some help, please.

[ledled]

two problems.

1) when I rip a DVD to DVD-R, it plays fine. when I go from avi > dvd mpg > author > burn, it skips. This is using Tmpgenc + Ulead DVD + Nero. I've tried multiple movies. I've tried multiple different types of discs. any help would REALLY be appreciated, it's insanely frustrating.

2) when ripping a DVD, what method do YOU use? personally I've just been using DVD Decrypter + DVD2One, but the thing frustrates me. It works fine, but it doesn't tell you virtually ANYTHING. I'd like to know if the movie was downsampled or not, it doesn't even tell you that...

[Mike6453]

Take a look at these two guides:

https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgencdvd.htm

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/139093.php

[andkiich]

Most times when you do a straight rip, the files or just taken off the DVD and placed on your hard drive. There would be no down sampling unless you selected the options to do so.

I don't understand why when you rip a DVD that you would have an AVI file. After ripping, you should have VOB, IFO and BUP files. You can then shrink them down with a transcoder, or take the ripped files and re-author them(possible de-mux if your authoring software doesn't support VOBs directly).

As far as the skipping goes, that could be anything in any step in between. What you might want to do is check the audio and video between each step and see if you notice any of the skipping qualities you described in the finished product. At least that way, you'd might get an idea of where the problem is occuring and we can better help you diagnose.

[ledled]

mike, I did follow the tmpgenc guide.

andkiich, the movies play fine on the computer after they're authored/burned, it's just the DVD player that they're weird on.

and no, the avi thing isn't from DVDs I've ripped. they're just avi's that I'd like to have on DVD, from my digital camera, etc.

I understand that there would be no downsampling with just DVDdecrypter. but with DVD2One, there would be, sometimes, wouldn't there? are there similar tools that give you more details? ie, if I'm just taking the movie, and getting rid of the extras, sometimes that's already small enough, but sometimes it isn't... in which case DVD2one downsamples the movie, right?

[macleod]

have you tried any other dvd players? How do you know that your dvd player isnt the problem? do other DVD-R's that other people have made work on your dvd player? Does the DVD play play fine on someone elses dvd player?

[ledled]

I don't have another player to try it on. I'm guessing the problem isn't the player because direct DVD rips work fine, it's just when I have to go from avi to mpeg to dvd that it skips.

[enderender]

anyone?

[poopyhead]

I don't have another player to try it on. I'm guessing the problem isn't the player because direct DVD rips work fine, it's just when I have to go from avi to mpeg to dvd that it skips.

well...if the skipping doesn't occur when you play the DVD on your PC DVD-ROM, it could be your player. you should really test it out on another DVD player to make sure.

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btw, in nero u burning in UDF 1.02 or 1.05?

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and also, what settings you use in tmpgenc for the conversion??

[enderender]

1.02.

if it's my player, why would DVD rips work, but not avi-to-dvd?

[poopyhead]

1.02.

if it's my player, why would DVD rips work, but not avi-to-dvd?

perhaps the settings you used in tmpgenc...hence, i asked for you to give me the settings u used

[enderender]

I followed the guide exactly. I didn't add any additional settings.

[poopyhead]

I followed the guide exactly. I didn't add any additional settings.

well...which settings you choose...cuz the guide allowed you to choose different settings

[funkguy4]

I use this guide. It's just too bad that Apple bought out DVDMaestro's maker and discontinued all their products. Well, at least I was lucky enough to have a copy............

[DW1256]

I am new to making svcds and im having a problem with dvd2svcd v1.1.3 build 2. Under the misc tab I am unable to check "convert divx 3 to divx 4". Im pretty sure I have installed all the codecs that were said to be installed if there was ths problem. I am also using Cinema Craft encoder v2.5.

What should i do?

[funkguy4]

I am new to making svcds and im having a problem with dvd2svcd v1.1.3 build 2. Under the misc tab I am unable to check "convert divx 3 to divx 4". Im pretty sure I have installed all the codecs that were said to be installed if there was ths problem. I am also using Cinema Craft encoder v2.5.

What should i do?

I thought we were going from DVDs.................

[poopyhead]

@ledled,

can you link which guide you specifically are using???

the settings may make a difference....i.e. if you use too high of a bitrate or too low....and the audio needs to be 48 Khz, so you would need to resample your audio if it is 44.1 Khz to begin with...etc....

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btw, those guides are just for an overview....there will always be exceptions, so don't take them word-for-word

[funkguy4]

@ledled,

can you link which guide you specifically are using???

the settings may make a difference....i.e. if you use too high of a bitrate or too low....and the audio needs to be 48 Khz, so you would need to resample your audio if it is 44.1 Khz to begin with...etc....

Do you know of any program that can upsample without making the audio sound like crap?

[poopyhead]

Do you know of any program that can upsample without making the audio sound like crap?

well, DVD specs calls for 48 Khz audio...while, most (S)VCD are 44.1 Khz...i'm not sure about .avi files

Ulead MovieFactory 2 does upsample automatically...but personally, i dunno the quality...

[enderender]

How can I check the audio khz on the DVDs I've already burned?

I was using https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgencdvd.htm by the way. DVD NTSC, cbr mp2, keep aspect ratio. those are the only things I remember being remotely different from the defaults.

No one has any ideas on my DVD2one question, either?

Thanks

[poopyhead]

in tmpgenc's advanced menu, try reversing the field order

btw, what bitrate you're using to convert??

also, try reducing burn to 1X and c if that helps.

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here's a good overview: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141024

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as for dvd2one,

if you're going from commercial DVD9 to DVD-R/+R, why do want the program to tell you anything??? these transcoders simply reduce the video bitrate to fit DVD9->DVD5. nothing else has been changed....you basically get a compressed version of the original DVD9...that's it...nothing else has been changed..

[enderender]

because sometimes just using ONLY the main movie is enough, and the video isn't downsampled, and sometimes it is. when it is, I'd like to know by how much (ie, 15% reduction in bitrate, etc)

does that make sense?

[funkguy4]

because sometimes just using ONLY the main movie is enough, and the video isn't downsampled, and sometimes it is. when it is, I'd like to know by how much (ie, 15% reduction in bitrate, etc)

does that make sense?

That's not called downsampling, don't be comnfused. Downsampling is how to lower the sample rate of an audio file. Video bitrate lowering is usually called reencoding at a lower bitrate or something like that. There's no real word for it. And if you want to know how much, use DVDShrink, as it will tell you before you encode.

[poopyhead]

Video bitrate lowering is usually called reencoding at a lower bitrate or something like that. There's no real word for it.

heh...you mean transcoding

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@enderender,

oh..i didn't know dvd2one doesn't tell you the compression rate...i personally use dvdshrink and it tells you how much is being compressed...

btw, you can NOT compress the audio and subtitles (you can only completely remove them)...you can only compress the video....

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdshrink2-main.htm

[funkguy4]

Video bitrate lowering is usually called reencoding at a lower bitrate or something like that. There's no real word for it.

heh...you mean transcoding

The funny thing is I have used that word before, I guess it just didn't occur to me when I posted.