This guide provides a step-by-step instructions on converting a DVD to an AVI file (DivX(R) codec) for playback on any of the Mvix Multimedia Centers. Compressing a DVD to an AVI file is an effective way to compress a DVD without much loss of quality. 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. DVD Shrink 3.2
2. Dr. DivX(R) 2.0 OSS

Follow these steps to use DVD Shrink to prepare a DVDs for Dr. DivX(R).:

1. Insert a video DVD into the PC's DVD-ROM and start the DVDShrink 3.2 application
2. Click the Open Disc button on the menu bar and select the DVD drive that contains the disc
3. In the left panel, right click on the Main Movie folder and select Copy as shown below:
   
4. Click the Re-author button on the menu bar. This will create a new DVD structure.
5. In the left panel, right click on the DVD item in the DVD structure and select Paste as shown below:
   
6. After this, a new title will be added: Title 1
7. In the right panel, select the Compression Settings tab.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Select Hard Disk Folder for the backup target and then select the destination folder as shown below:
    
11. 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.
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.