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DVDs to my Archos AV480
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8. September 2005 @ 04:31 |
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Thanks for answering nash67
by the way, what sw are you using to conver files from DivX to dvd? (i use Nero or power producer but it takes ages for those applications to do that)
I'll check the parameters again I'm almost sure resolution was not that high but whatever... you're probably right :)
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nash67
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8. September 2005 @ 05:45 |
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Odraode, no probs, I use VSO DivXtoDVD version 0.5.2.99. This version is still free and works great:-)
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mnspink
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8. September 2005 @ 06:54 |
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So, does the AV400 series support GMC and QPel?
Has anyone tried encoding with Nero in either SP or ASP?
Has anyone figured a way to put codecs on the AV400 and trick the device into playing other formats?
Has anyone tried AVC (MPEG4) just for the hell of it? Nero, XVID and DIVX all now have AVC codecs.
Thanks in advance.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. September 2005 @ 07:26
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toria
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24. October 2005 @ 23:47 |
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I've tried 'ripping' DVDs to AVI format with my Mac with 'MacTheRipper' but it takes forever and haven't yet seen the finished result! You can very easily just hook up your Archos to your DVD player and record that way but this means that a) the files are HUGE, b) it takes the length of time of the film (so you can't watch anything else whilst recording and c) it's just a pain in the ****! I have the AV480 and have 4 DVD films on there, a few hundred photos and MP3s and it's nearly full! Looks like you have to go through the laborious task of compressing your DVDs if you want to take many with you on your travels! Tres annoying! Why can't someone create a PVP that has an inbuilt 'converter' for DVDs - I guess because they're usually 'right protected' yet Archos have supposedly bought all the relevant rights so that you can copy DVDs - but be aware, you will ONLY be able to watch your 'ripped' DVDs on the Archos screen, not on your telly or anywhere else!
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Rubarack
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26. November 2005 @ 00:20 |
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I've been messing around seeing how I can get my DVDs onto an AV560 but AutoGK won't convert them to DivX, I downloaded the 6.0 player but it is apparently unsupported. The site mentions a 15 day trial of the Pro version. Is this what I will need? Alternatively will it play the XviD format files? Also people have mentioned Dr DivX is important in getting rid of playing errors but this is no longer available. Is this going to be a big problem?
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Binighted
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26. November 2005 @ 01:42 |
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You are good people but you just complicate your life too much...
Ok Im an owner of a Archos Gmini 402 and the first thing i asked myself was well how do i get this dvd in here?...but im just too lazy for programs with too much stuff to do so here is what i do.
I went to some torrent site wich the name i will not tell (*cough*nova*cough*) so i got ImToo dvd ripper.I put the dvd i want in DivX or XviD in the drive open the programs go to output options select subs video bitrate audio type and bitrate depending on the lenght of the movie i calculate with their respective bitrate calculator for XviD or DivX i prefer DivX,and blam in like 3 hours i have a 700mb movie totally playable in my gmini.good video,good audio.
This has worked for me on every movie I have tried so far.Also this is not the only program to do this, There is also:
(in order of what i liked the most)
Ahead dvd ripper
Easy DVD to DivX VCD SVCD Converter
Divx DVD Ripper
Hope this helps.
Oh almost forgot!
If you have sync problems maybe you got to chek the firmware of your device in www.archos.com and upgrade it to the latest if still having problems use the VirtualDub prepared software that comes in the gmini to recode the movie again it works fine.(if you deleted it you should find it in the site also.)
All Life starts with Nu and ends with Nu....Belthasar guru of reason.  Nu... |
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sfletch1
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5. December 2005 @ 07:51 |
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Hi--this is my first post to this thread--I mean it for everyone, hope it goes where it should.
Wanted to thank one and all for your great help. I recently bought an Archos Gmini 402 (243 bucks at Buy.com!) not camcorder, for teenage son. Was impressed by everything--nice controls, sound, screen, etc., but knew putting DVDs on it would be a challenge. Read all the provided instructions, but my head was spinning. Downloaded a free conversion program called SUPER but I was just shooting in the dark on some of the settings, and then when it was finished the VOB files converted to DivX AVI wouldn't transfer into my Archos unit--Hold that thought.
I kept Googling and found this forum. Read the posts about using DVDecrypter (which I've used for quite a while) and autoGK (never heard of it). My son is cracked on the movie Anchorman, so I put a copy on the hard drive using the IFO setting of DVD Decrypter. Then started up autoGK, put in the suggested settings (50% quality target, 320 lines, 128 CBR, DIVX) and started it up. Then I drove 60 miles to my sons basketball game, came back, and it still read "one pass encoding." I know some of you are smiling. (1.8 gigaherz processor)
After a while I poked around, wondering if anything was happening, and discovered, UNDERNEATH the autoGK window, a dialogue box for Virtual Dub, waiting for me to check an agreement box to run. Cursing, I did, and then an AVI file started appearing. But it wasn't that long after that that it all finished, with a 1.5 gig AVI file, and a note telling me it took 6 hours. (I'd be grateful to know the connection between Virtual Dub and the other program, and if only needed to run at the end or whatever. Hey, I said aI was a newbie!)
The file played pefectly in Windows Media Player. Yippee!
But when I, all excited, tried to transfer the file into the media directory of the archos, I got the same old message--not a playable file for this unit, and a suggestion to put it into Windows Media Player 10 and convert it. And I couldn't force the transfer--it would simply abort. I tried taking the extension completely off the file, still but no go.
Then, pissed off, I copied the demo AVI file that came in the Archos onto my hard drive, slightly altered the title but not the extension, and tried to copy it back. Same problem!--even though I knew it was a playable file.
I thought for a while, and then tried copying the anchorman AVI into a data directory on the archos. Success! But then, after disconnecting the USB cable I couldn't find it. But then I used the browser, and there it was, Anchorman, with the little quicktime logo. I pressed the enter button, and, lo and behold--the movie played like a charm, in brilliant color, crystalline stereo sound, with nary a blip or bleep.
(An anticlimax for such a third-rate flick, you may be thinking!)
So my workaround worked. Don't know why I can't put the media file into the media directory--apparently you can create or manipulate these directories at will, and there doesn't seem to be any properties in the setup section I can tweak. I'd be grateful for any speculation, but it's a minor annoyance, obviously. Any point in contacting Archos?
And so thanks to all, and courage to those who might still be struggling with similar issues. I'm obviously not very techie(hey, I'm an English professor) but if I can help anyone, I will do my best.
Regards, Steve in Virginia
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cobruh2k
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7. December 2005 @ 14:03 |
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Any of you heard about this player?
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=MEGA_View_588...
I saw it at the last CES Snow in Vegas, and bought the first model earlier this year. Plays videos, MP3s, photo player, FM radio, and records TV directly from my satellite cable box. It plays any AVI file I throw at it, flawlessly. Kinda of funky GUI, but it's easy to use, just drag and drop files. I use Decrypter to rip an IFO file, then Fairuse Wizard to render the IFO to an AVI (Divx or XviD, it doesn't matter to the player). DVD Decrypter takes about 30 minutes, and the AVI rendering about 3 hours. The wonder of free software!! I've ripped an entire DVD movie of 6 gb to 150 megs, and it plays perfectly. Plus, these AVI files play perfectly on my Treo 650 using MMPlayer, so I carry about 5-6 movies, 100 mp3s, and photos on my 1 gig SD card and always have entertainment. Thought I'd give my 2 cents worth
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sfletch1
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8. December 2005 @ 06:10 |
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This is a correction to my earlier post from the 5th of December--the resulting .AVI file was about 400 megabytes, not 1.5 gigabytes. A truly awesome reduction from a 6 gigabyte movie!
The management regrets the error.
The Mega View player in the last post sounds good. It would be nice if the Gmini 402 had direct record capabilities. Of course, it is more than a hundred dollars cheaper.
S.
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biswasd
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21. December 2005 @ 13:03 |
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can someone help a newbie with the following problem?
I am using dvdshrink to rip my dvd's and then using fairuse to convert to AVI format for transfer to my archos av500 pmp.
the only problem is that the g-damn letterbox black bars are still present on top and bottom of the movie, which in effect does not allow me to use the full screen of the archos?
any fairuse guru's in here? thanks in advance.
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davidjm
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6. May 2006 @ 01:47 |
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Hi,
Can someone assist with an Archos 700 issue? I have AutoGK and this works fine taking an off air Mpeg2 file and DivX'ing it for the Archos. The problem comes whenever i try to edit the file to remove the TV lead in and out. I have used VDub to cut the file and this outputs a massive uncompressed AVI, but works. However when i run AutoGK on the file the audio goes out of sync. So i tried outputting to DivX from VDub, this also sends the audio out of sync. It seems in order to generate the CBR MP3 for the Archos i cannot edit the file. Is there a better option? Help please...............
Cheers, David
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mink14
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7. August 2006 @ 09:38 |
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Hi. I'm not a pro in DVDs, video files, etc. Recently, i purchased the Archos AV400. I downloaded a movie from Ares and transfered it into archos but archos does not support that particular format (I'm guessing its AVI format). Could somebody please help me explaining and suggesting the software i require to do the needful.
Thanks!
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