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  1. I ripped a DVD & there seems to be a bunch of weird dots going in & out on the video. Is there anyway 2 fix this ? Or is the DVD dirty / unrippable ?
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  2. Are the dots visible when played on a normal DVD player ?
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  3. Nope just seems 2 be a PC thing as far as I can tell & Its not every video either
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    What do the dots look like? Do they move, come and go, change color, or what? Can you post an image?
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    Originally Posted by TheRandomOne View Post
    I ripped a DVD
    "Ripped" meaning what exactly?
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  6. I put DVD in DVD Drive. Used SmartRipper & used that 2 rip what I wanted 2 rip & the dots are just small little things that as watching they keep disappearing & re appearing
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    Originally Posted by TheRandomOne View Post
    I put DVD in DVD Drive. Used SmartRipper & used that 2 rip what I wanted 2 rip & the dots are just small little things that as watching they keep disappearing & re appearing
    Did you end up with a VIDEO_TS folder that is the exact, same size as the DVD.....or did you end up with some sort of xvid/divx/avi file that is much smaller in size(compared to the DVD)?
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    Originally Posted by hech54 View Post
    Originally Posted by TheRandomOne View Post
    I put DVD in DVD Drive. Used SmartRipper & used that 2 rip what I wanted 2 rip & the dots are just small little things that as watching they keep disappearing & re appearing
    Did you end up with a VIDEO_TS folder that is the exact, same size as the DVD.....or did you end up with some sort of xvid/divx/avi file that is much smaller in size(compared to the DVD)?
    Same question. Decrypters have come a long way since 2001, and DVD encryption has changed since then. Again, same question: was this just a rip (a direct, decrypted copy from disc to hard drive, no re-encoding to other formats)? Is your copy MPEG2 or some other codec -- in which case it wouldn't be a rip, it would be a rip + re-encoding.

    Would still need a sample of some kind, either an image or a video sample.
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  9. Well whats a more modern ripper & I will try one out & compare
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  10. anydvd, dvdfab are more recent and up to date
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  11. So would there be a quality difference if I just ripped the whole DVD & then merge the needed VOBs ? I just want specific parts of specific DVDs. Thats why I use a program like SmartRipper etc. But would there be a quality difference just ripping the whole thing with a program like AnyDVD ?
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  12. Originally Posted by TheRandomOne View Post
    So would there be a quality difference if I just ripped the whole DVD & then merge the needed VOBs ? I just want specific parts of specific DVDs. Thats why I use a program like SmartRipper etc. But would there be a quality difference just ripping the whole thing with a program like AnyDVD ?

    If you've ripped it correctly, it should be bit for bit identical no matter what software you use. A rip is a 1:1 copy . It won't matter if you rip a section or whole DVD (if your edit in/out points are on keyframes)

    But the fact that you see no "dots" on a regular DVD player means your physical DVD is fine. It suggests either a decrypting/ripping problem, or a software playback / configuration problem. If it only happens on certain DVD rips, then that suggests a decrypting/ripping problem

    AnyDVD runs in the background, so you can use it with DVD shrink (without compression), or any software to extract a section - you don't need to rip the entire DVD

    Maybe if you post a screenshot or sample , or better description of what "weird dots" are, it might provide some better clues
    Last edited by poisondeathray; 4th Oct 2014 at 10:46.
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