divxenc(1)

NAME
divxenc - the interactive shell script ripper

SYNOPSIS
divxenc [-1p|-2p|-3p|-fq|-b|-r|-sc|-scan|-iso|-bpp|-bpb|-v|--help] [-p <preset>]

DESCRIPTION
divxenc is an advanced and powerful interactive menu-driven shell script which uses the encoding utility MEncoder from the MPlayer project. The script can be used to encode either DVDs or regular video files to the MPEG-4 SP/ASP video format.

REQUIREMENTS
- MEnocder >= 1.0rc2
- lsdvd
- LAME (for MP3 audio encoding)
- FAAC (for AAC audio encoding)
- dvdxchap from ogmtools (for DVD chapters export)
- neroAacEnc (for AAC+ encoding)
- oggenc (for Vorbis encoding)
- mkvmerge from mkvtoolnix (for AVI -> MKV container conversion)
- MP4Box from gpac (for AVI -> MP4 container conversion)
- ogmmerge from ogmtools (for AVI -> OGM container conversion)

PARAMETERS

-1p Encode the DVD or video file in 1-pass mode

-2p Encode the DVD or video file in 2-pass mode

-3p Encode the DVD or video file in 3-pass mode

-fq Encode the DVD or video file in fixed-quant mode (constant quality)

<passmode> -p <preset>
    Use a predefined DivX quality preset, where <passmode> is the desired encoding mode (-1p or -2p or -fq) and <preset> is the desired quality preset to use (see below).
    You can choose from 8 different presets:

    nq --> Normal Quality (NQ) preset
        hq --> High Quality (HQ) preset
        vhq -> Very High Quality (VHQ) preset (recommended)
        ehq -> Extreme High Quality (EHQ) preset (recommended)
        uhq -> Ultra High Quality (UHQ) preset (recommended)
        ihq -> Insane High Quality (IHQ) preset
        hwp -> Stand-alone HW compatible (HWP) preset
        ps3 -> Sony PS3 compatible (PS3) preset

    Example of presets usage: divxenc -2p -p vhq
        The above example will encode the DVD or input video file in 2-pass mode using the Very High Quality (VHQ) preset

-bpb
    This option is similar to the -bpp one, except it calculates the Bits Per Block (bpb) values for various resolutions. The bpb value expresses how many bits each 16x16 macroblock gets. Good bpb values are between 37-52. As is the case with Bits Per Pixel, the bpb values are not absolute and depend on the video content you are willing to encode and the resolution you choose when scaling down.

-b /path/to/file/batchfile
    Load a batch file generated by this script. This option can be useful for testing or debugging the MEncoder parameters and for batch encoding.

-r  Reset configuration file. As of version 1.1.7, divxenc uses a configuration file which contains the paths to the programs needed for its correct operation. This option tells the script to remove and recreate the config file using the default values. It can be used to restore the original values of the config file in case the user has modified it and wants to get rid of those modifications. The configuration file is located in /home/your_username/.divxenc/config

-sc Perform a sanity check. This will check for the programs which are required for the correct operation of this script and it will print the status in a list. It will also display which audio codecs are supported by MEncoder.

-scan
    Scan the DVD disc/video file and display extensive information about it. With this option, one can display or export the information to a file on disk in text, perl, python, ruby or xml format - only for DVD scans

-iso
    Create an ISO image out of the DVD content and store it to disk.

-bpp
    This is a informative option which lets you calculate the Bits Per Pixel (bpp) values for various resolutions. The bpp value represents how much bits each pixel gets. The higher the bpp value is, the more distinct colors the pixels will have which leads to a higher overall picture quality. Note that these values are not absolute! For video content with a lot of black in it, a bpp value of 0.14 may look very good. Video content with a lot of high motion scenes may still look bad with a bpp value of 0.20, so this really depends on the content you are willing to encode and the resolution you choose when scaling down.

--help
    Display built-in help of the divxenc script and exit

-v  Display version of the divxenc script and exit

SEE ALSO
mencoder(1), lsdvd(1), dvdxchap(1), lame(1), oggenc(1), avisplit(1), transcode(1), mkvmerge(1), mp4box(1)

AUTHORS
divxenc was written by Grozdan Nikolov <neutrino8@gmail.com>

This manual page was written by the author of divxenc (see above)

BUG REPORTS
Please send all bug reports and/or questions/suggestions to <neutrino8@gmail.com>