GordionKnot 0.26b + Divx 5.02 Pro GUIDE

[UncasMS]

are you wondering which audio-stream might be the language you're aiming for?

did you extract and encode your audio like i described in the AUDIO part of the guide?

[Fluffy]

Love the guide. its wonderfull. Ive got a question though. Im using headAC3he to convert my AC3 tracks to mp3 before encoding. the GUI has a box for delay in it, that sets itself to the offset labeled in the AC3's filename. does this mean i do not need to set an offset in Gknot? i would like to avoid wasting 20+ hours of processor time, only to find out that the audio is 66ms off, especialy as the encoding is being done on a machine at work.

[UncasMS]

since headac3he will correct the delay you wont need to set any delay values in gk.

[Glanz]

how did u fix it alc101a

that is my same problem alc how did u fix that

[UncasMS]

have you got gk026b (+ latest patch) as well as divx 5.02 pro installed???

[Glanz]

compressability check

uncas on ur guide on step about 3.9 it talks about a compressabiliity check which file am i supposed to load in there to check im am not real sure about that and what does it look like if your movie is encoding right what screen should show up

thanks for ur help on the newer version

[UncasMS]

the compressibility check CAN be used (i never do it though ) to test, how much the very movie you want to encode can be compressed using the specific settings in gk, that the tool itself finds aktivated when running this test.

therefor you dont load any specific file but let gk test the film you have loaded via the dvd2avi project file.

gk will run through 3 or 5 (or whatever a user decided)% of the film and analyses the material.

afterwards gk will give you the results:



in order to get closer to the so called ideal values you can change the resolution and even the resizer influences the compressibility of a movie to some degree.

in the end this features was meant to tell you beforehand if your settings should be increased or decreased (resolution primarily) or if all should work decently.

like i said i never use this feature, as i think i have a certain experience and based on that i set my resolution + resizer/filter.

even with hardly any experience gk + divx5 will almost make the best out of the settings i propose, thus i do not necessarily advice to use the comp.check at all!

up 2 u and good luck

[Glanz]

the quide is awsome

hey uncas your guide is awsome its a lifesaver ive tried other programs Ex. flask,xmpeg. but thanks for taking the time to put this together i really appreciate it and i like the cover page on ur site too

[UncasMS]

thanx a lot and i hope the guide helped a little.

[amdzero]

not sure what the problem is

ok I've read the guide and have downloaded all the apps. I converted the audio to MP3 before trying to encode my DivX file. For some reason it doesn't do it right. It encodes WAY to fast (about 26 min. for a 125 min. movie). I don't understand this. I have restarted from scratch 3 times now, and am asking help. I thought I missed something before but 3 times? maybe I'm just missing something evertime.

The AVI it creates is 6 minutes long and is the entire move. Only it's like preview mode, it displayes the movie for 2 seconds and skips like 30 seconds of the move. The output file is 26.7MB.

this is the log file...

8/8/2002 12:21:20 PM: Job "Movie 1" started.

o DivX5-First Pass: E:\vts_07.avs
o DivX5-Second Pass: E:\vts_07.avs
o Mux Audio.
End of Job 1 (Movie 1).
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___________________

Gordian Knot 0.26.1.8
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_Both
Number: 1
Name: Movie 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\Virtualdub.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: E:\vts_07_2.avi
AviMovie: E:\vts_07_2_Movie.avi
AviCredits: E:\vts_07_2_Credits.avi
MovieFS: E:\vts_07.avs
CreditsFS: E:\vts_07_Credits.avs
Log : E:\vts_07_2.log
Stats: E:\vts_07_2.stats
Ecf : E:\vts_07_2.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 172739
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 1
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate:0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 583398 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 116972 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 11308 kbyte.
AviSize: 711680 kbyte (695 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 711680 kbyte (695 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 638 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 179487
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 2:4:46
Quality: 0.173 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.326 bits/(pixel*frame).
DivX5BiDirect: 1
DivX5GMC: 1
DivX5QuartPel: 0
DivX5PsyVis: 0
Resolution: 480 x 320

Audio 1:
mode: Just Mux Source File.
sourceFile: E:\vts_07.mp3
wavFile: E:\vts_07_1.wav
mp3File: E:\vts_07_1.mp3
azid: ""
lame: ""
delay: 0
interval: 2
preload: 500
mux: 1
recalc: 1
deleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.

12:21:20 PM: Audio 1, determined: 116972 kb
12:21:20 PM: Audio 1, calc: 116972 kb
12:21:20 PM: New Bitrate for Movie = 638 k(=1000)Bits/s

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

// $job "DivX4 First Pass"
// $input "E:\vts_07.avs"
// $output "E:\vts_07_2_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\vts_07.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000 ,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(324,"GAEAADC8CQDQBwAA CgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAgAAAJABAAAAAAAAAA AAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAEAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQ AAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAA AAEAAAD/////BAAAAEU6XHZ0c18wN18yLmxvZwBjOlx0ZXN0LmRpdngARTpcdn RzXzA3XzIubXYAbQ==");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\vts_07_2_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

12:21:20 PM: Started DivX5-First Pass: E:\vts_07.avs
12:35:15 PM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 13 minutes, 54 seconds.
12:35:16 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
12:35:16 PM: Success: Log-file open.
12:35:16 PM: Encoded: 8637 Frames.
12:35:16 PM: Speed: 10.346 Frames per Second.
12:35:16 PM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
12:35:16 PM: WARNING: Settings: 179487
12:35:16 PM: WARNING: Counted: 8637
12:35:16 PM: WARNING: Difference: 170850
12:35:16 PM: Correcting Bitrate...
12:35:16 PM: Original Bitrate = 638 k(=1000)Bits/s
12:35:16 PM: ERROR: Correction impossible.
12:35:16 PM: Now encoding at 638 k(=1000)Bits/s

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

// $job "DivX4 Second Pass"
// $input "E:\vts_07.avs"
// $output "E:\vts_07_2_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\vts_07.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000 ,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(324,"GAEAADC8CQDQBwAA CgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAwAAAJABAAAAAAAAAA AAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAEAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQ AAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAA AAEAAAD/////BAAAAEU6XHZ0c18wN18yLmxvZwBjOlx0ZXN0LmRpdngARTpcdn RzXzA3XzIubXYAbQ==");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\vts_07_2_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

12:35:16 PM: Started DivX5-Second Pass: E:\vts_07.avs
12:47:03 PM: Finished DivX5-Second Pass. Duration: 11 minutes, 46 seconds.
12:47:03 PM: Speed: 12.234 Frames per Second.

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

// $job "DivX3 Append"
// $input "E:\vts_07_2_Movie.avi"
// $output "E:\vts_07_2.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\vts_07_2_Movie.avi",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource("E:\\vts_07.mp3");
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,500,2,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\vts_07_2.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

12:47:03 PM: Started Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.: E:\vts_07_2_Movie.avi
12:47:23 PM: Finished Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.. Duration: 19 seconds.

12:47:23 PM: Done.
12:47:23 PM: Movie = E:\vts_07_2.avi
Total Encoding Time: 26 minutes, 2 seconds.
8/8/2002 12:47:23 PM: Job "Movie 1" finished.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___________________

[UncasMS]

are you definitely using divx5 (uninstall any divx4 codec!)
-maybe re-install 5.02 pro according to the guide.


- options => clear registry
- encoder => add job => point to the latest ( no old) versions of nandub and vd


- make sure avisynth is up-2-date/registered correctly

[techno]

I am stunned at uncasms...honestly, ever since the first time i spoke to him, he keep stunning people!

very impressive.

[jimhaddon]

WOW

I've been using everything i can to try to get this Divx conversion thing going. I'v tried Divx 3,4 and 5, xvid, mpeg, flask, flaskxis, virtualdub,nandub and many more, and i just cant get the quality i require. but when i came onto these forums, and heard about the GK, i thought 'sounds good' so, i downloaded it and tried it. And I have results better than i could have ever imagined! thankyou!

James Haddon

[UncasMS]

i'm pleased to hear that

[niobium8]

m'k... I only have 1 question

why? I mean in general most folks want a VCD in the end. RIGHT!?

Why do we need 5.02 and/or DivX ripped AVI in MP3 lame layer audio. Form where I sit (a slite informed potition) don't we all want to make these DvD rips into vcd or svcd if your so lucking to have a DvD player that do svcd.

TMPGEnc Plus is all I have or know about that converts these avi files to mpeg1 for vcd making... but it doesn't do the 5.02 or mp3 lame layer audio.

Why? Why would we do this to the AVI's if we can't make vcd's out of them?

To make the files smaller and give them greater sound quality! RIGHT!?

Thats great, but hows a person to make vcd's out of them!?