This guide provides a step-by-step instructions on converting a ISO file of a DVD Movie to an AVI file (DivX(R) codec) for playback on any of the Mvix Multimedia Centers. This article is meant for illustration and information purposes only, please visit or legal attribution page for more information on the DivX(R) trademark.

Required Software:

1. Virtual Clone Drive (Freeware)
   
2. DVD Shrink 3.2 (Freeware)
   
3. Dr. DivX(R) 2.0 OSS (Freeware)

Installation:

1. Install Virtual Clone Drive, and take all default prompts.
   
2. Install DVD Shrink 3.2, and take all default prompts.
   
3. Install Dr. Divx, and take all default prompts.
   

Follow these steps to mount the iso file so that it can then be converted:

* What is Virtual Clone Drive?

Virtual Clone Drive is a utility which allows you to take iso images, and mount them via a Virtual Drive. This makes it appear to the computer, operating system, and any applications as if there was a physical dvd drive install, with the actual physical disc. In reality, the dvd drive, is just a virtual representation of a dvd drive. This allows all applications to use the iso, as if it were a true disc.

1. Go to Start -> All Programs -> Elaborate Bytes -> Virtual Clone Drive -> Virtual Clone Drive
   
2. You will see the following window:
   
   
3. Here you can select how many virtual drives you would like, one drive should be enough. Once done select the OK button.
   
4. Navigate through windows explorer to the iso you want to mount, right click the iso, select Open With, and then select Mount files with Virtual Clone Drive.
   
5. Double Click My Computer and you should now see the iso/dvd mounted as in this picture:
   

Follow these steps to use DVD Shrink to prepare a iso/DVDsfor Dr. DivX(R).:

1. Click the Open Disc button on the menu bar and select the Virtual DVD drive that contains the disc * This is the drive created by Clone Drive*
2. In the left panel, right click on the Main Movie folder and select Copy as shown below:
   
3. Click the Re- author button on the menu bar. This will create a new DVD structure.
4. In the left panel, right click on the DVD item in the DVD structure and select Paste as shown below:
   
5. After this, a new title will be added: Title 1
6. In the right panel, select the Compression Settings tab.
7. In the Audio track list, check only one track. In the subpicture list, uncheck all of them. Then select No Compression for the video compression options as shown below:
   
   
   Note: The reason "No Compression" is selected is to avoid double encoding/compression which will degrade quality.
8. Click the Backup! button on the menu bar. A warning will appear if the size is too big. Simply ignore this message and click yes to continue.
9. Select Hard Disk Folder for the backup target and then select the destination folder as shown below:
   
10. Click OK to start the ripping process and wait until it is done.

Follow these steps to re-encode the prepared DVD files to an AVI file encoded with the DivX(R) Codec :

1. Start the Dr. DivX(R) application.
2. Click the Open... button and find the directory used as the target folder in step 10 in the DVD Shrink ripping process.
3. Select all the VOB files there.
4. Only one Audio track should be displayed and it should be checked. If there is more than one, check exactly one Audio track.
5. No Subtitle tracks should be displayed. If any are displayed, make sure that they are all unchecked.
6. Leave the rest of the settings unchanged.
7. Select the destination folder by clicking on the button pointed by the red arrow in the picture below:
   
8. Change the title to the name of the DVD
9. Click the Encode button (green arrow in the above picture). The next screen is the Batch screen.
10. One job will be displayed in the list with Waiting status.
11. Click the Resume button (red arrow in the picture below):
    
    This will start the encoder. Adjustments can be made in the thread priority (green arrow in the picture).
12. Wait until the job is done.
13. Go to the destination directory by clicking the Locate button and find the output file.
14. Transfer the file to the Mvix Media Center.

Try changing other settings in Dr. DivX(R) to improve the video quality, adjust screen size, and explore many other useful settings.

This article is meant for illustration and information purposes only, please visit or legal attribution page for more information on the DivX(R) trademark.