MeGUI is one of the newer tools that has been designed with H.264 encoding in mind, while supporting other types of conversion, such as XviD. This guide shows you how to encode a H.264 (MP4) using MeGUI from a DVD as the primary example (instructions for converting other types of video files are also included).
This guide is aimed at intermediate users, basically users that are familiar with DVD conversion/backup and want to experiment with H.264 and MeGUI. As such, basic knowledge of DVD ripping and conversion is required, although brief instructions will be provided in any case.
Software you'll need (all freeware):
Step 1: Installation
Step 2: DVD Ripping
Step 3: D2V Creator
Step 4: AviSynth Script Creator
Step 5a: Video Encoding Options MP4
Step 5b: Video Encoding Options XVID
After the AviSynth Script Creator window closes, it will be entered in the AviSynth Script box on the Input tab. Below that is the output file. Click the button to the right of it to change the location or name. Select the dropdown menu next to Codec and set it to XviD. File Format should be set to AVI, MKV, or RAWASP (MP4). To select a Video Profile, determine what percentage of original DVD's bitrate will be used for the XviD encode. If you're not sure, compare the combined size of the VOB files to the intended final size of the XviD. The profiles are named by what amount of compression they're designed for. For example, XviD '>90% comp. check' means it's for encodes that are 90% as big as the original or more. Find the largest percentage that's smaller than or equal to the amount of compression your encode will have. Each compression level will have a fast and HQ option. As the names suggest, one will give you faster encodes, and the other a little higher quality.
Step 6: Audio Encoding Options
Step 7: AutoEncode and starting the encoding
We're nearly finished. Press the "AutoEncode" button to launch the Automatic Encoder setup windows.
This is pretty straight forward - just specify the output size of your video file (and make sure the Container is set correctly, to "MP4" for the purpose of this guide). The output location can be changed as well - this file will be the final output file that you want, so make sure you remember where you put it and don't accidentally delete it when cleaning up (I like to put this file in a different folder to all the other files, just in case). Press the "Queue" button and all the necessary jobs will be added to the encoding queue.
Click on the "Queue" tab and all the jobs should be listed there. An explanation of the queued jobs shown in the screenshot below:
- job1: D2V Creation (already finished)
- job2-1: Encoding audio track 1
- job2-2: Encoding audio track 2
- job2-3: Encoding video, 1st pass
- job2-4: Encoding video, 2nd pass
- job2-5: Muxing audio and video to MP4
When you're ready to start, press the "Start" button to start the encoding and when it's all finished, your MP4 file should be ready. You can delete all the other files, unless you plan on making more encodings from them.
We're done
MeGUI Custom x264/AVC video profiles. (Updated: 2006-12-21)
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