Help using CCE Basic

[accountwiz]

OK, I have a very simple question. I have bought CCE Basic for use with DVD Rebuilder, so I know it can do some VERY nice encoding. However, my DVD-recorder files begin as VRO and I do not know how to get them from the DVD-RAM discs in an avi format so that CCE Basic could encode them down for me. i do have a couple of TMPG apps that can bring them over to the hard drive as mpg files, but CCE won't take an mpg.

I really would like to solve this without learning complex scripting, etc. In advance, let me just say a huge thank you to whomever can help me.

[ulapines]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1204228&highlight=vro+file#1204228

[accountwiz]

OK, maybe I wasn't clear. Or maybe you're trying to make the point that I could find my answer in another thread.

I know how to use my TMPG apps to read a DVD-RAM disc and drop the file onto my hard drive as a mpg. However, CCE Basic will not pull up that mpg and encode it to a smaller file. It works with avi files instead, ahnd what I'm hoping to do is learn how to make my mpg files convert to avi without an EXTRA encoding step.

[ulapines]

I think it's better to lower the recording bitrate to fit your recording to one DVD.
Reencoding always degrades the quality.

[winifreid]

How do you know these files are avi? I would think if TMPEnc extractes them as mpeg, then they are actually mpeg and don't need to be passed through CCE.

[ulapines]

Use TMPGEnc DVD Author to create DVD compliant files to a VIDEO_TS folder of your mpeg files.
Then use DVD Rebuilder together with CCE Basic to fit it on one DVD.
I think you also have to install AVISynth to make it work.

[accountwiz]

Let's try this again. I know how to use DVD Rebuilder just fine.

What I need help with is taking an mpg that is large to a smaller mpg that has been encoded with CCE Basic 2-pass VBR.

That's all I need. Is there a way to do it?

[winifreid]

ulapines told how. Rebuilder requires a valid video_ts folder to work. You might find a way to frameserve to cce, but there is no direct way to do what you want.

[jyn999]

OK, I have a very simple question. I have bought CCE Basic for use with DVD Rebuilder, so I know it can do some VERY nice encoding. However, my DVD-recorder files begin as VRO and I do not know how to get them from the DVD-RAM discs in an avi format so that CCE Basic could encode them down for me. i do have a couple of TMPG apps that can bring them over to the hard drive as mpg files, but CCE won't take an mpg.

I really would like to solve this without learning complex scripting, etc. In advance, let me just say a huge thank you to whomever can help me.

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