Ripping a specific 5 minutes or so of a dvd to mpeg?

[Akhet]

Is this possible - i dont want to rip the whole thing - just a specific chunk - thats around 5 minutes.

[poopyhead]

tmpgenc->config->advanced->source range filter

[Akhet]

hmm - um - could you be a bit more specific about the surrounding steps please

[Akhet]

so once i have converted the whole dvd to avi - then i can use what u mentioned to cut out the section i want when im converting to mpeg?

[BJ_M]

you dont have to convert the whole thing to avi ---

frame serve it with dvd2avi .. in fact you can cut it in dvd2avi .. though what i would suggest

dvd2avi make project file -> vfapai wrap -> edit in virtual dub -> frame serve to whatever (tmpgenc , cce , main concept) .. if there were a lot of edits

other than that you can convert the vobs to mpeg2 directly (not re-encode) and edit mpeg2 with one of the few and mostly poor mpeg editors that dont re-encode

[poopyhead]

hmm - um - could you be a bit more specific about the surrounding steps please

use smartripper to rip the vobs

then, dvd2avi to frameserve into tmpgenc

normally, in tmpgenc, you would encode the entire movie, but it has a source range filter under the advanced tab in the cofig section that allows you to specify which segments in the movie to encode

[poopyhead]

dvd2avi make project file -> vfapai wrap -> edit in virtual dub -> frame serve to whatever (tmpgenc , cce , main concept) .. if there were a lot of edits

that's way too many extra proggies just to make 5 min clip

other than that you can convert the vobs to mpeg2 directly (not re-encode) and edit mpeg2 with one of the few and mostly poor mpeg editors that dont re-encode

then, he would waste time encoding the entire movie first

[BJ_M]

dvd2avi make project file -> vfapai wrap -> edit in virtual dub -> frame serve to whatever (tmpgenc , cce , main concept) .. if there were a lot of edits

that's way too many extra proggies just to make 5 min clip

nah -- couple minutes tops , except for edits .. very fast ..

[BJ_M]

other than that you can convert the vobs to mpeg2 directly (not re-encode) and edit mpeg2 with one of the few and mostly poor mpeg editors that dont re-encode

then, he would waste time encoding the entire movie first[/quote]


vobs are already mpeg2 files - i said don't re-encode here and edit also without re-encoding ... dvdcutter stream is kinda what i had in mind as you can rip and cut a piece of a vob all in one step ..