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Hi,

I'm converting a lot of my old DVD's into Xvid format so I can use them with my home server streaming to my PS3 and 360.

At the moment I'm having to edit the footage down in VSX2 then export as a DVD, once created an ISO then run it though Fair Use to get it into the correct format for me.

I notice that you can output to video file in VS but seem to have no way to export to Dolby digital audio when using xvid, is this correct of have I missed something?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike.

Hi Mike,

I also see no option for Dolby audio when selecting Xvid conpression in VS. In my tests, I found that VS can produce pretty good Xvid files, and you have access to all the encoding parameters.

You might try some test projects, though, to see which workflow gives you the better results - unless you absolutely must have Dolby audio. Using VS should theoretically result in better picture quality, since the project only needs to be encoded once. In an ideal world, it might therefore also be quicker to just use VS, but unfortunately it doesn't make as full use of multi-core cpu's as some other programs.

Personally, I find x264 to give even better quality for a given file size, or a smaller file size for a given picture quality, than Xvid. You would normally have aac sound with the x264. You can't use VS to output to x264, unfortunately. In the past, I've used VS to output mpeg2 first. If you're never going to put the mpeg2 footage onto a DVD and it's coming from DV avi source clips, you can even make an mpeg2 file that uses a video bitrate in excess of the DVD standard which you then compress with a third party program. In my case I used the open source freeware Megui for that. It can also output to Xvid, incidentally.

It does seem to be a gaping hole, I've tried Mp3 but the Ps3 won't play those the best results that play on everything are AC3 with XVid

Thanks.