Losing the faith Brothers and sisters......

[drummerduck]

i am slowly lossing the faith with all this burning malarky!!

To much information.... to much information!!!!!

I read the forum to try and gain knowledge........ and to ALL of your defences there is so much!

This is my problem...... just to much.

Upside down video..... sync problems...... standalone players..... this codec that codec......this authoring tool..... this audio convertor.... where does it all end?

I don't think it does. It amazes me how some of you guys understand all this, maybe it just comes down to experience and trial and error? like anything else to do with these damn P.C's!!!!

I just want an easy dvd burning life..... thats not to much to ask is it....?

well..... my hat off to all of you that know what your doing.........

cause..... i haven't a danny!!!!!



Back to the grind stone........

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[andkiich]

Well, you certainly picked the rong hobby if you wanted something easy! I lurked these boards and experimented for 3 months before getting my first DVD 100% correct.

To this day I still learn something new every time I read this board.

The way I got through it was to pick a project, figure out what I wanted to do, then go step by step, resolving each issue in order that they reared their ugly head.

Keep everything on your end simple and managable, and remember all the details for when you come back here for help. The more information the better.

Don't give up, you'll make it through, but only if you want to!

[Bob W]

Why is it complicated? I don't think of it as that at all. If you want to make it simple then just buy DVDCopy Xpress which is almost a single button operation to make a backup of a DVD. I really don't think they could make it more simple unless they added voice commands.

[drummerduck]

would you believe that i am also in my third year of my Broadcasting degree!!!!!!!!! LOL

Oh dear...... yes o.k..... its me.....

No patience..... maybe i have confussed the WHOLE process into believeing that this was more tricky than i thought!!??

Although if i am right there does seem to be a "good" few posts on this forum?

well...... i have my box of 5 DVD-RW.....

there not doing anything......

But i have them......

o.k i do have a question..... why does TMPGEnc not like AC3 files? even if you have the codec....... the bugger just wil not accept it? got goldwave...... but all i get is a big rock and roll hiss after converting the file!!!!!!!!!

cannot convert to .wav? or more to the point i am doing something wrong to not let it convert it!!!

Just to add..... i have done some home work on all of this.... it was a post to maybe bring a smile to those that can relate...... but i guess anyone that does this can...... at some point in there learning curve they have struggled......

To add to a post here...... i am finding it kinda wierd that you have one piece of software that does everything for you without any faults? why isn't eveyone using this if it is so reliable..... we must be trying to do different things with our dvd's? (no offence intended)

8)

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never buy a dumb midget, its not big and it not cleaver!!

[tumbar]

drummerduck,

What is it you are trying to do?

If it's merely to make a dvd backup, your making it too hard on yourself.

Most of us got into this before dvd2one, dvdcopy95, dvdxcopy or dvdshrink or pinnacle instant copy. Process took 7 steps start to finish. Use one of these systems to make your life easier...the quality is quite good....and frankly I think I could teach grandma how!

Now if you want to get into video editing and deeper, start reading.

I remember my first responce to a then desperate and overwhelmed videophile.

My advice was this...hang around 30 days or so...keep reading the guides, you'll figure it out!

regards [/b]

[CaseyComb]

Well Drummerduck, it seems to me that if you told us specifically what you wanted to do we could direct you to the easiest possible solution. Many of the things you learn from this site are relatively easy. It sounds to me like you're just lazy. Yeah, learning something takes time and energy. It only becomes easy after you know what you're doing.

Ask for help and you'll recieve it.

Converting .ac3 to .wav:
BeSweet will convert these and it is freeware, although "gasp" you may actually have to look for some specific plug ins for it. Do a search on this site and you'll have no problems finding a guide?

For ripping and converting DVD's:
First rip with DVD Decryptor (freeware)
then process it through DVDshrink (also freeware)

Granted this is a bit simplified but do a little searching on this site and you'll find what you are looking for.

Complain and be lazy then of course you'll get nothing accomplished.

Good Luck!

"Doing right is hard, doing wrong is easy. Water always follows the path of least resistance. That's why you have crooked rivers and crooked men"
-Rip Torn EXTREME PREJUDICE

[poopyhead]

Why is it complicated? I don't think of it as that at all. If you want to make it simple then just buy DVDCopy Xpress which is almost a single button operation to make a backup of a DVD. I really don't think they could make it more simple unless they added voice commands.

heh..you're actually paying money for this....dvdshrink works great and is absolutely free....

however, i still wouldn't let these one-button proggies do everything thou...still think dvddecryptor is THE BEST ripper out there....and even though ppl having probs with nero...nero express is working very well for me....

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same goes for DVD->(S)VCDs.....in the beginning there were multiple proggies...however, when these front-end all-in-one proggies came about like dvd2svcd, dvdx, etc...they supposedly simplified the process

[musher70]

Well, once you finish one process, you can move on to
another, like anyone can rip and burn a dvd nowadays,
but can anyone sucessfully capture convert and burn
one? Im not sure anymore, ive tried and tried for like
a whole year now, tried so many different programs
demos and even "theories", just when you think it works
it doesnt, tried all those codecs youre talking about,
compressing here, converting there, Who Cares Anymore?
Im not sure....

[ROBERT BLACK]

It took me one night,6:00pm to 12:00am to figure out the proper use of several programs. A couple of the user guides helped a great deal. My Thanks to the people here that prepare them. I think more than anything it requires A LOT of patience, and some free time. If Drummerduck intends to work in Broadcasting (as I do in the Film Industry) you'll need MAJOR patience in all things technical. Don't be afraid to screw up a couple times either. If you learn from it, you can apply it next time.

[SquirrelXss]

If you only knew how long i lurked untill i riped my 1st DVD to vcd ( i didnt know about SVCD) then. All comes with time, and i have learned alot from the educated members of this fourm. Thanks for all your advice, and tips.

[Cecilio]

you should not loose the faith in video editing. i remember when this used to be hard for me. and i remember sometimes but this was a long time ago i had XVID encoded with AC3 audio. i had so much trouble, i mean the video and the audio. but after a week of messing around with it and i already said im gonna give up i tried again and i got it now everything is a piece of cake. now i never have any trouble converting anythign from any source. ok now the only thing that sucks is i need more Computer power to finish faster. the only thing i kinda hate about this is it takes time.

[Thorn]

This is my problem...... just to much.

That's exactly the problem, you're trying to learn it all at once. If you're just trying to copy DVDs, there's plenty of idiot-friendly software out there for that (I'm not insulting you, I'm just saying that a lot of that software really is marketed at idiots!).

If you're trying to create something, just start with some small task that you want to accomplish, like capturing some video from DV or authoring a DVD with one button. Then add to that or improve it. I've had this hobby for years, and after I got a DVD burner I went back and re-encoded some of the home video I had encoded a long time ago to make it better. I keep all of my miniDV tapes now because I figure out better ways to do things all the time!

Remember that some of the things people do here are for maximum quality or ease of use. You can blunder your way through the first time and improve upon it later.

By the way YES trial and error is a big part of this hobby. Get some RW media (as long as your DVD player supports it... )! Once you get a good way of doing things you can stick with it, but there is a learning curve.

[txpharoah]

Don't feel left out. The best of us had to learn the hard way.

I learned digital video by what I refer to as the "shotgun method" at a former job. I work in media relations, and while I worked with video for some time, it was analog (and even then, just NTSC for broadcasting and storage). Digital was thrown at me during the big brew-ha-ha concerning the now-dead CONVERGENCE, back in the late 1990s.

It took months to get the picture. And I knew a good deal about video before that, most of which was useless for the digital scene.

And remember, back then, programs and hardware and other stuff newbies take for granted was not even thought possible at the time. If you think it's hard now... oh, boy... I wish we had a time machine. I have YET to meet somebody on these board that used DOS burning apps and SGI MediaBase for streaming video.

Only in the past year or so have I felt confident about my work, and I notice definite improvements in projects as time has gone on. After opening my freelance services at home, I came here looking for a few answers (as I'd done on occasion in the past concerning VCD), but somehow managed to stay and post. There's always something new for me to learn here, regardless of what I know already, and I like helping those that don't have easy access to the kind of info I know. I suggest you just take in all you can, take time off to process, then come back... repeat as necessary.

And I don't necessarily have the greatest memory either. The notes and notebooks in my home office and office are abundant, full of notes, just in case I get a brain fart.

It just takes time. This is the patient-man's hobby. Or woman, though I see less of them. Damned shame too, I'd like more eye-candy in the office than just the glorified secretaries (or Admin Assistants as they want to be called - read George Carlin if you don't know the joke).