Hi all at the Wine Forum. This is my first post so apologies if my question is foolish. I'm quite new to Linux and totally new to Wine. I'm running Wine under Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and have installed FairUse Wizard 2.8 to see if it will run. It's the full version which was released for free earlier this year and I've been using it successfully in Windows XP. I want to dump Windows but would like to continue using FairUse Wizard as it's such a great program and my attempts to rip with dvd:rip have so far failed (I don't like it anyway LOL).
So far I've successfully ripped a DVD with FairUse Wizard 2.8 with no problems using the built in XviD codec. However I prefer DivX. Although I've tried installing several versions of the DivX codec in Wine (ensuring divx.dll was in windows/system32/ in each case) FairUse doesn't see it and will not give me the option to use DivX to transcode the movie.
If anyone could suggest any way I can point FairUse at the codec or how I might register it with the program in some way, I'd be very grateful. Thanks for looking and regards,
green.
FairUse Wizard Doesn't See DivX Codec
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greenbehemoth
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Re: FairUse Wizard Doesn't See DivX Codec
greenbehemoth wrote: So far I've successfully ripped a DVD with FairUse Wizard 2.8 with no problems using the built in XviD codec. However I prefer DivX. Although I've tried installing several versions of the DivX codec in Wine (ensuring divx.dll was in windows/system32/ in each case) FairUse doesn't see it and will not give me the option to use DivX to transcode the movie.
From the FAQ on the FairUse Wizard website:
FairUse comes up with a psikey.dll missing error whenever I run it. Furthermore, I can't use the DivX encoding, only XviD is available.
The psykey.dll error comes from the DivX codec itself when FairUse tries to load it. This happens because you installed the ad-sponsored version of the codec, then used some spyware removal tool like Ad-Aware that removed the "ad-support" software.
To take care of this isue, you can choose to uninstall the DivX codec, or install a fully functional version of it. With a "hacked" version of the codec you won't be able to encode with DivX since the codec won't load.
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greenbehemoth
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Hi dimesio, thanks for your reply. Yes I was aware of that and made sure I tried a couple of legitimate DivX codecs including 5.2.1 and the latest codec (6.
from divx.com. No luck with either. One thing though, I only installed the codec itself and not the full bundle, ie player, converter etc. But don't think that should have made a diference.
from divx.com. No luck with either. One thing though, I only installed the codec itself and not the full bundle, ie player, converter etc. But don't think that should have made a diference.-
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Well, still no resolution to this issue. BUT I've now ripped several movies with XviD and I have to say the result are truly outstanding. Takes a little longer than DivX but given the quality of the output I'm well pleased. Also successfully used the built-in x264 codec and I have to say, with the same output file size, XviD wins hands down producing a more detailed, and much sharper image.
In case anyone's interested, I also compared to rips of same movies done with OGMRip and dvd::rip and there's just no comparison. FU Wizard is simply the best
Thanks to all who took the time to read my thread. Best regards,
green.
In case anyone's interested, I also compared to rips of same movies done with OGMRip and dvd::rip and there's just no comparison. FU Wizard is simply the best
Thanks to all who took the time to read my thread. Best regards,
green.
