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The Longest Part: Setting up the encode (Part 1)
Bitrate Tab
In Gknot go to the "Bitrate" tab, at the bottom left corner there's a button called "open". Click on it and new window will popup, find you folder where you put everything and select the filename.d2v file
Once opened everything in the "Ripping" tab should automatically show all the info for the movie you're going to backup. Also, a new window will popup with a frame from the movie in it. In the new window with a frame from the moive in it, click on View --> Resized, this will display the resolution the movie will be encoded at.
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Next, is the settings in this tab.
Mode --> Calculate Average Bitrate
Duration --> Don't need to do anything, automatic
Audio(AC3) --> Click on the select button at the bottom of the box and pick
the "filename.ac3" file
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Audio(MP3) -->If you're going to use MP3 for audio click on the "Bitrate" box instead of the "Size" box, then select the desired bitrate for the movie.
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Frames --> Select 23.976
Codec --> Make sure it's on XviD
Total Size -->
Total Time
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How Many CD's |
| Below
1:30 |
1CD/MP3
Audio |
Between
1:30-2:00 |
1CD/MP3
Audio or 2CD/AC3 Audio |
Above
2:00 |
2CD/AC3
Audio or 2CD/MP3 Audio |
If you're doing more than one cd select the "Split final
file into CDs" box
Interleaving & AVI-Overhead --> Select the "Calculate Frame-Overhead" if it
isn't already selected. Then select an option below that corresponds to what
type of audio you're going to have in your backup.
After you've done all that it should look something like the pic below.
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Resolution Tab
Input Resolution --> If you live in the
US, select NTSC. Europe, PAL.
Input Pixel Aspect Ratio --> Should be self expanitory
Crop --> Click on "Autocrop" to get rid of those black bars between the
video, the window with the frame from the movie should show the changes i.e.
the black bars will be gone. It will then set it to "pixel", if it
looks good select "Smart Crop All". Or if you perfer you can do it
manually by selecting "disable" and using the menu to the right.
Resolution --> You'll want to experiment with this setting, but probally shouldn't
go above 640 width.
You don't have to do this step if you don't want to, but you can tell XviD to encode the credits at 1/10th of the origional bitrate or a percentage you specify. The credits will look kind of bad but you can still read them and it will also make the movie look a little better since at the end the bitrate isn't as high.
If you want to do this use the bar to scroll near the end, then use the buttons to find your way to the credits. You'll want to tell XviD to start encoding the credits exactly when the credits start, at the very end of the movie, exactly the first black frame signifying the start of the credits is the one you want. When you find that credit select the "Set Credits Start" button. Once you have that done write down the frame number, you'll need it later.
