[How To]Creating Divx Files

[tieng]

So, a lot's changed since I first wrote this up. There are a couple great apps out there that simplify the process a lot.

For ripping, 0Sex is still hanging around, but Mac the Ripper is much nicer.
http://case.spymac.net/mirror/mactheripper266.dmg.bz

For encoding, use one of the following...

FFMpegX...lots of options, but still somewhat confusing and inconsistent.
http://homepage.mac.com/major4

Handbrake...simple, but sometimes hangs in the middle of an encode. Not as many options. Under development, and getting better steadily.
http://handbrake.m0k.org/

D-Vision...simple, works, but not as many options as FFMpegX. This is my preferred...the queuing feature works, and you can pause and resume the queue reliably.
http://www.objectifmac.com/english/downloads.php

[fjdouse]

I use Handbrake and ffmpegX and I'm quite happy and find the results more than consistant. One thing though, I'd like to find something free which can split files nicely rather than an artibrary chop, i.e. something I can visually scan through to make an informed cut. Any advice would be great.

[fjdouse]

Nothing? mmmh.. that's a bit poo.

[driven1]

I like to use mactheripper. Then you can join the vob files easily with the "cat" command in terminal or with dvision. Next use openshiiva: http://openshiiva.sourceforge.net
very easy to use, allows for easy cropping and encodes audio along with video. Final product is high quality mp4.

[Mikuro]

Originally Posted by fjdouse

I use Handbrake and ffmpegX and I'm quite happy and find the results more than consistant. One thing though, I'd like to find something free which can split files nicely rather than an artibrary chop, i.e. something I can visually scan through to make an informed cut. Any advice would be great.

A bit late, perhaps, but I use Explicit for splitting AVIs. For MPEGs, MoreMissingTools should be able to do the job (I've never personally tested that particular feature, though, so I'm not sure it gives you previews).

And, of course, for QuickTime movies, QT Pro is easy enough.

[fjdouse]

Explicit seems quite inaccurate, I can never make a precise cut with it.

[laterthanyou]

I might be missing some thing so I apologize in advance.

I downloaded a public domain movie called Dementia 13 in DiVX Format. It was the first movie written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Anyway, how do I burn it to DVD to play on a dvd player? I originally tried Divx doctor and then tried to burn the .mov to Dvd via Toast but it told me the movie was too long... I thought about buying DVD2one but that only works on TS Folders.... Suggestions???

[GrBear]

I highly recommend buying a DVD player that will play divx movies.. there are plenty to choose from, they are dirt cheap and alot easier to deal with than recoding into mpeg2. If you have kids that like to chew on dvd's, you can take up to 4 regular DVD's and easily fit them onto one divx encoded DVD and keep the originals safe and sound. Use something like D-Vision or Handbrake to convert them, burn them onto a UDP formatted DVD and plunk it in your home DVD player.

If you download TV shows, you can typically fit 13 episodes (half a season) without commercials on a single layer DVD as well and watch them on the big screen later. Shows I like to watch I'll record on the hard drive of my satellite receiver, transfer them using EyeTV and export them out as divx/xvid files. I'll be doing alot more of that once I get my new 5G iPod with video.