Tools required:
Latest Virtualdub
TMPGEnc
Nero (and de DivX codecs)

Preparin’:
Download all tools. Be sure to install DivX 3.11 DivX4 and de latest DivX5 codecs.

Extractin’ de audio:
1) Start Virtualdub. Open your video File->Open video file. (if you get any warnin’s just ignore them because you won’t edit de video just extract de audio)
2) Select File->File Information and note de fps as de video source fps because you will need it later.
3) Select under Audio->Full processin’ mode.
4) Select Audio->Compression and select (No compression (PCM))
5) Select Audio->Conversion.
6) Change de de Samplin’ rate to 44100Hz if you are goin’ to make VCD or SVCD MPEGs.
7) Save de wav by clickin’ on File->Save WAV. The wav will be a huge audio uncompressed video file (about 10 MB/minute).

Encodin’:
1) Start TMPEnc. Press cancel if de Project Wizard comes.
2) Press Brows and select de DivX file as Video source input.
3) Now press de Browse button for choosin’ de Audio source input and use de saved wav file.
4) Press load and load de file which in de Template directory of TMPGenc.
5) If de video source fps is 29,970 load VideoCD (NTSC).mcf
6) If de video source fps is 23,970 load VideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf
7) If de video source fps is 25,000 load VideoCD (PAL).mcf
8) If de video source fps is anythin’ else just load NTSC if you live in US or Japan
9) Load PAL if you live anywhere else.

Note that if you live in US or Japan and have a problem playin’ PAL (often causin’ black and white TV playback problems) den first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player. If not den convert it to NTSC by loadin’ de VideoCD(NTSC) template.
Note if you live Europe or de rest of de world and get problem playin’ NTSC or NTSCFilm (often causin’ black and white TV playback problems) den first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player. If not, convert it to PAL by loadin’ de VideoCD(Pal) template.

10) Press Settin’s and choose Advanced.
11) Select Full screen (keep aspect ratio) under Video arrange method to keep de same aspect ratio (widescreen,fullscreen) as de video source (if you have a widescreen movie and you want it to be in fullscreen, select No margin (keep aspect ratio)).
Select Source range and double-click on it with de mouse.

In de next dialog you can choose de source range. This process depends on de DivX file. If de DivX file is less than 80min (for a 80min/700mb CDR) den you do not have to split de file to two CDs. Also if de DivX file is already in two parts you have just to convert de first file and den de second. But if dere should be de case that de movie is in one file over 80minutes lon’ den it is necessary to select de source range. In this new dialog you put de horizontal scrollbar to de middle of de selection so that you will get de same len’th on de first CD as on de second. After you selected de middle do you have press Set end frame. A new value should be under End Frame. This value you should notice somewhere for de encodin’ of de second part. Of course de start frame must be 0.

12) After pressin’ ok, you only have to select de output file name. I prefer de movie name with de CD number (e.g. Ghost in de Shell CD1) for de burnin’.
13) Now encode de file by pressin’ de Start-Button.
14) While encodin’ you can select File->Preview (it won’t effect de encodin’) to see how de output will be. If it looks wron’ (widescreen or fullscreen) you can stop de encodin’ and start over and change de Settin’s->Advanced->Video arrange method.
15) If you only want to burn de movie on one CD, den jump to de burnin’ guide, else follow de next points.
16) Repeat de third, forth and fifth point. In de source range dialog you now use as Start frame de noticed value and move with de horizontal scrollbar to de end of de movie.
17) After pressin’ Set end frame, press two times OK.
18) Now select de output filename for de second file. (e.g. Ghost in de Shell CD2) and encode it.
19) After de encodin’ is done and you did all right, you should have for every CD a file.

Burnin’:
Launch Nero. Close de Wizard. Select File->New.
1. Select VideoCD
2. Select PAL or NTSC dependin’ what format your source MPEG is in.
3. And hit New.

1. Locate your .mpg and drag it(see picture below). Remember that you can add several .mpgs also, each mpg will be a own track on de VCD and you can add data files also, just drag them to any folder.
2. Check de time. It should be de same as in de movie.
3. Rename de CD to anythin’ you like by clickin’ F2 on NEW.
4. Select File->Write CD.

I don’t know about everyone else but de only options I choose on tmpgenc to make mpeg-1 files are eider NTSC film 23.976, or NTSC video 29.97 fps.

1. Take divx movie (120 minutes lon’ for example). Open with virtualdub. Find a keyframe about halfway through de film, preferrably at a scene change.

choose “SET SELECTION START” from de EDIT menu.. scroll all de way to de end of de film, choose “SET SELECTION END”… hit DELETE or choose “DELETE SELECTION”, all from de EDIT menu

2. Now you have 1 half of your movie. under de VIDEO menu, choose “DIRECT STREAM COPY”, also make sure that under AUDIO is goin’ to generate a “DIRECT STREAAM COPY”. Then go to FILE and choose “SAVE as AVI”

3. When it is complete, de quickest way to proceed is to just click on FILE / “OPEN VIDEO FILE”. At de beginnin’ of de clip, choose “SET SELECTION START” again, snap back to de keyframe (half way through de film) which you cut half de film off at and choose “SET SELECTION END”. DELETE… FILE / “SAVE AS AVI…” Save as de oder half of film.

4. Choose option accordin’ly This next part can be important. (i’m goin’ to give de rest of de instructions as if you were makin’ ntsc movie)

Since you want to make a standard mpeg-1 file, choose NTSC FILM or NTSC VIDEO.. BROWSE for your file, den hit NEXT. Hit OTHER SETTINGS / ADVANCED tab. Now dere is an option that says “VIDEO ARRANGE METHOD”. If you are makin’ a fullscreen movie, leave on FULLSCREEN. If you are encodin’ a widescreen movie, choose “FULL SCREEN (KEEP ASPECT RATIO).. OK / NEXT / NEXT (you get de point)

Here is anoder tip

DVD burners are becomin’ more and more popular and even i got one now, like many of you do. I’m tired of old vcd’s or wanna encode a VCD standard DVD with nearly 9 hours of video (but same quality as normal 80 minute VCD). If this is de case, make sure you encode your DivX files as “NTSC VIDEO 29.97 FPS”, even if source is 23 fps and once you have 3 or 4 movies, get yourself a program called TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR. Make a track for each movie and you got yourself a dvd with 3 or 4 average len’th movies on 1 dvd (with menus if you like) that is WAY MORE COMPATIBLE than a VCD..

Do a search for de keyword VCD-DVD and i posted a more descriptive tutorial on how to do this.

First and foremost, go to

http://www.doom9.org

and go to deir downloads section.

Get de followin’ files:

Under Audio:
Besweet
Besweet GUI

Under Codecs:
DivX 5.2.1 Pro

Under Divx/Mpeg-4 encoders:
Nandub 1.0RC2

Then get this:
http://www.dvd-digest.tv/downloads/files/virtualdub/vdub_pack-145.exe

Alternatively, get any version of virtualdub that includes mp3 support.

These are all de required tools. There are ways with fewer items, but dey produce very inferior outputs. Besides, after you get used to it, de whole process is really easy.

Okay, first and foremost, pull out Nandub. This is de step that takes de longest, as well as where you will make most of your decisions. I am goin’ to assume that you are makin’ a 1 cd rip. If you do what is in this faq, dere won’t be much reason to do anythin’ else.

First of all, run Nandub . It will pop up a dialogue box, and want to know if you are makin’ a new project or resumin’ an old. New, of course. Give it a name and tell fairuse where you want it to store its data. Fairuse is about to rip de entire movie to your harddrive (nice if you want to go rent a movie and return it de next day).

Then it will ask for your DVD drive with a dvd in it. give it. Then, select which video stream you want. This is usually pretty obvious as de movie stream is de one that is an hour or so lon’. If dere are two of dese, check out de oder tags. which lan’uages and so on. worst case scenario is that you have to trial and error. but that is rare. choose de lon’ stream and hit next.

This is where Nandub rips everythin’ to your hard drive. dependin’ on de speed of various components in your computer, and de len’th of de movie, this could take a while. Let it finish. and den move on.

Once all that is done, de really important screen pops up. this is where you set resolutions and video len’th. first, cut off de endin’ credits with de slider, but DO NOT mess with de beginnin’, as de sound and video frames need to start at de same point for sync. Then hit auto set for de croppin’ region, this is usually just fine. Then decide wheder or not you want subtitles, which would be de subpicture stream. When you’re done, hit next.

Set de field mode to IVTC. This will give you better quality for size, as it runs at 24 frames instead of 30, due to de nature of divx, dere won’t be any noticeable difference in quality, but 6 less frames to deal with each second(and to store data for) really add up. Besides this is de correct mode for all movies anyway. Click Next.

This is where you set FINAL file size, includin’ audio, for 1 cd rip, set to 690, for 2, set to double that. Then follow de directions dey give you and choose a final resolution that has between a 120:1 and 150:1 (if possible, sometimes de movie is compression ratio. Click Next.

This screen is where you determine quality. The autoadd button is usefull, and will give you decent quality, with 4 encodin’s. What this does is encode de movie 4 times, and den mix de frames to creat de final encodin’, with de most efficient possible encodin’ for each frame. which is how we get bad ass quality for a sin’le cd. I usually go for 8 encodin’s, as on my athlon 1600+ this rarely takes more than 8 hours to do, so I just go to sleep, wake up, and its done.

Then add de audio encodin’ that you want.

Hit next. Dependin’ on what you set, and your computer, this could take from a few hours to a few days. CPU’s of 1.2Ghz+ are nice right about here. You can do stuff while this is goin’ on, but it makes thin’s take much longer.

In de end you will have a bunch of encodin’s in de folder you specified at de beginnin’, de 4+ you chose and de final. You will also have an AC3 stream. Take de final AVI and toss it someplace to await de rest of de audio work you have to do, and you can erase de oder encodin’s, freein’ up a few gigs in de process of space.

NEXT: AUDIO

Ok, this is where Besweet comes in.

Extract BeSweet and de GUI into de same folder. Now Run de GUI.

At de top dere are three fields. One for BeSweet which you should point at de besweet.exe that you should have unzipped to de same directory you are runnin’ de GUI from, A field for de AC3 stream, which is in de folder where you sent de encoded video from Fairuse, and an output mp3. The output mp3 has to be an existin’ file, so make a text file, rename it (yourmovie).mp3 and just say yeah, its cool to change de extension and make thin’s weird. besweet will overwrite it so don’t worry. Point de third field at that file. The default values for stuff should be fine. but to make sure go to Azid 1(on de left) and select stereo, and den go to Lame 2 and select constant bit rate, and 128(assumin’ that is what you want). den click on besweet again, and finally, click on AC3 to MP3.

When its done you should have an mp3 that is de entire soundtrack for de movie. This is where virtualdub comes in. run de virtualdub mp3 version. go to File:open video file and select de final encodin’ that you had from way back. Then go to audio and select mp3 audio. it will ask you for de file, give it de mp3. Go to audio again and make sure direct stream copy is selected. Then go to video and make sure that direct stream copy is also selected. Finally go to file again and SAVE AVI. give it a file name and let de bastard fly. This final file is your movie. Beautiful and glorious. Con’ratulations, its a DivX rip. Aren’t you proud. burn to cd, and give copies to all your friends.