must use 1.76 dvd2avi with dvd2svcd?

[REDi]

if i install an older (more stable) version of dvd2avi (1.74) dvd2svcd insists that i use the 1.76 version. are people using dvd2svcd sticking with the newest dvd2avi? from waht i've read, it's been giving people some problems..

also another question.. is it best to leave my computer alone while it's recording? i ripped Session 9 from dvd and my buddy got some wierd artifacts on teh 2nd disc (green blocks/sync issues etc..) and while i was doing that rip ithink i was doing otehr stuff on my comp also. would this affect the ripping/encoding process at all?

[REDi]

anyone?

[adam]

1.76 was the first, and incidentally, the only stable version of dvd2avi, which is why DVD2SVCD uses it. I think anything prior to 1.76 is considered a beta version, just read the history at the dvd2avi homepage and you'll see why.

1.76 was the last version that the original author of dvd2avi (Jackie) released. Anything after that was released by third parties with the author's permission. The improvements mainly applied to audio and to making dvd2avi more condusive to creating divx but these modifications introduced new bugs into the program.

Trust me, 1.76 is the most stable release and the best one for use with making svcds, which is why DVD2SVCD uses it.

[dvd2svcd]

And as a sidenote, the version that comes with dvd2svcd is the only one that supports command line options (which is an addition I made, that's why I called it "DVD2AVI 1.76 commandline 1.05")

Oh, and I'd like to know where you've read that 1.76 is unstable.