Hello, I have just downloaded the trial of DVDFAB 5.0.3.0 and notice that in the mobile section there isn't an option to encode to the Archos player. Also, in "generic" there is no option to encode to DivX. Both of these options are shown in the tutorial.

All I want to do with the software is rip from DVD via the PC to the Archos, which I usually do in DivX, and keep an archive on the PC.

Other options do work well and have settled for the Generic AVI Xvid Audiocopy, but just wondered where the Archos options were.

Otherwise, this is a great program and I will certainly be purchasing.

These are profiles I made and put in my machine that appear using Customize UI to install them as devices, so they show up in the screen captures. I don't use the divx/xvid one any more since the H264 looks much better. I will attach them as text files. Copy them to your profiles folder, changing the .txt to .xml. Then use Customize UI->DVD to Mobile, New to make them show up in the navigation window as they do in the captures.

//EDIT// Here are the profiles.

Thank you for the profiles, I will try them now.

I did some test encoding with H264 but it wouldn't play with Windows media player. Do I need a codec or another player?

Hi Baz47 and welcome to cdfreaks,

It appears my good friend signals is offline right now.
Maybe he's actually earning his keep...
(Just kidding pard)

Anyway, we usually recommend VLC media player. It does not rely on outside codecs and willl play darn near anything. It's free and there's a lnk in my sig...

Maineman, thankyou. I will try VLC. "Free" sounds good.

Signals, Thank you for the text files. They are installed and work like a dream. Just off to look for my next problem.

@Maineman
Thanks for the backup pard, busy morning here! Read my mind as usual.

@Baz47
Glad they worked for you. You will also enjoy having VLC on your system, it is a great player and video file tool.

I downloaded the VLC player and used the Archos profiles and have come up with two problems.

The Archos wont play H264 files, I need to purchase a plug-in.

Windows Media Player 10 wont play MPeg-4 and neither will the VLC player. Nero also wants me to purchase a plug-in. How do I play MPeg-4 on the PC?

The .MP4s (H.264+MP3) that I make with that profile play perfectly on VLC. I have done tons of them. I'll try one with the xvid profile (makes AVIs) which I haven't used in a while. The profile may need tweaking. Sorry, I have the Cinema and H264 plugins on mine; I though you mentioned in an earlier post that you were playing VOBs with it, which requires the Cinema plugin, and just assumed you had both. You should not need anything to play either file with VLC; you might need ffdshow to play them on WMP but I wouldn't think so. I'll try the MEPG-4/AVI profile and post the results.

Thank you for the relpy. Please don't go to too much trouble with this.

Yes, I only have the Cinema plug-in for the Archos 504.

On both PC players I am getting a green vertical bar and a faint green/yellow offset dual image. The VLC seems to be the worse.

I can always revert to a generic Xvid setting which plays OK on everything.

Hi wonder if you can help I have recently bought an Archos 705 WiFi and want to use DVDFAB to convert movies for this player but cannot see any Profiles for ths player. Can your profiles be altered to suit this player and if so can you give me some clues how to go about this. I have all the plugins and so I am not bothered which codec to use or file size just want best quality. Thanks for any help

@Private4587
If you want the best picture quality, use the H264 profile (the top one) in post #3 in this thread. Although it was made for the 504/604, it will work with your 705 with no problem if you have both plug-ins. You will need to install it using the Customize UI function. There are instructions for this in the DVDFab Tutorial (linked in my sig, "Official Guide"). The example in the tutorial is for AppleTV but the steps are exactly the same. First, download the profile to your profiles folder (Program Files->DVDFab 5->Profiles) and rename it, changing only the file suffix from .txt to .xml, then follow the steps in the Tutorial. I use the 480x270 screen size for my 504; you can try that but one of the larger ones may look better on the 705. Test it and see, and post again if you have problems or need more help.

@Baz47
Sorry for not getting back to you. The Xvid+MP3 still works fine on mine and with VLC.