New guide to better quality Divx files.

[EvilDragon]

Hey all.
I just got my gp32 about a week ago, and im loving it. Its great for school when your bored and have nothing to do.
Anyways, it says to use divx codec 4.12, but I can only see 5.03? Is it ok to use this or am I doing something wrong?
Any help would be great, thanks

That's probably because you use the official DivX which only allows one codec (4.xx or 5.xx) on one computer.
Just get divxpack, that'll help.

http://www.eclipsedvd.firstream.net/divxpack.htm

 

[abbibi]

Installing divx 4 and 5 through NIMO codex pack solves that problem too (and almost any other compatibility problems).

In case you didn't notice it in the news, I've started hosting legal films optimized for moviepark. The site is: GP32 Theatre

I reencoded most of the films on there myself, and I've found that 2-pass encoding isn't very high quality, compared to 1-pass at 115 or 120 kbps. In fact, I've found (in the case of Molly Star-Racer) 120 kbps to sometimes be more than the GP32 can handle at times. Of course, 1-pass encoding does make larger files.

 

[Bonks]

I reencoded most of the films on there myself, and I've found that 2-pass encoding isn't very high quality, compared to 1-pass at 115 or 120 kbps. In fact, I've found (in the case of Molly Star-Racer) 120 kbps to sometimes be more than the GP32 can handle at times. Of course, 1-pass encoding does make larger files.

What bitrate are you doing the 2 pass at? i noticed in some other site showing the differences he had done the 2 pass at a much lower bitrate than the 2 pass guide says, and lower than the 1 pass was done, so it kinda makes them a bit invalid comparisons. I have done a few films using this 2 pass method now and theve all came out fantastic quality, and they fit.

ive had no problems doing all my films at 200 - 256 bitrate.

 

[abbibi]

I'm using vdub 1.5.4, so maybe it compresses 2-pass more than it actually should.

 

[Jim diGriz]

There is no point setting the video bitrate to less than 200 for 2-pass encodes. The results will be truly crap and there is no need to set it so low anyway, as only a few really epicly long films will not fit onto a 128 MB SMC at this rate. The GP32/MoviePark is quite capable of of running avi's encoded at this rate and higher without any problems.

If your using any version of Virtualdub higher than 1.4.7 for 2-pass Divx 4.12 encodes of complete full length films, the final files will be too big.

If you use Xvid to encode your 2-pass GP32 avi's, then you can use later versions of Virtualdub including 1.5.4. This is made possible because you can limit the final file size of your GP32 avi's under Xvid 2-pass encoding.

 

[Jim diGriz]

Updated my website with a guide to 2-pass XviD encoding.
This method allows you to use the latest versions of Virtualdub and lets you control the final size of your avi files.