D-Vision
D-Vision 3.2.2
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D-Vision is a GUI to encode Divx 3, Divx 4, Xvid and h264 with Mencoder.
What's New
Version 3.2.2:
  • Universal binaries release (PPC and x86)
  • some changes in the installer (may fix some problem with PPC)
  • better search function with Spotlight
  • you can see encoding speed by clicking under the progress bar
Requirements
Intel/PPC, OS X 10.3 or later

*Previously available here



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D-Vision User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 3.x:
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Apveenstra commented on 28 Aug 2011
It says it's a universal binary, however parts of it are PPC only. The tool to join movies for example throws an error on Lion: "You can't open the application avimerge because PowerPC applications are no longer supported".

Used to love this App, but it looks like I need to find a replacement :(
[Version 3.2.2]


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Supertheman commented on 15 Apr 2010
As someone else has stated, D-Vision quit working after an update to Leopard came out. It also doesn't work under Snow Leopard. As the other person has pointed out, it goes through the motions, but when you tell it to "Add Task" it does nothing.

I checked the Console to see what was happening and got this:

D-Vision 3[559] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil' invoked observer method: '*** -[TaskController newTaskNotif:]' observer: 0x15bae0 notification name: 'newTaskSend'

Not sure what that means, but it seems like the program is sending empty tasks. It's too bad the developer has abandoned this, because I know of no other program that joins VOB files.
[Version 3.2.2]

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26cab40 replied on 18 Jun 2010
Yes, tried the latest alpha build.
It's in French.
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Myschizobuddy replied on 30 Jan 2011
NO english version available of the latest alpha.
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Aikousha replied on 19 Jan 2012
It's easy to join VOB files...
use the terminal command CAT. Concatenate the VOB files in the order you want them in. As long as they were split properly on frames it works perfectly and easily. Best way is to title each file in numbered order... File1.VOB, File2.VOB, File3.VOB, etc.
1. open the terminal
2. set the directory by typing "cd " and then dragging the icon in the window's titlebar into the terminal window... the path will appear, and just hit return.
3. type "cat File*.VOB > Output.VOB" and hit return.
This combines all the files in numerical order, into the file "Output.VOB". There may be timecode breaks in the resultant file, but these can be fixed with MPEG Streamclip if needed.

It's never failed me, and I do this all the time with my DVD Recorder, as I use the highest quality and often get videos that take 2 to 3 whole DVD-RWs to import into my Mac.
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Forest14 commented on 27 Jan 2010
Great soft. The second audio track and audio track extraction results in a bugged mp3 file. I could not find a way to add multiple subtitles.
[Version 3.2.2]


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+451
Corpsecorps tipped on 13 Apr 2009
If you've tried to join AVI's with ffmpegX and gotten messed up headers, D-Vision will do the job properly. 8^)
[Version 3.2.2]

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Aikousha replied on 19 Jan 2012
ffmpegx sucks at splitting and joining AVI's. Avidemux works best that I've found for doing this, and you have frame specific points for adding and splitting.
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chriscosta commented on 11 Dec 2008
I loved this program. It gave such excellent Xvid results. Better quality and filesize ratios of anything I've ripped DVD's with on PC or Mac, even if it was slower. But sometime in the past 10.5.x Leopard micro-update, it stopped working. When you load a source up, you can go through all the motions, make settings, crop, etc, but when you go to add the task to the queue it "loses" the source and doesn't add the task. Also, you can't add any tasks to the list regardless of what you're doing. I'm very sad that this program was broken by an update and the developer seems to have all but abandoned it. The forums haven't seen any real activity in months. :(

Using Intel Mac with OS X "Leopard" 10.5.5

If anyone knows any way to fix D-Vision 3.2.2 so it works again, please reply to this review thread!
[Version 3.2.2]

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chriscosta commented on 11 Dec 2008
Well, I figured it out. You need to completely uninstall D-Vision 3 through the "File --> Uninstall" menu item from within D-Vision 3 and then reinstall it and the files it needs and it'll work again.

I took too long and was unable to edit my comment above.

Hope this tip helps someone else!!

D-Vision is still the best Mencoder/Xvid encoder out there! It's slower than some others like HandBrake or VisualHub but the quality is outstanding!! It does it better with a smaller filesize, amazingly. Also, the encodes work with my PS3.

:)
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Pedro Figueiredo commented on 23 Jun 2008
I love this app, it's full of tools and the compresion quality is excellent. Unfortunantly this app keeps crashing all the time retriving:
Process: tcprobe [410]
Path: /Applications/D-Vision 3.app/Contents/Resources/tcprobe
Identifier: tcprobe
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: D-Vision 3 [404]
[Version 3.2.2]


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BigCat commented on 05 Apr 2008
Great product. I'm just missing the split into chapter function. Since I'm "grabbing" episodes collections for my daughter I've to manually reload the DBD and creaqte a new task for each episode.
[Version 3.2.2]


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Alexr commented on 23 Oct 2007
I love this program because it is so easy to use. At first it went straight to 0.10% but now its not doing anythin but making funny noises. How long does it usually take for a 1hour 30min movie?
[Version 3.2.2]

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slvtnplt replied on 07 Apr 2008
It takes me around 1.5 hours to encode a movie that length.
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fedesartorio reviewed on 15 Oct 2007
D-Vision is my favorite movie converter out there. I almost exclusively encode in H264 nowadays; d-vision is a tad slower than Handbrake on this front, but the quality is much better. I encoded the same movie at the same bitrate with the two programs just to test them and the overall quality in D-Vision is noticeably better. Especially in the gradients which are a lot smoother at the default settings.

Everything else also works great in D-Vision: effective and straightfoward.

The only thing missing in my opinion is a small integrated tool to join/split H264 movies, that would be great.
[Version 3.2.2]


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Ironman reviewed on 09 Feb 2007
It is the only program that can encode DVD-RAM discs with several chapters and undefined audio track. Toast or Popcorn will crash if you try to do this. This is a new feature in 3.2.2 because 3.0.2 was crashing exactly like Toast or Popcorn. So 5 stars again for this update, which solved a problem I had.
[Version 3.2.2]


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+48
mac adam had trouble on 26 Nov 2007
Need some Leopard Fix
[Version 3.2.2]


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+9
Paulsrandall had trouble on 29 Apr 2006
How do you get this to work? It runs an endless loop trying to install the Dynamic Libraries. They never install making it impossible to launch D-Vision. Fix it and I can rate it.
[Version 3.2.1]


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lout had trouble on 12 Jan 2005
When i wants xvid with finale file size 1200MB program make always file size around 600MB....if this working for me its
super program thnx
[Version 3.0.3]


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Xiarimeizi had trouble on 10 Jan 2004
good software!!! but i don't know how to use it. Is there any help-file for English user?
[Version 2.1.2]




bbberi rated on 29 Apr 2013

[Version 3.2.2]



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Larry2 rated on 02 May 2012

[Version 3.2.2]


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Version Downloads:100,747
Type:Multimedia Design : Video
License:Free
Date:29 Apr 2006
Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X
Price:Free0.00
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