This KB article applies to those who:
MSUN Decoder Pack 2005 or later
The conversion in this guide uses the following DirectShow configuration. Your DirectShow configuration can be different from the following configuration.
Instead of 3ivX D4 Video Decoder, you might have DivX Video Decoder or XviD MPEG4 Video Decoder. Instead of ACM Wrapper you might have other recognized audio filter e.g. MPEG Audio Decoder.
If you find any other working DirectShow configurations please email me a screenshot of your DirectShow filter configuration and I will update the below list.
Working DirectShow configurations tested so far:
If you are not using 3ivX D4 4.5 Configurator then go directly to GSpot codec information
Set the DirectShow Priority to High. This will make you sure that you are using the proper 3ivX codec to render your 3ivX or DivX or XviD movie. You can alternatively use the DivX Decoder Filter or XviD MPEG4 Video Decoder.
Open GSpot
Render your DivX or XviD or 3ivX file
If rendering is successful, you are most like to get the following steps done correctly
Important:
Since the above American Wedding XviD is already fitting in to one 700 MiB, I didn't need to recalculate the bit rates to fit into one 700 MiB CD.
If you have a DivX/XviD file that is larger than 700 MiB and willing to fit it into one CD, then read: To compress large *ivX files to WMV, otherwise jump to Converting to WM9.
If you are using a larger source file, then you may need to do
following.
Assume that the Amercian Wedding XviD is a file of 1.37 GiB. All
you need to do is get the movie length and input the data in the calculator. Set
the target file size to 700 MiB.
96 kbps WMA9 would be enough to preserve the quality of 128 kbps MP3.
Open Windows Media Encoder 9
Choose Custom Session.
Source from: File and browse for your *ivX file
Go to Output tab and Use the encode to file option
Go to Compression > Edit
Choose Windows Media Video 8. It will encoder faster than Windows Media Video 9 and also will manage to preserve most (not all) the quality of *ivX files. However if you don't mind spending 5 or more hours for your conversion and willing to preserve much more quality, then go with Windows Media Video 9 or Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile.
The following conversion settings are recommended for successful *ivX to WMV conversions
Settings for Video which produced file sizes larger than the source
I set the Audio bit rate to 96kbps since I wanted allocate more bit rate for video, especially because I am not using Windows Media Video 8 in this conversion.
Set Attributes (optional). http://www.comingsoon.net/database.php
Now you are ready to encode
Enjoy!
Converting multiple *ivX CDs to single WMV is a similar and simple process
Example:
Die Another Day CD1.avi and Die Another Day CD2.avi
Follow the above guide for determining movie length for both CDs
01:06:56 hours for CD1 and 01:05:37 hours for CD2
If you are going to use CBR for both Audio and Video then you have to determine the total movie length
01: 06: 56 + 01:05:37 = 02:12:33
Determine the target video bit rate for 02:12:33 using the Bitrate Calculator
Your preferred target audio bit rate will be 96 Kbps since you will be using Windows Media Audio 9
Open Windows Media Encoder
Cancel the Wizard.
Source from: File and browse for your *ivX CD1 which will be your Source 1
At end > Roll over to the next source
Click Add button which is in the left side of the Sources panel
Source from: File and browse for your *ivX CD1 which will be your Source 2
Continue the necessary steps from Converting to WM9 in the above guide