Re: [dvd::rip] no resulting file with mpeg4

["Philip S. Hempel" <pshempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Van Damme wrote:
>
> On 7/17/06, *Philip S. Hempel* <pshempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:pshempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Frank Van Damme wrote:
>     >
>     > I have a slight problem with dvd::rip. I can encode a dvd in 2
>     > minutes! Unfortunately I also end up with no movie on disk. I just
>     > followed dvd::rip's advice on not using DivX since it's obsolete
>     and
>     > went for mpeg4. Apparently you need to choose the AVI container
>     format
>     > for that? Maybe that's my problem, anyway, I got this piece of log:
>     >
>     Well for one you don't encode a dvd with mpeg4 it is mpeg2
>     Second I guess you mean that you wanted to get a divx/xvid avi right?
>
>     You should choose xvid4 with avi if your looking for avi
>
>     Very simple
>
>     have a great day
>
>
>
> Let me re-express myself: I can re-encode a dvd in mpeg4 format etc. I
> want it to remain usable on the dvd player, which means it has to be
> divx... I guess mpeg4 fits the bill... I would use divx4 but then I'm
> getting this error:
>
> [transcode] warning : (dl_loader.c) loading
> "/usr/lib/transcode/export_divx4.so" failed
>
> And I don't know where to get that .so file, since afaik it's supposed
> to be included in transcode.

Problem is that you need to also include the divx install into your OS 
it does not come with dvd:rip or make sure that it is able to be found
bey dvd:rip as well as any of the other encoders you are looking to
use.  And plain mpeg4 will mostly not work on dvix players.. they tend
to  look bad from my experience. Plus you can use xvid4 in divx compat
mode.


Enjoy