FAQs

This is a collection of all FAQs I've written since I started out ripping plus some program specific FAQs which other people have written. Please note that you should also read the entire! respective guide which deals with your way of encoding. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information provided by external sources.

If you discover an error in one of the FAQs or have an addition to make please contact me. For all FAQs and Q&As in the forum please make the addition directly to the thread in question.

Audio related

AC3 Q&A
Audio FAQ - all about audio encoding
BeSweet FAQ
HeadAC3he FAQ

Capturing related

Capture FAQ
DV FAQ

DVD±R related

DVD-R media list
IfoEdit Q&A
Pioneer DVD-R FAQ
Media Quality test instructions

DivX/XviD related

DivX3 Q&A
DivX4 Q&A
DivX5 Q&A
Codec FAQ - all about various MPEG-4 codecs and their settings - last updated 08/12/01
Fair Use FAQ - name says it all. Written by the programmer himself
Fair Use Q&A
FlaskMpeg FAQ - all about FlaskMpeg (version 0.6 and older)
General conversion problems - general problems when converting to DivX not covered in the other documents - last updated 08/12
Gknot FAQ - all around GKnot - upated all the time
mpeg2avi FAQ - all about mpeg2avi - last updated 08/12/01
New A/V formats Q&A
Playback problems - everything about DivX playback - last updated 08/12
SBC FAQ - couple of questions answered, more to come
VirtualDub FAQ
VirtualDubMod FAQ
Xvid Q&A

S/VCD related

CCE FAQ
DVD2SVCD FAQ - all about DVD2SVCD - updated all the time
SVCD FAQ - all about VCD, SVCD and miniDVD encoding

AviSynth Q&A

Ripping FAQ - all about descrambling DVDs

VFP FAQ - covers everything around AviUtl, DVD2AVI and TMPG projects and the VFAPI converter - last updated 08/12

WM8 FAQ - by gft

This document was last updated on February 26, 2003