DVD To DivX/XviD using Wizard

How to rip a DVD To DivX/XviD using FairUse Wizard

A new program that I tried recently is FairUse Wizard. From the first time I used it I was impressed from the easy to use interface and the very good quality of the output file. You can download it from below link.

STEP 1:

First of all you'll need to create a new project. Just set the name of the project (1) and the folder you want to put the files into (2) and then click Next.

The Batch processing (3) is useful when you want to do more than 1 encodings one after another (for example if you let your PC work when you sleep).

STEP 2:

After creating Project click Next.This screen should come up. Just select the drive you have the DVD into and click OK!

STEP 3:

Now you have to select the main movie. You can easily find the main movie from its length, so select the main movie (1) and the third option (2) and click Next.

STEP 4:

The program now actually rips the DVD in your hard drive, so you'll have to wait a little (about 20mins) before you can continue. After this process you can remove the disc from your DVD drive. Make sure that you have around 10GB free before you find out that the ripping failed because you ran out of space!

STEP 5:

Here's the nice stuff! In the Frame range (1) you can see the frames that are going to be encoded. Move the slider above the Set credits start (2) button to the point that the credits start and click the button. Put the value you'll see in the button itself in the End frame textbox of the Frame range option (1).

After that you'll need to chop the black bars. Auto set (3) works nicely, so just click it and it will do the job. Check out the preview window to be sure that everything was done successfully. If you want to add some subpictures (subtitles) then just check the box and select the ones you want in Subpicture (4). You can also edit or deactivate the vertical safety zone (5) which actually rises the subtitles a little bit.

s always you can see the changes in the preview window.You may also want to select Show forced subtitles only to display the subtitles that a movie may have if for example in one scene they do not speak English (for example in the Lord of The Ring). After all these, click Next.

STEP 6:

In this screen I suggest you click Auto detect (1) and then select the option it suggest you (2). Then click Next.

STEP 7:

This is the last screen with settings so be patience! The settings are pretty easy as the program makes all bitrates calculations and stuff automatically. But you can do it by yourself too. Select codec setting in the Video codec settings (1) then click on Codec Setting button (2) a new pop up will appear Xvid Configuration. Now you can change codec setting. Do not change any settings if you are not expert.Select the codec you want to use (3). The results are almost the same, and the choice is yours, I prefer XviD. If your movie is a cartoon you may want to enable the Cartoon mode of XviD codec.

Then add an audio track (5) and select the encoding (6). I selected AC3. For Mp3 128kbps is just fine, and you may go a little lower (like 96kbps) for a big movie. After the sound settings you need to select a resolution (7). I suggest you use the one that has a width closer to 640. Finally select file size (4) and out put file segments (8). If you want to encode more videos you have to click the Defer processing button. After all these settings click Nextand the encoding starts!

STEP 8:

This is the encoding window. You may want to select Shutdown computer when done if you leave your PC and go. Just wait a few hours (note that the time you see is for the first pass only) and your DivX / XviD video will be ready!

Finally I can say that I was impressed by FairUse Wizard. It is a very powerful tool that creates very good quality video of while it is easy for the newbie to use. In a comparison to the other freeware programs like AutoGK, DVDx, etc, I can say that FairUse is much better, and actually it's the program I use from now on. A very good thing is that it is updated often. Also FairUse is much easier to use, includes a ripper and a calculator so that you don't have to bother. It still needs 1-2 things like the ability to encode directly from the DVD or to load DVD files from the hard disk and it is going to be perfect.

Enjoy:-)