Rip Gone Wrong

[domh]

I have completed my first Pinoy2201's DVD Ripping Procedure including the Nero authoring in the guide at the end.

The result is a vcd which looks pixellated (is this normal for MPEG1?) when ever movement occurs.

A number of things concerned me :

1)The DVD2AVI produced a 522KB d2v file this seems way too small to carry 130 min of video data.

2)The TMPGEnc encoding took 25 hours even with motion search precision set to Highest Quality (Very Slow) is this normal?

3)Nero did not recognise the files produced and said that they were of the wrong format 720 x 576 25 fps video and 48000Hz 2 channels audio.
These were not the setting used in Pinoy2201 VCD PAL MPEG1 etc Mpeg Setting Template. Is it TMPGEnc doing wrong encryption or Nero reading it wrong?

Thanks if anyone can help

[AndyRg5]

To Answer some of your questions. I still get blockiness and pixelated VCds on some DVD rips. On Swordfish, the second CD is unwatchable (i Dont know why), but American Psycho 2 is fine. I think soem recent DVds have an anti-rip encryption in them.

the d2v file is just pointers that point to the various .VOB files in the order that they should be. Thats why the file is small. The size of the video is still the .VOB files.

Try using the VCD template in TMPGenc without changing anything, that may work.

[domh]

Thanks for the info - I thought as much about the d2v file - and I'm going to try a standard VCD msf as you suggested. Have you had any problems where by the burned VCD plays fine on PC but has audio lag on stand alone DVD?

Thanks in advance

[AndyRg5]

yeah, i get that all the time.
Some rips itis more noticable though- The fast and the furious is terrible.

You can sort this out in TMPGenc by selecting the source range . there will be an option to correct the audio gap in milliseconds. a negative number moves the audio back (i think) and a positive number moves it forward.

Hope this helps

[scotuk1]

use cq 1500kps not cbr1150you will notice the difference and get about 1 hour 10 min on a 80 min cd......if the sorce file is from a dvd ,the quality will be good

[domh]

Thanks for 2 replies!
I had read about source range - if I alter that will the audio sync problem occur in the opposite direction on the PC that was previously fine?

I will try this cq 1500
cbr = constant bit rate - cq = constant quality? I am guessing.

Thanks again