2 Questions about DVD2DVD

[Cynthrax]

Hi Guys,
I've two questions about DVD2SVCD (DVD2DVD).

1. Is there any Possibility to keep the Original Menu from the DVD using DVD2DVD? Or can i keep the menu after DVD2DVD has finished with IfoEdit?

2. What Bitrate Settings should I use?

Thanks.

[Michelle]

1a) no, it doesn't keep the menu
1b) I don't know

2)It will calculate the right bitrate and does a very good job of it

[Cynthrax]

Is there no possibility to add the menu to IfoEdit after DVD2DVD has finished?

[Gurm]

Umm, if you want to keep the whole movie, menus and all, why are you even using this program?

Use the right program for the right tasks, says I.

- Gurm

[MackemX]

Hi Guys,
I've two questions about DVD2SVCD (DVD2DVD).

1. Is there any Possibility to keep the Original Menu from the DVD using DVD2DVD? Or can i keep the menu after DVD2DVD has finished with IfoEdit?

2. What Bitrate Settings should I use?

Thanks.

1. yes there are methods of keeping the menu after using DVD2DVD. It will all depend on how you do the whole process and your knowledge of using Ifoedit which is easy once you know how

2. you would need to work out how much space you would have to reserve for the menus and also the audio/subs from the movie and then use a bitrate calculator. I don't know if DVD2DVDR has but it looks like it has as Michelle says it does

I ain't got any links offhand but I'm sure they will be one or two in the guides section so go have a look



@Gurm, I guess he still wants to use CCE as the encoding engine for the main movie to keep the quality high. In the past I would have used this option but not anymore as the quality produced by the simpler programs is good enough for me

[Michelle]

@Gurm, I guess he still wants to use CCE as the encoding engine for the main movie to keep the quality high. In the past I would have used this option but not anymore as the quality produced by the simpler programs is good enough for me

I'm wondering if you would use the simpler programs for a 3 hour movie?

[MackemX]

I'm wondering if you would use the simpler programs for a 3 hour movie?

I see the point you are making as I know quality suffers with the bigger DVD's. I guess it all depends on the DVD content really as to which method I use but generally I'll use IC

If the extras are really worth keeping and it's a large movie file I'll split it and put menus on both DVD's with the movie on one and extras on the other. I'd probably use IC for the movie DVD as the extras will probably not need reducing anyway

for the price of a blank disc now, it's worth it for the time/effort saved than using the CCE method to keep everything on one DVD. If the quality is going to suffer due to the size of the movie, even when using IC then I will blow the dust off CCE but I haven't had to recently

If I really want top quality then I'll just pull out the original for special occasions

I guess I'm getting lazy now but then again I don't back up that many DVD's now as I've done most of my collection anyway and most of the big boys were done with CCE and done the hard way

[Gurm]

To be honest, if you can afford the kind of TV you need to see the difference, you could afford the second DVD.

I have never been a big fan of wasting 6-8 hours on a re-encode when a simple transcode will do.

- Gurm