AVI guide

Software needed

SmartRipper 2.40 author TRON

DVD2AVI 1.76 (official site)

VFAPI Reader Codec v1.05 (official site)
In the VFAPI folder install 'vifpset.bat' (you may also need to restart your computer).

VirtualDub 1.5.7 author Avery Lee (official site)

XviD-04102002 codec (offical site)

NiTroGen's XviD Bitrate Calculator v1.20 (official site)
if calculator won't work V6 runtime files may be needed

HeadAC3he v0.23a author Dark Avenger (official site)
Install the dll files in the HeadAC3he folder.
If crashes occur with SSE or SSE2 dll files use MMX dlls instead.

Nandub v1.0rc2 author Nando

Permenent Subtitles
VobSub 2.23    author Gabest    (official site)
Make sure you have installed VirtualDub first.

Changeable Subtitles 
SubRip_1.17.1 needs VobSub installed to view subtitles.

If a software link is down, use a search engine to find the software.
Don't forget to read the DivX pro spyware removal guide.

If the movie is over 2 hours use the 2 CD conversion guide

 If you find your ripping speed is slow, it may be set to PIO, at this setting it will take 40 - 60 minutes at 1x - 2x speed. You must change it to DMA (direct memory access) to increase the speed of the rip to the hard drive. To enable DMA on Windows 98, go to Control Panel>Systems>Device Manager>CD/DVD Drives>right click on the DVD drive select properties>Setting(tab)>check DMA then restart the computer.

To enable DMA on Windows 2000/xp, go to Control Panel>Systems>Hardware(tab)>Device Manager>IDE Ata/Atapi Controllers>Primary/Secondary IDE Channel>Advance Settings(tab)>Change PIO to DMA then restart the computer.

Make sure you save all files (for all stages) in the same folder and have 8 to 10 gigabytes free on your hard drive. for the DVD to XviD conversion.
 
 
 

 

 Open SmartRipper

Insert your DVD in your DVD ROM, if SmartRipper has trouble Reading the vob files,
play the DVD for about half a minute, close the player and open SmartRipper again.
Go to Target and create a New Folder in a directory that can easily located i.e. My Documents, save it under the DVD's title.

Go to Setting and make sure the setting are the same as below.
click 'OK'

Press the 'Start' Button

It will take about 12-15 minutes to copy all the VOB files to your hard drive.

close down SmartRipper

Open DVD2AVI

Go to File>Open>go to the folder where you saved the DVD, select the first VOB file,
click 'Open' and DVD2AVI will automatically select the rest of the VOB files click 'OK'

        

 

 

Select Video>Color Space>YUV 4:2:2

 

 

Select Video>Field Operation>None

 

 

Select Audio>Track Number>Track 1 (sometimes it may be the other tracks)

 

 

Select Audio>Dolby Digital>Demux if you have
problems with finding the audio select 'Demux All Tracks'.

Press F5(keyboard) and take a note of the Aspect Ratio,
Frame Rate and Frame Type>press Esc(keyboard)..

If you have 'Video Type-PAL' and the Frame Type is Interlaced go to the slider bar and move it, if you notice lines or some frames are not perfect you will need to use a deinterlace feature later on.

If you have 'Video Type-NTSC or FILM or FILM 95%-99%' and the Frame Type Is Progressive Go to Video>Field Operations>Force Film

If you have 'Video Type-FILM' the'Frame Type-Interlaced
move the slider bar, if there isn't any lines
Go to Video>Field Operations>Force Film

         

 

Press F4 or go to File>Save Project type in the movies name hit 'Save'.

When the process is finished you will have a d2v file and ac3 or mpa file.

Close DVD2AVI.
Open VFAPI Reader

VFAPI makes a fake avi file that reads the VOB files, this is the quickest process(about 3-5 seconds).
Click 'Add Job' open the d2v file you just made, another window will pop up
click 'OK'

 
Click 'Convert' the process takes 3-5 seconds.... Exit VFAPI Reader.
Open Virtualdub
Go to File>Open video file... or press Ctrl+O and select the fake AVI file you made with VFAPI Reader.

 
                 Go to Video>Full processing mode

 

Filters

Go to Video>Filters... or press Ctrl+F.
 
   
                A new window will appear. Click 'Add'...

 

       Cropping

 Scroll down and select 'null transform' click 'OK'.

 

     
Click 'Cropping...' a new window will appear.

 

 
Move the slider bar to a bright area. Now use the tools in the window or the mouse to crop all black areas.

 
The result will look like this. Click 'OK'.

Aspect Ratio

Click 'Add...' again scroll down and select
'resize'. A new window will appear.

 

Look on the back of the DVD cover where you will find a ratio that relates to the height and width of the movie (2.35:1). Check the table below (it is not recommended to go higher than 700 for the width. I have chosen 640x272, ' width - 640' ' height - 272', choose 576 (width) for lower bitrates.


Go to 'Filter mode' select 'Precise bilinear'.
Press 'OK' to bring you back to the 'Filters'.

 

 
2.40:1
2.35:1
2.20:1
1.85:1
1.78:1
1.66:1
1.33:1
             
720x296
720x304
720x328
720x392
720x408
720x432
720x544
640x264
640x272
640x288
640x344
640x360
640x384
640x480
576x240
576x248
576x264
576x312
576x328
576x344
576x432
576x208
512x216
512x232
512x280
512x288
512x312
512x384

If the ratio isn't on the DVD cover try here http://us.imdb.com/ type the film in search, on the left of the films page, click on 'technical specs'......

Deinterlace

If it was found that you had interlaced artefact as discussed before, you need to preform a deinterlace feature.

Go to Video>Filters...
Click 'Add'
Scroll down to 'deinterlace'
Click 'OK'

A new window will appear.
Check 'Blend fields together (best)'

Click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to bring you back to the main window.

 

 

XviD Calculations

 

In the VirtualDub main window click on the 'End' button , which will bring the slider to the end of the Track Bar
which will show the movies end Frame and length. Take a note of the length eg 1.41.31.880 (1 hour, 41 minutes, 31.88 seconds)
round it off to 101 minutes (or 102 minutes) and take a note of the End Frame eg 152297.
Move the slider back until to the beginning of the end credits and take a note of the Frame eg 146584

 

OK now we have the length of film (101 minutes), start of end credits (146584) and end of end credits (152297)

 

Open XviD Bitrate Calculator

As worked out in VirtualDub select correct Movie Length:

Select CD size eg 700MB

Audio Bitrate select between 96 kbps - 192kbps, if you want to
sacrifice audio quality for better quality video choose 96 kbps.

Write down the Video Size: eg 628481
or click on 'Copy to clipboard'

 

 

Compression

Go to Video>Compression or Ctrl+C

A new window will appear.

Select 'XviD MPEG-4 Codec'
Click 'Configure'
A new window will appear.

Select '2 Pass - 1st pass' in 'Encoding Mode:'

Click 'Advanced options...'

 

Select 'Global' tab

Motion search precision: select '6 - Ultra High'

Quantization type: select H.263

FourCC used: select XviD

For PAL movies type in 250.
For NTSC movies type in 300.
If you selected Force Film in DVD2AVI type in 240.

 

Select 'Credits' tab

Check 'Credits at end of movie'

Credits begin at frame no: 146584

Credits end at frame no: 152297
(As worked out from VirtualDub's Taskbar)

Click 'OK'

Click 'OK' in the 'XviD Configuration' window
to bring you back to the main window.

 

Go to File>Save as AVI or press F7
A new window will appear.

 

First check
'Don't run this job now; add it to job
control so I can run it in batch mode' box
in the lower left hand corner (this is important).

Next to 'File name:' type in the movies name
eg 'Virtuosity' click 'Save'

 
Go to Video>Compression or Ctrl+C (again)

A window will appear.

 

 
Select 'XviD MPEG-4 Codec'
Click 'Configure' (again)
Select '2 Pass - 2nd pass Int.' in Encoding Mode:

In 'Desired size (Kbtyes):' put in the number calculated from
XviD Bitrate Calculator's 'Video Size'' (628481KB)

 

Select 'Alt Curve' tab

Change 'High distance from average %' to '100'

Change 'Low distance from average %' to '150'

Click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to bring you back to the main window.

 
Go to File>Save as AVI or press F7
A window will appear.

 

Again check
'Don't run this job now; add it to job
control so I can run it in batch mode' box
in the lower left hand corner (this is important).

click 'Save'.

 

If you want to use the computer in dub mode
(which will take 4-6 hours)
Go to Options>Preferences...
A new window will appear.
Click on the 'Main' tab
Go to 'Dub defaults'
Next to 'Process priority' click the drop
down box and select 'Idle'.

 
Next step

Go to File>Job control or press F4

A new window will appear.

 

 
Make sure you have 'Job 1 and Job 2'
Now click 'Start' the process will take 4-8 hours.

 

When the process has finished you will have a DVD quality DivX video (no audio),
eg Virtuosity.avi. Close VirtualDub
Open Headac3he (Audio)

Go to 'Source File' browse to the folder and open
the ac3 or mpa file you made with DVD2AVI.


Go to 'Destination Format' go to the
drop down box and select MP3.

 

 

 

If you have an older version Sound Card you will have to check 'Resample to 44.1 kHz'.

 
Select Options>>
Go to 'Downmix Type' and select '2ch'.

 

 

Next step is work out how large the Audio is going to be. (don't close Headac3he minimize it)
Open 'Windows Explorer' go to the DVD rip folder, right click the avi file you just made eg Virtuosity.avi go to properties and look at the size.

The avi size is for example 609mb, subtract 609mb from 700mb (1 CD) and subtract 3mb (700-609-3=88) write down 88.

 

Go back to Headac3he

Click Options>> again

Next to Preset: select 'Alt ABR'
Next to Mode: select 'ABR'

Go to Bitrate:
Go to 'Ave:' click the up or down box until the
Destination File Size: is 88MB as worked out before.
In 'Channel Mode' check 'Joint Stereo'.

Click 'Start'

 

Once the encoding has finished close Headac3he.

Open Nandub  

Go to File>Open video file... or press Ctrl+O.
Open the encoded avi file (not the VFAPI avi file).

 

Go to Video>Direct stream copy

 
Go to Audio>Direct stream copy

 
Go to Audio>(VBR) MP3 audio
A window will appear
Select the mp3 you made with Headac3he.

 
Go to File>Save as AVI... or press F7
A window will appear.

Next to 'File Name' type in a 'new name' for the movie
eg 'Virtuosity with audio' etc, the file name must be different.

Click 'Save'

In one to two minutes your movie will be complete with sound.

If the Video is in sync with the Sound and the size is at or just under 700MB eg 699MB thats it! You can now close down all programs, burn it to CD or transfer it to a Videos folder and delete the folder where the file were held....

If your movie is a few mb over 700mb for 1 CD eg 703mb go back to Headac3he and change the 88mb to 86mb or 85mb and then follow the Nandub guide again.

If the video isn't in sync with sound go to Headac3he follow the same procedures as before but change the 'Delay:'

1000ms=1 second