PS2 Capture to DivX Guide

[Andrew87]

Ps2 DivX Compression Guide

Hi, and welcome to my capture guide for Playstation 2. If you would like to capture video from your Playstation 2 you are going to need to following programs (as well as the necessary hardware of course :-) :

o VirtualDub-AC3-MPEG2 1.5.4
o NanDub 1.0rc2
o Razorlame 1.1.5
o Lame MP3 DLL (lame_enc.dll) 3.93.1
o DivX 5.0.5 Pro Codec

Note: It may not be important that your version matches the exact version which I used, as there maybe more updated versions or slightly less updated, but it shouldn't make too much difference.


In this guide I will be capturing video directly from my PS2 to my PC via the VideoInput from my graphics card, I will not detail how I did this, because there are many different ways which I hope you are already familiar with some; however if you do not have capture software you can capture using VirtualDub and by clicking on 'File > Capture AVI...'. There are many other ways which you can capture video from your PS2, here are some examples. By a TV card, by your graphics card and by Digital Video (DVCam - via Firewire), these are just some examples which I know of.

Capture your video and then proceed below.


VirtualDub 1.5.4
Start VirtualDub 1.5.4 and load your video by clicking on 'File > Open'. With your video loaded you will now want to export the audio file. Click on 'Audio' and make sure that 'Source Audio' and 'Direct Stream Copy' are selected. Now click on 'File > Save WAV...'. Now make a new folder for your project and before you click on 'Save'. [If your source file had mp3 audio (most of the time yes) then type '.mp3' at the end of your filename and change the 'Save as type:' option to All files (*.*).] Now click 'save'.

Your work in VirtualDub is not yet finished, but for now you can minimize the program.


Razorlame 1.1.5
Note: Make sure that you have extracted both 'lame.exe' and 'lame_enc.dll' to Razorlame's installation directory, e.g. 'C:\Program Files\Razorlame\' before you use it for the first time.

Click on the 'Add' button and open your audio file. Now click on the 'LAME' button and make sure the following settings match:

Note: Your desktop may be a different location

Now click on Encode. After the process has finished we can close Razorlame
It is now safe to delete the source Audio File from your Project folder, do not delete the MP3 created on your desktop. After doing so, move the mp3 file from your desktop into your project folder.


VirtualDub 1.5.4
Back in VirtualDub once again. Click on 'Audio' and then make sure 'No Audio' is selected. Now click on 'Video' and then make sure that 'Fast Recompress' is selected and now click on 'Compression'.

Make sure that you have selected DivX Pro 5.0.5 Codec and then click 'Configure'.
You should now be looking at the DivX configuration page. Change the settings of the frontpage (Bitrate Control) so that they match the following:

'Do not prompt with errors and warnings' should also be ticked. Now click on the 'Select' button.

Now select your desktop and call the file 'DivX.log'.

The rest of your settings should match the following:

Now click on 'OK' and then 'OK' again on the 'Select Video Compression' box.
Now click on 'File > Save as AVI...' inside VirtualDub and locate your Projects folder and call the filename whatever you want, it's not really important.

Now wait for the conversion process to finish:

After the conversion is done, click on 'Video' > 'Compression...' and then 'Configure' once again.

Change the settings on the 'Bitrate Control' page so that it matches these settings:

Now click on 'OK' and then 'OK' again on the 'Select Video Compression' box.
Now click on 'File > Save as AVI...' inside VirtualDub and locate your Projects folder and call the filename 'video' and then select 'Save'.

This time after the conversion is done you can delete 'DivX.log' from your desktop and 'divx-tmp.avi'; do not delete your 'mp3 'or 'video.avi' files from your project folder. We are now done in VirtualDub hurray! Close the program and open NanDub


NanDub 1.0rc2
Open your 'video.avi' file from your projects folder by clicking on 'File' > 'Open video file...'. Once your video file has loaded, under the 'Video' tab select 'Direct Stream Copy'.

Under 'Audio' select '(VBR) MP3 Audio' and open locate the audio file from your project folder.

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We are now ready for the last stage. Simple click on 'File' > 'Save as AVI...' inside of NanDub and then save your video/audio file wherever you like, and call it whatever you like, it's usually best to save it to 'My Documents' or your 'Desktop' and call it something which is appropriate to it's content.

We are now all done! You should now have a good quality video complete with audio of your PS2 capture, it is now safe to delete your Project directory and show of your video to the world :-).

 

[Andrew87]

Please note that where you see 288 x 216, this is the resolution of the video, a higher number which keeps to the aspect ratio is better, I was forced to use the resolution because my capture resolution was low, however, depending how you captured your video, it may have a higher resolution and you can use that value here, this will give a higher quality to your video

 

[19xx]

Nice. This has got to be a sticky.

 

[Nigma]

damn man......nice job, put a lot of work into this thread huh? Keep it up.

P.S. ya this should be a sticky.

 

[c3l1ca]

Hi Andrew!

I know this questions is not about what you talk here but..

I'm looking for a software that makes PS2 play mp3.
Do know something?

Thanx


p.s. great guide I'm going to save it

 

[Andrew87]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys .

cELica there is software which will play mp3s on your PS2, but you need a way of starting the disc in the first place by either the use of a modchip or a swapmethod. the software is called 'PS2 Reality Media Player' and it will play DivX, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and a few other file formats. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the link to it, because it's not considered warez, but just to be safe all I can say is that the group who make it are called PS2Reality and it's a great piece of software. Also be sure to search the net for their page

 

[c3l1ca]

thanx Andrew!

 

[[Jetstorm]-R]

So the video card must have a TV Out? or TV In? Can you capture with TV out?

 

[Andrew87]

I captured using TV-In, I don't think you can capture with TV-Out. My graphics card has two round circles and one black cirlce at the back, I use the lead that originally came with the PS2 and plug the yellow section into my graphics card yellow slot. Also I bought a little adapter which cost £1.50 (probably can be bought for 50p) which converts the red and white sockets to a normal headphone jack which can be plugged into your line in or microphone socket in your sound card.

 

[c3l1ca]

Yes I have video card with only tv-out too
but I use an tv-card (PCI) to download video from PS2

Hey Andrew, I've download that software but it's so hard to install it Do you have a tutorial for it or something?

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

Originally posted by Andrew Mackrodt
Please note that where you see 288 x 216, this is the resolution of the video, a higher number which keeps to the aspect ratio is better, I was forced to use the resolution because my capture resolution was low, however, depending how you captured your video, it may have a higher resolution and you can use that value here, this will give a higher quality to your video

Hey, at least you picked something that was 1.33:1. I've been on soooo many boards where people will talk all day about tweaking VDub, GKnot, AviSynth and DivX for the best quality, but then they stretch out the damn video with a bad aspect! And nobody even notices. It's sad.

The aspect is an important thing to keep in mind.

NTSC = 320x240 (single-field) or 640x480 (double-field) at 30FPS.
PAL = 384x288 (single-field) or 768x576 (double-field) at 25FPS.

That's 1.33 : 1 aspect. You're also better off if your output is divisible by 8 in each direction (actually it should be divisible by 16 in the horizontal direction if you want it to work with all TV-Out cards). So, these are all good resolutions to scale down to:

640x480
608x456
576x432
544x408
512x384
480x360
448x336
416x312
384x288
352x264
320x240
288x216
256x192
224x168

If you use any other resolution, you're going to have to crop your input to match the aspect of your output.

 

[Andrew87]

Originally posted by cELica
Hey Andrew, I've download that software but it's so hard to install it Do you have a tutorial for it or something?

You need to download binary versions of all software (already compiled) after doing so here is what you should have:

VirtualDub-AC3-MPEG2-1.5.4
Filename: VirtualDub-MPEG2-AC3.zip
Size: 632kb

Installation Instructions: Extract this file onto your computer to a location such as "c:\program files\virtualdub\". After doing so browse to this directory and right-click on VirtualDub.exe and select "Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).

Usage: Double-click VirtualDub.lnk on your desktop.


NanDub 1.0rc2
Filename: nandub-binary-1.0rc2.rar
Size: 802kb

Installation Instructions: Extract this file onto your computer to a location such as "c:\program files\nandub\". After doing so browse to this directory and right-click on Nandub.exe and select "Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).

Usage: Double-click Nandub.lnk on your desktop.


Razorlame 1.1.5
Filename: razorlame115.zip
Size: 332kb

Installation Instructions: Extract this file onto your computer to a location such as "c:\program files\razorlame\". After doing so browse to this directory and right-click on RazorLame.exe and select "Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).

Usage: Double-click RazorLame.lnk on your desktop.


Lame MP3 DLL (lame_enc.dll) 3.93.1
Filename: lame-3.93.1.zip
Size: 416kb

Installation Instructions: Extract this file onto your computer to the same directory where you extracted RazorLame. If you extracted RazorLame to "c:\program files\razorlame\" then the lame-3.93.1.zip files should also be in this exact directory, make sure that they haven't extracted themselves to "c:\program files\razorlame\lame-3.93.1\"

Usage: Automatically used when using RazorLame.


DivX 5.0.5 Pro Codec
Important Note: The DivX 5.0.5 Pro Codec on the DivX.com site contains spyware (which is bad), if you have a firewall such as ZoneAlarm, you should be able to block the GATOR software from connecting to the internet, there is a Standard version of the DivX codec available although it has less features. You can get Spyware free DivX 5.0.5 Pro by downloading and installing the Kazaa-Lite Codec Pack, this also features many usefull codecs such as XviD and MPEG2 - it can be found from the official Kazaa-Lite website although it is around 8mb.

Filename: varies
Size: varies

Installation Instructions: Self-Install executable, just double click the install file and follow the onscreen instructions.

Usage: See VirtualDub tutorial.

 

[Vasco]

There should be a link to this thread in that "READ BEFORE YOU POST" sticky. It sounds helpful, now all I need is all this stuff and an Xport.

 

[c3l1ca]

Sorry Andrew I don't wrote right. I was talking about the software about mp3 (ps2reality)

but anyway thanx for explaining so clearly your guide

 

[Andrew87]

If you cannot boot burned cds on your PS2 then it's not worth burning the PS2 Reality Player, but if you can play burned cd-r on your PS2, then you can burn the player with mp3s on the same cd (although if you've never done it before it will be very complicated) or burn the ISO or BIN Image file using CDR-Win by Goldenhawk, (you can use other software too, but CDR-Win is the only software that works everytime for me). Once you have the player working you need to burn the MP3s onto another cd, keeping to the PS2 format. You can not have more than 8 letters per filename, and you can not have more than 32 files in any one directory, also the cd must be burnt as a CD-XA, Mode2 CD-ROM. Once you've done that, you just boot the PS2Reality Media Player, and swap discs.

 

[Andrew87]

If you don't know about PS2 images, try a search on google, you may also need software called CDGenPS2 - it's more hassle than it's worth really, considering you can buy a multiregion DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3, Kodak Picture player for around £40-60.

 

[vat_man]

Nice guide Andrew - I might pop this into the PS2 forum and make it a sticky.

 

[Andrew87]

Thanks again for all the positive feedback guys

 

[vrmx]

I don't really agree in many thing of this guide.
I make my own videos on DVD rip basis to get better quality.

 

[Andrew87]

DVD rips are different, you would want good quality because mostly it's something personal and you want it to be good.

The quality of these videos give you about 8meg for 3minutes video. Whereas your DVDrips probably give 10meg for 1minute, this guide is intended for people to share their video at low filesizes but good quality for what it is.

Maybe I'll make a revised guide which shows you how to get dvdrip quality, it only involves changing the 320 to at least 905, up the resolution a bit, and change a few settings in Razorlame, these really don't need any explaining, higher number = better quality.

 

[Tom M]

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ has several tutorials of this nature that will show you how to do this and many other things. (Just for reference if these pics ever go down.)

 

[c3l1ca]

Hi Andrew!

I don't know if you can help me...
I'm looking for a software that extract audio trax from Ps2s games. Do you know a good program for this? I try awave but it doesn't extract all type of audio files.

Thank you ;D

 

[JordanJ]

.. does any one kow a website were to get the capture card for my ps2???? i have looked on all the websites were did you get yours from?

 

[Darin]

Hmmm....Seems interesting. Im gonna have to try it out sometime.

 

[slvr2000fdvspec]

does anyone know how to record from ps2 to my dv camcorder?

 

[crazyazn7412]

probably not gonna happen anytime soon...the av jacks camcoreders are video and audio out while u would need av jacks to go into it

 

[DMotion]

TVideoGrabber is very nice capture software
but i wish someone had a crack because i only found the demo :|

 

[puricele7e]

The pics in the first post don't show up anymore,PLEASE HELP !!!

Thank you

 

[crazyazn7412]

tsk tsk tsk...dont use cracks dude

 

[mentalabc123]

read thisif you have a tv capture card, use showshifter with it to capture video from your card. what i do is connect the ps2 via a ps2 RF unit to the capture card. then, i tune showshifter into the ps2. i record the video in showshifter, and then open the file in Windows Movie Maker. i then save the file in windows movie maker in 320x240 resolution, bitrate 340kbps. the quality is decent but not too big.