Does anyone here encode divx movies?

[shmokes]

When I encode a divx movie the sound is periodically off and doesn't sync up with peoples' lip movements.  I've always just restarted it, but it takes hours to encode a movie and I'm wondering if there's anyway way to manually adjust the audio stream a little forward or backwards once a file is encoded so I don't have to start it over from scratch and hope it comes out better the second (or third) time.

[JoyMonkey]

I had the same problems with divx, I encode stuff with xvid now and I don't seem to have any sync problems.
What program are you encoding with?

[shmokes]

#1 DVD Ripper.

[ErikRuud]

I'm not sure if this applies or not.

I was attempting to burn some video to DVD.

[drunkatuw]

I always had problems encoding to divx, but I was usually trying to record a tv show using my tuner and encode at the same time.  This was on my AMD XP2500+ with 1GB of ram using windows xp.  Then I switched to linux and I have not had a sync problem in over a year while encoding on an old TBird 1.4GHz machine.  So if you have access to a linux machine, I highly recommend trying to encode your divx movies on it.

[Scott84]

goto www.vcdhelp.com

They got faqs on this sorta stuff.

[JoyMonkey]

#1 DVD Ripper.

Try using AutoGK. Seems to be what everyone is using these days.

[KenToad]

Thanks for the link, JoyMonkey.  I've been using FlaskMPEG .6 by Alberto Vigata with a lot of success. 

Shmokes, I had the synchronisation problem in the beginning, as well.  But, if you check your framerate, you should be able to find one that will be perfect for 99% of the movies you are converting.  At least that's been my experience.  Also, Divx 4, the low-motion one from Nimo's Codec Pack is what I have, has a better texturing engine than Divx 5 or Xvid, in my experience.  Also, I use an external program called AdvBitRate to calulate the bitrate to get it to fit precisely on a CD.

Good luck.

Cheers,
KenToad

[shmokes]

Hmm...I'll give that framerate idea a shot.  I've always used the default 23.976 (NTSC), but it also gives me 24.0, 25.0 (PAL), 29.97 (NTSC) and 30.0.

Trust me, for anyone not using #1 DVD Ripper you should give it a shot.  In order to go from a commercial DVD to a DIVX movie here are the steps.

1- Start #1 DVD Ripper
2- Put DVD in drive.
3- Minimize PowerDVD or WinDVD (or whatever) when it autoruns (but don't close it)
4- Press the "Open" button in #1 DVD Ripper and open the VTS-file (it automatically opens to the right folder on the DVD).  You will know if you got the wrong one because it shows the length, so you just choose the one that is at least an hour and a half (all the others are usually only a few minutes)
5- Press the "Start Ripping" button.

That's it.  It's as easy as ripping MP3s from a CD and works with various codecs (DIVX and XVID) are supported.  Step 3 isn't always necessary, but I do it every time because every once in a while, if a DVD player isn't opened when it starts ripping you will get an error message saying the DVD drive couldn't be unlocked.  It says right in the manual that this will happen and to make sure a DVD player is running when you start ripping.  After you start ripping you can close it and it won't have a problem. 

You can select whatever audio track you want (6-channel, 2-channel).  If you want subtitles you just select what language you want from a drop-down box.  It also supports all kinds of advanced configurations if you're into it.  All the advanced settings from the codec that mean absolutely nothing to the average person are there, as is a built-in bitrate calculator.  If you want them on CD's you can just specify the filesize you want and the length of the movie and it will set the bitrate for you.

Cool program.  Easy as pie...especially if this framerate thing works for me.