Archos 400 10.2

10.2 Using MPG4 Translator

Here you see the image of the main MPG4

Translator program. When you ﬁ rst run

the program, if the DivX™ codec has not

been installed yet, you will be notiﬁ ed. You

should download the codec and install it on

your computer. If the Virtual dub program

has not been installed, you will also be

notiﬁ ed, and you should install it (either

with the Archos Installation Utility or the

Virtual Dub website). If you have placed

the Virtual Dub program in a folder other

than the default, it will ask you to locate

the ﬁ le.

Select Source & Destination Files

In the example above, a source ﬁ le 24 hours of Lemans.avi has been selected

as the source video. You can see on the bottom of the window its original

characteristics (width 720, height 576, frame rate 25). Next, you must then tell

the program where to place (Set Destination ﬁ le) the newly recorded version

of the ﬁ le (don’t worry, it will not erase the original). You should give it a new

descriptive name, such as shown above Lemans_Gmini400.avi. Make sure you

add the .avi extension.

Change Settings

Next, you can change the parameters (Change Settings) of the DivX™

encoder to adjust the level of quality of the ﬁ nal image. Like MP3 music,

the higher the bit rate setting is

made, the higher the quality of the

music, or video in this case, that

you will get. However, this will also

take up more space on your hard

disk. A setting of 900 kbps will give you a nice looking image for viewing

on a television. For near DVD quality, you can set it up to 1200 kbps. If

you do not use the standard version, uncheck the bidirectional encoding

in your DivX codec property page.