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 Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 13:16
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Let's just say I'm... err... backing up... some DVDs.
I've been out of the codec scene for way too long and I don't really know much any more.
What is the best codec?
divx4? 5?
xvid? 2? 3? 4?!
ffmpeg(mpeg4)?
What's the best wrapper? Ogg? AVI?
Does it matter?!
Ripped a DVD in Ogg with Vorbis for sound. 2.8GB and the Windoze box that I want to use for A/V shits itself when trying to copy the file across the network. 
Methinks I'll cut it down to a 2GB maximum...
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 13:24
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just get DVD shrink and trim all the crap off and burn back to dvd-r
Allan
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I supported Toymods
Banned User
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Brisbane
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 13:29
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| Allan wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:24 |
just get DVD shrink and trim all the crap off and burn back to dvd-r
Allan
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I agree. Any codecs blow goats.
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 13:39
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Two problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
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Melbourne
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 13:56
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before i bought my dvd burner i used to use flaskmpeg for encoding the movie with the divx codec and mp3 codec. used to take around 12 hours on my P3-500 but now i can do it in about 2 hours if that. (took 15 hours to do devils advocate and then i later on found out i encoded the spanish audio track).
you can download everything you need from www.digital-digest.com
although since I've got a dvd burner i don't bother with that anymore and just use nero.
p.s. for all the dvd shrink users, i downloaded that and wasn't sure what i was doing and I have found that the nero recode is by far the simplest program.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 14:37
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| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Three problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Im Gay
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
Allan
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Mon, 19 April 2004 23:10
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| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 00:37 |
| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Three problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Allan is gay
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
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Err... No thanks. I'd rather not have a single-tasking OS where I'm unable to do anything else during the encoding process.
Plus it's easier with Linux.
Install Gentoo.
Type emerge dvdrip
And have single button encoding or create a script to do it all.
I've tried ripping DVDs on Windoze. One program to rip, one program for decss, one program to encode, one program to burn.
No thanks.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 08:28
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| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 09:10 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 00:37 |
| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Four problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Im gay
4. Rob is my lover
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
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Err... No thanks. I'd rather not have a single-tasking OS where I'm unable to do anything else during the encoding process.
Plus it's easier with Linux.
Install Gentoo.
Type emerge dvdrip
And have single button encoding or create a script to do it all.
I've tried ripping DVDs on Windoze. One program to rip, one program for decss, one program to encode, one program to burn.
No thanks.
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Nah Dvdshirnk and nero is all thats needed, windows sucks but it makes me so much money because it does 
Allan
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Campbelltown, NSW, Austra...
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January 2004
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 08:56
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I would probably go with either xvid or divx they seem to have reasonable quality and good compression. As for which one of which version i don't know, i watch movies but i don't rip them.
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 09:44
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| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 18:28 |
| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 09:10 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 00:37 |
| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Four problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Allan is gay
4. Rob is my whipping boy
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
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Err... No thanks. I'd rather not have a single-tasking OS where I'm unable to do anything else during the encoding process.
Plus it's easier with Linux.
Install Gentoo.
Type emerge dvdrip
And have single button encoding or create a script to do it all.
I've tried ripping DVDs on Windoze. One program to rip, one program for decss, one program to encode, one program to burn.
No thanks.
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Nah Dvdshirnk and nero is all thats needed, windows sucks but it makes me so much money because it does
Allan
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Either way, I don't have a DVD burner. Plus I still reckon it'd be easier to just keep the Linux box and be able to do stuff whilst the DVD is being ripped.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 09:54
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| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 19:44 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 18:28 |
| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 09:10 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 00:37 |
| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Five problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Ed is gay
4. Rob is my whipping boy
5. I didnt get to rub norbies nuts better after the kicking
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
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Err... No thanks. I'd rather not have a single-tasking OS where I'm unable to do anything else during the encoding process.
Plus it's easier with Linux.
Install Gentoo.
Type emerge dvdrip
And have single button encoding or create a script to do it all.
I've tried ripping DVDs on Windoze. One program to rip, one program for decss, one program to encode, one program to burn.
No thanks.
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Nah Dvdshirnk and nero is all thats needed, windows sucks but it makes me so much money because it does
Allan
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Either way, I don't have a DVD burner. Plus I still reckon it'd be easier to just keep the Linux box and be able to do stuff whilst the DVD is being ripped.
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Go out and buy a DVD buner the sony ones are good and <$200
Allan
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Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 09:58
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| Cool1 wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:29 |
| Allan wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:24 |
just get DVD shrink and trim all the crap off and burn back to dvd-r
Allan
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I agree. Any codecs blow goats.
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So what are dvds encoded in? 
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Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 10:01
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As for which one, any of the latest ones will doo (xvid/divx)
they pretty much all come from the same code base id say
Cause there isnt much noticable difference between them
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 10:35
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| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 19:54 |
| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 19:44 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 18:28 |
| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 09:10 |
| Allan wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 00:37 |
| Nark wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 23:39 |
Five problems:
1. No Windoze
2. No DVD-R
3. Ed is a boopfter
4. Rob is my toy boy
5. We all want to nibble norbies nuts
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Well get a windows pc for doing crap like that!
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Err... No thanks. I'd rather not have a single-tasking OS where I'm unable to do anything else during the encoding process.
Plus it's easier with Linux.
Install Gentoo.
Type emerge dvdrip
And have single button encoding or create a script to do it all.
I've tried ripping DVDs on Windoze. One program to rip, one program for decss, one program to encode, one program to burn.
No thanks.
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Nah Dvdshirnk and nero is all thats needed, windows sucks but it makes me so much money because it does
Allan
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Either way, I don't have a DVD burner. Plus I still reckon it'd be easier to just keep the Linux box and be able to do stuff whilst the DVD is being ripped.
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Go out and buy a DVD buner the sony ones are good and <$200
Allan
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Being the tight arse asian that I am, I'm waiting for the dual layer burners to come out and push the price of the current single layer drives down to the dirt. 
And DVDs are encoded as MPEG4 if I remember correctly.
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May 2002
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 10:37
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OMG!!! ed, rob and yourself 
Ewwwww
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 10:41
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haha This is no time to pull out your home videos Allan...
BTW, which codec did you use to encode that one?
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 23:14
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I didn't think you'd be into that stuff Allan.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 23:26
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| Nark wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 18:35 |
And DVDs are encoded as MPEG4 if I remember correctly.
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MPEG2 buddy
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 23:53
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Oops.. hehe
Err... I meant MPEG2... Yes, I did... Really! 
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Best video codec?
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Tue, 20 April 2004 23:57
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SUUUUUUUREEE ya did
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Wed, 21 April 2004 00:02
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I did!!! Ask my Mum!!
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: Best video codec?
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Thu, 22 April 2004 01:44
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Dang! I'd forgotten about the joys of that link! Haven't seen it in a while. Glad it's still there though!
Oh, I started an XVid encode last night and when I woke up, it was still a couple of hours from completion...
ffmpeg and DivX both took about 4 hours to encode the same video...
Better be worth it!
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Cabramatta, NSW
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