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Encoding
How to Make Your Own Small-Sized Encodes
Sep 15th
There are a variety of free programs available that can re-encode a video to a smaller size using the x264 codec. For example, most professional encoders use MeGUI and StaxRip. These are excellent programs but they can be kind of complicated for the average computer user. You might know these releases as “300MB movies” or something like that.
Today I’m going to show you how you can re-encode a video using only one program – you don’t have to use any other external software. You don’t have to know anything about video encoding either; I’ll explain every detail as we go on.
Join AVI Files With VirtualDub
Sep 2nd
After the announcing of the new XviD scene release rules, most movies that run for longer than an hour and forty-four minutes are ripped into two equal sized AVI files. This can be convenient for people who watch their movies on standalone DivX players, but this is bad news for users who watch their movies on their PCs. It just doesn’t feel the same – switching from one part to another.
Rip Your Audio CDs to FLAC
Aug 27th
I recently posted a tutorial showing you how to rip (or backup) DVD movies. This time around it’s pretty much the same thing but with audio CDs. Just like DVD movie collectors, there are also audio CD collectors, and, in my opinion, backing up everything to your PC or preferably an external hard drive is the best solution. You never know what can happen to your precious collection, so it’s better to be safe than sorry.
In this guide, I will be showing you how you can rip an audio CD to your hard drive then convert it to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec).
Quick Guide to Backing Up DVDs
Aug 17th
Collecting DVD movies is a widespread hobby. People just love looking at their vast collections and love it even more when they watch their movies again and again. But for some collectors, DVDs can be a pain in the neck.
The fact of having so many DVD cases can sometimes hurt your personal space, especially in apartments or flats. I’m happy to say that this can be avoided by backing up all your DVDs to an external hard disk or to your PC. In this guide, I’ll be showing you how this can be done using two simple applications.
