mpeg capture vs dvd ripping

[e-z-e]

which is better? i'd suppose capturing is healthier for your pc because you can do it in real-time hence spending less time encoding and there is no need to rip the movie to hdd first...

---BUT---

i heard somewhere once that you lose audio/video quality when capturing in realtime on slower machines (im running only 500 mhz and 288 MB RAM)

someone pls list some pros/cons to either method of vcd encoding.

thanks

[vcd4me]

Yes you will loose quality if you capture instead of ripping no matter what the speed of your processor is.

You will lose the dolby digital 5.1/ac3 if you do capturing.

Also if you want to capture a dvd using a capture card you must have a standalone dvd player that can be hacked to get rid of the macrovision.

On your machine it will probably take a long time to rip but if you do the quality will be better than capturing>

Just my two cents
VCD4ME

[Cecilio_87]

[quote="vcd4me"]

Also if you want to capture a dvd using a capture card you must have a standalone dvd player that can be hacked to get rid of the macrovision.

Hey i was wondering and i know there probably is but can you hack a standalone dvd player to play other region disks. if so can you tell me how. and i am also wondering if you can hack dvd players can you hack a ps2 to play cvds without a mod chip.

[vcd4me]

Cecilio_87
read under dvd hacks to see if your dvd player is there, some time there are region hacks. I think some apex have region hacks, Not sure just check it out look left.

I don't know a thing about ps2. I don't have one, by the way what is ps2. LOL just kidding

Good Luck
Signed VCD4ME

[e-z-e]

thanks for the info vcd4me...only thing that gets me is the time it takes to rip vs. what it does to capture

one side question:
what exactly is motion search precision? i have always done the middle value because ive heard ppl say it doesnt matter. i tried to do the fast one the other day for the first time in a year of this and i didnt like the quality i got. could it just have been that movie? or does a better motion search precision really matter??

another side question
what does FPU stand for? i noticed that setting in dvdx today...never noticed it before.

peaceout for now