<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Are you sure that you selected 2pass first pass rather than one pass, I normally save that file as stats.avi and an 2hour divx4 film generates a few MB stats.avi, other than that the steps looked perfect i.e. I have had good results doing it that way, when I am backing up DVD`s to divx4.12<BR><BR>Paul</P> <P>PS both the first pass and the second pass take about the same amount of time on my PC<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows---- <DIV></DIV>From: "oddmanout67" <RCHANDLER67@H...> <DIV></DIV>Reply-To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com <DIV></DIV>To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com <DIV></DIV>Subject: [ExtractStream] Trying to compress with divx4 <DIV></DIV>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:02:00 -0000 <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>I've been trying everything I can to get shows from my TiVo archived <DIV></DIV>in divx4. I have used Gordian Knot/Nandub with reasonable success on <DIV></DIV>other kinds of video, but can't seem to get good sound sync with that. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>This morning, I tried the steps that were posted recently by jdiner <DIV></DIV>(mfs_streams -> vsplit11b -> dvd2avi -> vfapi -> virtualdub). <DIV></DIV>I've never really used VirtualDub by itself, but I think I've nearly <DIV></DIV>got it. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>I'm not sure I'm doing it exactly right... I've set the compression <DIV></DIV>to Divx4, 2 pass. I set up the first pass, do a "Save as AVI", and <DIV></DIV>defer the processing. I do the same thing for the second pass, call <DIV></DIV>up the job list and start processing. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>The first pass was running when I left for work this morning. I <DIV></DIV>noticed that: (1) I thought that usually the first pass gathered <DIV></DIV>stats and produced a file only several megs long, which was used for <DIV></DIV>the second pass. It's creating a .avi file that going to be over a <DIV></DIV>gig (I'm going for 2 disks, since the show is 2:45) and (2)The first <DIV></DIV>pass looks like it's going to take twice as long as I would have <DIV></DIV>expected. I have no idea what I'm going to end up with. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Since I needed to enter a filename for each pass, I entered different <DIV></DIV>names (movie1.avi and movie2.avi). Does that sound right? <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Can anybody help me with might I'm doing wrong (if I am doing <DIV></DIV>something wrong)? <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Thanks! <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM305301/42'>Click Here</a><br></html>