Hi there, I finally recieved my new Archos AV-420 Digital Recorder player (It took a while..I'm in Iceland) I have lots of movies and t.v shows on my computer, and hardly any of them played. I installed the software from the Archos website, but can't make heads or tales.. I have no knowledge of any of this stuff. Is there a simple way to make my files playable on the AV420? Thanks!
Downlaod AutoGK (from this site or www.rita.lt) and PocketDivXEncoder and DVD Decrypter. highly suggest reading the Auto GK DVD-to-AVI guide on rita.lt for instruction on how to setup DVD Decrypter and Auto GK before continuing my guide (do not read after the setup portion as they are creating dvd backups not the files we need). ... Now that your back, open up DVD Decrypter, drop youre dvd you wanna backup into your dvd-rom and pick the movie or tv episode you want to burn to the HD in the "ifo" mode as read in the guide. Press the green disc button to start the ripping. When it is done (usually 5-15 minutes), open up Auto GK and at the top left select "dvd input" and in the input directory select the file you just created with decrypter. In output file rename the file to what you want the file to appear as on your lyra. Now go to advanced settings (towards the center of auto gk)under codec, select "divx5", and finally under "output audio", select CBR mp3, 128 kps. Now press OK and select "target quality" under "output size". I would say leave it at 75, but you can make it smaller to have a smaller file size but you will also lose some quality. Next press "Add job" (near the bottom right) and then "Start". The encoding process will take about 1 hour 25 minutes for a 2 hour movie and 18 minutes for a tv episode (chappeles show, family guy, etc..) Now...Open up Pocket Divx encoder, When you open it it will ask you what portable you are encoding the files for, select "Archos v4xx". Now go to open file on the top left and selct the file you just created. Leave the video quality at 60 and audio quality at 7. Set brightness to +6. Next to output dimensions select "change" and change the resolution to the resolution acceptable on your Archos. Now press "add to list" and then "Encode all". The Encoder takes about 4 minutes for every 200 mb, so do the math. Enjoy!
Sorry left one thing out, under output audio, cbr audio may not be necessary if the archos can accept ac3 or vbr. Please referrence the manual to see if those are acceptable. Hope this helps.
