How to convert DVD to XviD/DivX without hassles

This is for all you movie buffs who’ve got loads of DVDs and would love to have a library of movies on their hard drives. Yot! there’s crunch of space on your hard disk and you have loads of movies to store, what do you do? Typically you might consider ripping the DVD to the hard drive and compressing the files in a zip folder or may be store them in a more advanced compression H.264, or wmv. Well, hope you don’t wanna compromise with the quality of your movies. What’s more you have to sacrifice the menus and extras. Well, there are better ways of doing the same. Just convert the .VOB files to XviD or DivX. XviD is considered as the best codec as there isn’t much loss of quality. So we’ll stick to XviD. Let’s see how to convert DVD to Xvid. Ensure that you have XviD or DivX codec installed on your PC beforehand to avoid hassles. We’ll stick to XviD for better. So let’s see how to convert DVD to Xvid.

Before you go for the steps you would require the SimpleDviX, which you can download free

Go for the steps below to convert DVD to XviD/DivX

Step 1

Select the directory with burnt .VOB files or the entire DVD. In case you burnt it with the information file .IFO select solo file only. If you haven’t click the select all file tab key. The bottom just details all the information regarding the DVD movie itself. Select the main movie, note the framerate number.

Click the next tab Video.

Step 2

Go to the video settings. Select the proper framerate based on the one you say 25.000. Click to enable the Video Stream ID and use 0xE0. Now click Auto Retrieve cropping and select width 640. Leave the Frame Options blank. First preview the video.

Next click the Audio tab.

Step 3

Audio section. Here click Create Audio. Then select Check Audio and Deselect Extract all Audio. Now go to language drop-down menu it will show the language that are available. Select the preferred language in which you wanna the final product. In the Audio format you can choose AC3 that offers the best possible sound. However, it will increase the size of the final file. It might not fit into a CD_R.

Alternately, you can choose MP3 and change bitrate to 128kbps. Click on the Midnight Mode to normalize the audio to 100% and increase the sound.

Next Click on the Codec tab.

Step 4

In the Codec Options, choose the codec you want to use.  XviD would be the best option. Ensure that you create a 2 pass video file. This will allow you better quality. In the Advanced Settings you can select the Quater Pixel. This will enhance the accuracy of micro-blocks within the film. At the bottom you will see the Pass Option. Click on the both passes.

Next click at the Compression tab

Step 5

In the Compression tab enable the Enter Final Movie Size. Check the Get Time for Movie. If you wanna fit the file into CD put the file size 700 mb. In case the movie is of a larger size then spread it into Two discs and choose 1400 MB.

If the movie’s Bitrate is 700kbps or less, then either click at the bottom End-Credicts and click Do Not Include end credits in movie. Alternately, if you have seen the movie and you know there is not much action in it, then click in the Advanced Bitrate Properties. However, if your movie is over 740kbps in the Bitrate section then move to the next Misc. tab.

Step 6

Click the Create Subtitles using VobSub. It will list all the available languages. Check AVI as the movie’s container. Once done click the Project tab.

Step 7

Call the movie whatever you want. Create a temporary folder on your preferred location where SimpleDivX can store unfinished, unsorted data. Make a folder to save the finished movie file. Avoid clicking the Overwrite Files and Delete Temp Files when finished. It’s better to delete the files manually. If you want to save the file for two separate discs, say 699 mb. In case, you are doing with more than one movie you can use the Batch Settings. Just click on the batch mode.

Whatever changes you make don’t forget to Click the Modify option.

Next move to the Output option

Step 8

This is the final step, but completely optional. In case you wanna Shut Down the Computer after the encoding finishes select it.

It might take 3 to 8 hours to encode depending on your PC. Once done you’ll have a great library of movies to cherish.