GordionKnot 0.26b + Divx 5.02 Pro GUIDE

[UncasMS]

you're welcome

that's what a forum is good for

[Nfountou]

Thanks!!!

You did answer all my questions!!!! Thanks a lot !!!! I found some details that I couldnt find them anywhere else! Thanks again!!!

[Jackyqxl]

thanks a lot , I learn more .....

[Darth-Mike]

Ok, Gk is the only Software that has given me the right quality I was looking for. I've read several guides but I still have a few questions.

I'm using GK 0.27 and Divix 5.03 Pro

1) Whenever I want to encode on the las save window I can choose Both pass encoding, first pass, second pass but the one pass button is disabled. Unfortunatelly I have a slow PIII 500 machine and I cant wait 14+ hrs for a vcd movie. Is there a way I can enable one pass only encoding?


2) When saving I can choose the avi settings, vcd settings or svcd settings. Is there a way I can set the bitrate on vcd or svcd settings? This is usefull when making 2 cds SVCDs. i.e. 1:46hr movie would use a 1902 bitrate and not 2520

Thank you very much for your time.

[khp]

Originally posted by Darth-Mike

I'm using GK 0.27 and Divix 5.03 Pro

You shouldn't do that, GordianKnot0.27 does not work properly with divx5.03, only 5.02 (or 3.11).
But this is ofcourse rather irrelevant if you wish to make (s)vcd.

Originally posted by Darth-Mike

1) Whenever I want to encode on the las save window I can choose Both pass encoding, first pass, second pass but the one pass button is disabled. Unfortunatelly I have a slow PIII 500 machine and I cant wait 14+ hrs for a vcd movie. Is there a way I can enable one pass only encoding?

No GordianKnot only does 2 pass encoding. But again this is somewhat irrelevant if you wish to do (s)vcd's, which ofcourse can't use divx encoding.

Originally posted by Darth-Mike

2) When saving I can choose the avi settings, vcd settings or svcd settings. Is there a way I can set the bitrate on vcd or svcd settings? This is usefull when making 2 cds SVCDs. i.e. 1:46hr movie would use a 1902 bitrate and not 2520

No GordianKnot only does divx encoding, not (s)vcd's. You can however use GordianKnot to make a avs file which you can then take into tmpegc to make (s)vcd, but don't ask me how I have absolutly no experience with that.

[Darth-Mike]

Well I was wrong, in 0.27, You sure can directly encode to an AVI file with the exact specifications as VCD or SVCD. Check the "Save AVS" dialog, resizing option. Again this is done on a two pass basis which I don' want. Does anyone know if theres a file or something I can modify so the encoding is made in one pass only?

As you suggested I used tmpg and It worked perfectly, so I dont have problems with SVCDs anymore, but that doesn't solve my avi problem. if anyone could help thanks in advance.

[UncasMS]

would you be so kind as to explain in very detail what your intention is???

your talking about gk and divx + vcd/svcd at the same time.
doesnt make much sense to me.

if you want to encode using divx 5.0.3 but dont want to use a 2 pass routine (wouldnt know why, but dont care either) and thus prefering 1 pass constant quality you'll have to control virtualdub manually.

gk was made for a 2 pass routine not 1 pass cq

[Darth-Mike]

Thanks for your reply uncas.

I talked about the two things at the same time to make only one post and not several.

Anyway I want to backup my dvds in DIVX format (1 or 2 cds depending on lenght of the picture) to playback on my computer, GK has offered me the best compression quality so I want to use It. The reason why I want to make a one pass encoding is because I don't have a state of the art computer, I have a slow PIII 500 and with 2 pass encoding It would take about 14-16 hrs per movie. Plus 4 hrs per disc if I want to reencode to SVCD, thats a lot of time for me.

I'm talking about VCD and SVCD also because I have the opportunity to play them back on my DVD player. But nevermind regarding this since I already figured It out.

Would you be so kind to explain me how to control virtualdub manually for doing 1 pass encoding?

Thank you very much for your time.

[UncasMS]

do all the usual settings in gk and then save the AVS file

open this avs in virtualdub and select video => compression and go for your desired setting!

for vcd/svcd creation i suggest you use DVD2SVCD

[Sophisto]

Problems using compressiblity check!

Hi!

I've been using your guide but when I get to the stage where I do the compressibility check my computer seems to do nothing and I get an error messege in the Encoder log saying:
Error: Could not count encoded frames
Error:Could not open_5perc_D5_SharpBicupic_640x336.log

I'm using DivX 5.0.1 Bundle and Fraunhofer Radium Codec

Thank you for your time

[UncasMS]

did you ever try 5.02 instead of 5.01?

[ronin_22]

Thanks - Questions

For such a great guide. I tried you Gknot guide and am
totally sold to it. I am pretty new to all this and got enticed
when a friend loaned me a DivX movie (it was a nice porn )

I have a few questions:
1) I am creating the DivX using GKnot and ac3 file output from
DVD2AVI. Is there any way I can increase the Volume?
2) When I run the Sampling and press load to get the percentage
(Step 3.9) I get nothing!
3) When I try and use the S-Video output from the card (I am planning to get the ATI All in Wonder) - will it show correctly on the TV. 4:3 style.
From what I see I do not set any aspect ratio for the output.
I am encoding a 16:9 NTSC Film.
If in the future I get a widescreen TV will it show correctly on that?

Thanks a ton

[UncasMS]

the original dvd ac3 stream cannot easily be altered/processed

why dont you convert the ac3 to mp3 or ogg and multiplex/mux (merge) this audio format with your video stream?

normalizing and increasing volume could be done with besweet.

take a look at this ac3=>ogg guide:

http://www.atlandide.net/~uncasms/images/ogg/ogg_e.htm

instead of HYBRIDGAIN, you might try pre-gain with some 5db

of course you can create mp3 files just as well as ogg files, which i wrote this guide for.

[Sophisto]

Problems using compressiblity check!

Hi!

NOw I've installed DIvX 5.0.2 pro and I get the same problem as I've described above!

Thank you for your time.

[UncasMS]

apart from re-installing divx (which you sort of did) you could try re-installing gk as well.