best codec ?

rama · 11-26-2004, 12:07 AM

hey people

me have a capture card (pinnacle pctv stereo) but as it does not give enough capture formats so i got virtual dub.
well vd has soo many formats that i have difficulty in choosing exactly which one is the best. some i remember are xvid ,divx 4.5 and and forgot.

well some idea would do

Lrr · 11-29-2004, 10:49 PM

divix or xvid, xvid is quickly becoming the most popular it works well and is universal, mutch easyer to play on a mack (with my experence)

intercodes · 11-30-2004, 05:13 AM

rama,

If Iam right, Dr.Divx has a capture option. You can capture your vids and convert to DivX using the same application. I couldnt find a software better than Dr.Divx for backing up and converting Dvd's to Divx.
Yeah, DivX is the best codec so far in the digital video revolution.!

horndude · 11-30-2004, 07:42 PM

hey intercodes, try mplayer, theyve got a windows version as well as linux, it plays anything and also rips/decodes/encodes video and audio, and its free

intercodes · 11-30-2004, 09:58 PM

horndude,

Quote:

try mplayer, theyve got a windows version as well as linux

Yay, thanks horndude. I already have that player for my FC3. Its amazing. But i never knew it could convert files to Divx. Lemme try that. And I suggested Dr.divx, cuz he needed to capture vids and convert, which i guess, mplayer cant do/

horndude · 11-30-2004, 10:18 PM

mplayer can do lots of neat stuff, do a "man mplayer" and read the docs, printed out its about 50 pages to print do: man mplayer | col -b | lp

for example, want to rip a dvd into divx you'd this just for a simple example:

mencoder dvd://1 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vqmin=2:vbitrate=900 -o <yourfilename.avi>

that will give you a divx copy in whatever scale the dvd is written with, you can also rescale it to be smaller or bigger and crop the image, lots of options, mencoder does decoding/encoding and is part of the mplayer package

intercodes · 11-30-2004, 10:47 PM

horndude,

Whoa!. Thats a big command line expression...! Lemme try that. Thanks horn. But i got 2 problems with my DVD drive. One is DVD's are not mounting [CD's work] and when I start Xcdroast, it says
" No cd-rom or cd-writer detected.FOR ATAPI/IDE drives under linux you have to enable scsi emulation in the kernel inorder to activate them"

Maybe i should start a new thread ....

rama · 12-01-2004, 02:02 AM

helloo guys

remember me

ya inter it would be better to start a new one to attract people specific to you cause.

intercodes · 12-01-2004, 02:11 AM

Quote:

rama : helloo guys

remember me

ya inter it would be better to start a new one to attract people specific to you cause.

ha ha lol ..sorry! . I started a new thread... anyz, read my earlier post....

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rama Junior Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74	best codec ? hey people me have a capture card (pinnacle pctv stereo) but as it does not give enough capture formats so i got virtual dub. well vd has soo many formats that i have difficulty in choosing exactly which one is the best. some i remember are xvid ,divx 4.5 and and forgot. well some idea would do

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11-29-2004, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lrr Junior Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 71	divix or xvid, xvid is quickly becoming the most popular it works well and is universal, mutch easyer to play on a mack (with my experence)

11-30-2004, 05:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
intercodes Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 973	rama, If Iam right, Dr.Divx has a capture option. You can capture your vids and convert to DivX using the same application. I couldnt find a software better than Dr.Divx for backing up and converting Dvd's to Divx. Yeah, DivX is the best codec so far in the digital video revolution.!

11-30-2004, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	hey intercodes, try mplayer, theyve got a windows version as well as linux, it plays anything and also rips/decodes/encodes video and audio, and its free

11-30-2004, 10:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	mplayer can do lots of neat stuff, do a "man mplayer" and read the docs, printed out its about 50 pages to print do: man mplayer \| col -b \| lp for example, want to rip a dvd into divx you'd this just for a simple example: mencoder dvd://1 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vqmin=2:vbitrate=900 -o <yourfilename.avi> that will give you a divx copy in whatever scale the dvd is written with, you can also rescale it to be smaller or bigger and crop the image, lots of options, mencoder does decoding/encoding and is part of the mplayer package

11-30-2004, 10:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
intercodes Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 973	horndude, Whoa!. Thats a big command line expression...! Lemme try that. Thanks horn. But i got 2 problems with my DVD drive. One is DVD's are not mounting [CD's work] and when I start Xcdroast, it says " No cd-rom or cd-writer detected.FOR ATAPI/IDE drives under linux you have to enable scsi emulation in the kernel inorder to activate them" Maybe i should start a new thread ....

12-01-2004, 02:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
rama Junior Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74	helloo guys remember me ya inter it would be better to start a new one to attract people specific to you cause.