Before we start Download needed Software below..

Needed Software...

Gordian Knot lastest Version.
XviD lastest Version.
K-XviD Matrix

Step one

Rip your DVD to a folder..
You all know how to do that so I won't go in to it..

Step two

Load up Gordian Knot and open up the d2v file... a video window will open. Go to the end of the video and find out where the Credits start and when you get to the start of the Credits Start and press set Credits Start this will set very low bit rate for the Credits so more data can be used for the movie..

Now in Gordian go to Bitrate.. Set Codec to XviD 2 Pass

If your movie is less then 2 hours then you should make a 700 meg movie with 128kbps mp3 or 192kbps ac3 sound. Dont let the bitrate drop below 600 kbps.. if less then 600kbps then do a 2 cd rip and have better sound ac3 192kbps 2.0 sound or ac3 448kbps 5.1

Now in Resolution..

Click on Auto Crop to remove the black bars and then set the Output Resolution. Dont set it any lower than 640x I use 702x for most movies

Next in the Video Windows click on Save & Encode... a window will pop-up

You may want to use a Noise Filter.. I use Little Noise or Medium Noise on most dvds.. if your going to use very low bitrate then always use Heavy Noise Filter or if the DVD has a lot of noise on it..

Now Click Save and name it movie....

In Gordian go to Encode and click add

Click xvid first pass.. we are now going to add some K-XviD settings..

Change your setting to the same as the ones in the screen shots Below







This is where you load in the K-XviD matrix..





Admin/Mod Feel free to edit anything I am not good at writing things like this.


NOTE: K-XviD setting and Matrix works on DivX Hardware

excellent tutorial CrashUK...thank you

Just hope people use it..

I'm going to have a go after I format my pc.
I've already downloaded the K-Xvid matrix...thank you CrashUK :a013:

After a quick search around I discovered that in order to get the initial d2v file which is needed for the second step you must run your files through a program called DVD2AVI.

You may want to edit that first post CrashUK because not all dvd ripping programs make D2V files, infact as far as I know none do.

Off to try this guide now ;)

its base on Gordian Knot which comes with DVD2AVI so did not think I needed to tell people....

For more help on Gordian Knot go here http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/gknot-main4.htm

Also working on some new profiles.. Trying out new things..

My bad I didn't use GordionKnot to rip my dvd..

I have another problem for you smart people!

When I open my .d2v file in Gordion the program freezes...

sounds like a codec error. what codec pack do you have.. can your computer play back DVDs or mpeg2 files or VOB files.. also did you make the .d2v file with the Program that comes with Gordion..

Not a clue mate..I'll go look for some packs and do some trial and error with the big names.

K-lite and stuff like that...


EDIT -- I just remade the D2V file and it loaded fine without me having to download any special codecs..my first k-XviD movie is encoding as I type, thanks for the great guide and the support CrashUK :)

Cheers CrashUK. I've never been very happy with my video encodes so I'm going to give this a try. Thanks again!

I'm gonna put a link in here to my guide to Gordian Knot which should give you a K-Xvid encoded movie as a result (it links back to this guide for the K-Xvid parts).

me me me me me me me me!
pliz pliz may i say something?
OPEN SOURCE (the devils advocate ) (sigh no green emoticon! DOH!)
using open source we can do hehehe loads and loads in 1 return key stroke (for those who wondering whats return it is nothing but enter key) the command is simple, software needed?
#1. ffmpeg (sourceforge/sourcemeat or mplayer.hq)
#2. svn or wincvs
#3. c/c++ compiler
#4. time (get a stop clock :-d)
#5. glucose syrup incase you get tired, smokes/beer/tubby teddy bear(if sleey)
#6. enter this command
$ ffmpeg -i filename.mpg -b 3500 -r 29.97 -s cif -aspect 16:9 -vcodec xvid -ab 320 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -acodec copy filename.avi
wallahhhhhhhhh done! piece of cake isnt it, but you need to be a baker to make cake.
but before you issue this command make sure you have compiled ffmpeg, you can use cigwin/gnu's gcc for windows binary (cigwin.com or somesorta thing or gcc.gnu.org) and issue this command
$ ./configure --enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-theora --enable-faad --enable-faadbin --enable-faac --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-dts --enable-pp --enable-static --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_nb-fixed --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_if2 --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-small --enable-memalign-hack
$ make
$ make install
$ make clean
provided ./configure test doesnt return any error and you get a line like this
config.bak or config.make created (look for it, it will be somewhere)

explaination for ther ffmpeg i will skip the ./configure as it will require you to burn 2 midnight candle and read.
-i filename.mpg -> name of the source file
-b bitrate (higher the better resolution less means poor quality, less is ideal for torrent so that it can be quickly distributed)
-r frame rate (29.97 is PAL mutants) here we have pal type monitors so no point encoding in NTSC
-s cif size of the video you will get as output you can also give your own dimensions i give this 420x200 nice sleek screen like wide screen
-aspect wide screen long format :-d hope you been to nice theatres and you will know what i mean by 16:9 big size baby, size does matter! :-d
-vcodec xvid (see the topic header, hope thats what asked here)
-ab 320 for those crystal quality kind of sound (atleast sorta, bleh, my sb live 24 doesnt work in neither BSD nor in LINUX :-()
-ar 44100 thats the audio sample frequency rate for those who have PHAT base speakers may change it to 48000 DVD kind of sound
-ac 2 this means 2 channel sound if you have cool card you may have uto 48 channel sound o/p :-d evil grin 48 channel :-d (linux guys give us the driver, damn, so goes to bsd guys)
-acodec copy copy means best fit for the video codec that will be -vcodec
filename.avi (call 1-800-NASA-HELP if you dont know what to type in there. neither i can help you with this stupendous doubt! SORRY! sniff sniff tear drop)
this is just a basic tutorial
if you need advanced info? yes yes yes ask! as in forum so others can know. if you speak foreign language you may ask in english and if you havent read the manual. we will use google translate and will help you.) ask anyway, no harm in asking. DONT ASK TO ASK, JUST ASK BUD!
questions? any? any questions?
cheers
bab00n
good stuffs are always FREE, but you have to pay a simple price SEARCH, HUNT and LEARN. once 3 techniques are learnt CAKE CAKE CAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE! :-d

hi....

i have a dvd movie (vob) how can i get it to d2v file?

many thanks

If you just want to make a .avi movie out of your DVD, then AutoGK is the easiest to use, but if you want to use K-Xvid settings (or just have more control over the encoding process), then my guide for GordianKnot will give you a step-by-step explanation (it'll refer back to this tutorial for the K-Xvid settings)

cheers crashuk i am trying this now


edit---- well easy nice one

I am planing a K-XviD v2.0 that has a better matrix for LCD tv/computer screens and 5.1 sound at 192 kbps

Nice, be sure to keep us updated and post screens of your rip results

its lovely, i hope you dont mind posting it in another plase, surely i wont take any credit for it. its just for other people to use

please pm

gonna give it a go, thanx

linx to software downloads would've been nice, never mind, i'm sure i'll find them eventually

I followed the guidelines using GKnot... the audio encodes fine but then Virtualdub fails to load my avs files for video encoding.

I tried several dvds, different xvid and divx codecs and it always fails at the same spot. Virtualdub says:

AVI import filter Error (Unknown) (80040154)

Any ideas?

EDIT: Shit GKnot installed so many side programs that I wanted to clean it up a lil and I accidentally deleted Avisynth. Installed it back now it works.

Hi, I'm a first user of this converting system and I followed the "How To Make K-xvid Movies" exactly and my first movie file was no bigger than 4Mb... Can anyone suggest something that I may or may not have done... Any help would be much appreciated..

p.s. I have DL GKnot, Xvid and the K-xvid Matrix

Thanks for this mate, looks easy :)

Thanks for the guide.

I think i'll need to build a few PCs so I can do multiple experiments at once. 3 hours is a long time waiting to find out i've done a crappy rip.

Please excuse my ignorance, but what makes a K-xvid different from the more default xvid settings?

I thought it might stand for Killer xvid.......

I did everything listed there and in the end I only get a 2.91MB .avi file that last the length of the movie but I have no audio or video? Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

Hi there,
Bein' kinda new at this I've worked out most of what I need (I know I'm in the wrong place but I'll explain why). I already rip stuff well but wanted to 'perfect' it. The only reason being on a 40" LCD the quality varies with rips. I place all rips on my PS3 (connected using HDMI) so everything is as it should be.

This text.....
If your movie is less then 2 hours then you should make a 700 meg movie with 128kbps mp3 or 192kbps ac3 sound. Dont let the bitrate drop below 600 kbps.. if less then 600kbps then do a 2 cd rip and have better sound ac3 192kbps 2.0 sound or ac3 448kbps 5.1
.... shows up here and I couldn't find anything comprehensive to explain what it really means.

Using EVILBRENDA's AutoGK guide did the trick but I'd like to know why I need to alter the audio rate. I understand the other stuff it's just the audio bit I'd like to understand a bit better.

Can anyone point me to the right place or answer me here ?

Cheers...
vgerat.

(Sorry, I'll post this somewhere else)..!!

K-Xvid is just an encoding matrix -- there are a few profiles/matrices built into the Xvid codec, and K-Xvid is simply an additional option that is added manually.

A small .avi may indicate that it's just the first pass of a multi-pass encoding. The first pass builds up statistics so that the second (or last) encoding pass can benefit from those statistics to build the best encoded video.

Switching from a 1CD/700MB to a 2CD/1.4GB movie is the standard way of choosing sizes, but 1.4GB is just overkill if you use all the extra space just for video-rate improvement. So it makes sense to switch to a higher quality audiorate as well, as you'll still have plenty of videorate left. As newartriot has advocated several times: you don't really need to stick to the CD-sized way of choosing the filesize, though.

Keep in mind that matrices are created with a particular size or type of movie in mind, so this guide basically serves as a reminder that you can experiment with your own matrices

Thanx bro I am going to give this a try!!!

Well did my first 2 kvcd aninies guyver 26 Epesodes then i did Elfen Lied you can see all my
stuff here http://www.demonoid.com/files/?uid=4498732&seeded=2 mabe in time some one willl show me how to upload to this brill site only use 2 sites h33t & demond goy more stuff to do in time want to get all 100% then do 2 encodese at same time ::

just gave this a try and when i downloaded Gordian Knot it didn't come with dvddecoder if i just link mine to the program should that work?
thanks.(: