 minutes, 1 second.
4:13:42 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
4:13:42 PM: Error: Could not open C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.log
4:13:42 PM: Error: Could not count encoded Frames.
4:13:42 PM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.
4:13:42 PM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
4:13:42 PM: WARNING: Settings: 158779
4:13:42 PM: WARNING: Counted: 0
4:13:42 PM: WARNING: Difference: 158779
4:13:42 PM: Correcting Bitrate...
4:13:42 PM: Original Bitrate = 886 k(=1000)Bits/s
4:13:42 PM: ERROR: Correction impossible.
4:13:42 PM: Now encoding at 886 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Second Pass"
// $input "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs"
// $output "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

[snip]

4:13:42 PM: Started DivX5-Second Pass: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
7:49:32 PM: Finished DivX5-Second Pass. Duration: 3 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds.
7:49:32 PM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX3 Append"
// $input "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Movie.avi"
// $output "C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

[snip]

7:49:32 PM: Started Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs_Movie.avi
7:51:43 PM: Finished Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.. Duration: 2 minutes, 10 seconds.
7:51:43 PM: Deleting Intermediate Files.

7:51:43 PM: Done.
7:51:43 PM: Movie = C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avi
Total Encoding Time: 8 hours, 23 minutes, 27 seconds.
7/16/02 7:51:43 PM: Job "Default" finished.
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resulting bitrate again is 456

which program is trying to open the log file? could the space/s be creating a problem?

thanks for your time, owen

[khp]

12:27:40 PM: Started DivX5-First Pass: C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.avs
4:13:42 PM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 3 hours, 46 minutes, 1 second.
4:13:42 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
4:13:42 PM: Error: Could not open C:\My Documents\memento\memento final\memento5avs.log
4:13:42 PM: Error: Could not count encoded Frames.

The first pass fails to create a log file. Reinstall divx5.02.

[clause63b]

thnx for all your help. i've settled with the divx 3.11 encoded file as it does look pretty good.

i'm going to reformat windows and reinstall everything from fresh as this pc is just a bit clogged with stuff and is causing a few probs with other programs i've been trying to use. then i'll try the 5 codec again with a new dvd.

-owen

[alc101ma]

help! no divx5

I can't seem to use DivX5 with my GK. I have reinstalled/deleted DivX5 and reinstalled GK, telling it not to install DivX4. But, I am still stuck with 4 instead of 5 in GK. Does anyone know why?

[UncasMS]

are you sure, you're using the latest gordianknot version 0.26b?
0.23 wont handle divx5.

[alc101ma]

got it

Thanks I figured it out

[eternitychimera]

I'm using the guide, and i'm up to selecting the Audio A

And i was wondering which of the three files should i select, 384 or 192?

Are they the same or do i have to select the first one?