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DVD TO AVI CONVERTER
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If you do not have the DivX Codec on your pc, install it now, we are going to need it. Download and install DVDx (if you have not already). |
| 1. | Start DVDx. (Yes, I know, there is a new v2.20, but I've found a bug in it, so I will still be using v2.10 for now.) |
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| 2. | Click on FILE from the menu bar, and select OPEN IFO. |
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| 3. | Browse to where you have saved your DVD files on your computer, you will find them in the VIDEO_TS folder. Select the VTS_01_0.IFO file and then click on OPEN. |
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| 4. | Do not change any input settings. |
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only thing here is to check the OUTPUT FRAME
RATE (Marked as
"1"). If
your original DVD disc was PAL, then leave it on
25.0 PAL. If the disc was NTSC, change it to
23.976 or 29.97 NTSC. Usually 23.976. If you are not sure, leave it on PAL. Click the OK button (Marked as "2"). If you get a warning message which says, “The output and input frame rate are not equal”, then you know you must change it to NTSC. |
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| 5. | Click on SETTINGS from the menu bar, and select OUTPUT SETTINGS. |
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Choose AVI (DivX, YUV) (Marked as "1") |
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Choose USE LAME (Marked as "2") |
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Choose DivX 6.8 Codec (Marked as "3"). (The codec version might differ.) |
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Click on AUDIO LAME (Marked as "4") and choose 128 Kbits, Q3 High, and Stereo. |
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Set the "Resolution" to 720 x 576 (for PAL) or 720 x 480 (for NTSC) (Marked as "5"). |
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Set the "Zoom" to Full (16:9 or 4:3 input) (Marked as "6") |
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Set the "Resize" to Bilinear MMX (Marked as "7") |
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Click once on WHOLE (Marked as "8") |
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Set the, "Volume don’t exceed", to INFINITE. (Marked as "9") |
| 6. | Click on the Pass 1 Settings button. (Marked as "10") |
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Choose the Home Theater Profile (Marked as "11") |
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Choose 1-pass at the Rate control mode (Marked as "12") |
| 7. | Now click on the Bitrate Calculator (Marked as "13") |
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| Here you can choose the file size you want your
movie to be. A good size for a DivX movie
is between 700MB and 1100MB. So put in, for example, 1100 in the box
(Marked as
"14"),
click ACCEPT, then OK. Now the important thing here is to look at the Estimated size (Marked as "15"). You will see that the Estimated size here is a little bit bigger than what we have chosen. Go back to the bitrate calculator and set it a bit lower until the Estimated size is what you want it to be. |
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| 8. | Click on APPLY. |
| 9. | Click on FILE from the menu bar, and then click on SELECT OUTPUT FILE. |
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| 10. | Click on BROWSE and select your drive and folder where you want to save your DivX movie. Also give the file name the name of your movie. |
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| 11. | Click OK. |
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| 12. | Now click the ENCODE button (Marked as "16"). |
| Your movie will now be encoded to a high quality
DivX movie. When DVDx is finished, go to the
folder that you have selected for the output
file. Your movie will be there as an AVI file. You can then rename the file to the name of your movie. (Right-click on the file and choose "Rename". Remember not to take out the extension, the ".avi" at the end.) |
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