vista videohelp

[red lion]

Have been out of the scene as far as conversion etc applies and also i am now on VISTA ULTIMATE
These are the programs i used to use
anydvd and clonedvd work fine on vista
but can anyone tell me if these do work on vista or even if they exsist now
dvdsanta
ffmpeggui
tmpgenc
tmpgenc dvd author
vcd gear
g-spot

or even alternatives/better progs to use to convert avi/divx/xvid etc to dvd
i have convertxtodvd and imgburn

[redwudz]

I haven't tried DVD Santa (And never plan to. ) and haven't used VCD gear, but the others work fine in Vista. The programs that don't work with Vista are mostly older ones or some that are not written properly, IMO.

One compatibility list for Vista: http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List

[red lion]

Excellent mate will have a good look tomorrow
whats the main program most people use now (or is this a can of worms )

[redwudz]

Instead of DVD Santa? ConvertXToDVD for Xvid or similar formats to DVD. Also does PAL<>NTSC conversion fairly well.

DVD backups: DVDFab HD Decrypter>DVD Shrink>ImgBurn is popular.

DVD to Xvid/Divx: AutoGK is also popular.

[red lion]

Thanks again i knew about dvdshrink from a few years back
But as its not been updated for nearly 4 years does it still do the buisness
what about tmpgnc nobody use that any more or is it finished also

[redwudz]

DVDFab HD Decrypter is updated continually and DVD Shrink still works very well with it doing the decryption, even on the latest DVDs.

I use TMPGEnc encoder all the time. It's a bit slow compared to Mainconcept or CCE, but also a bit easier to use, IMO. It's unfortunate that they apparently haven't improved the encoding speed in the latest versions either.

[red lion]

thanks for the quick replys redwudz i will try the link and have a look at the progs you mention

[johns0]

If you have vista 64 then you will have to turn off d.e.p. to use dvd shrink or it will not work.Not sure about vista 32.

[redwudz]

I was assuming V32. Shrink works fine with it. Don't know about V64.

[red lion]

its v32 i have anyway so should be ok