Prevent re-enconding with DVD Flick

[duncandun]

I am trying to convert a DVD-VR source to DVD video by DVD Flick. I checked "copy MPEG-2 streams" in the options, but it is still reencoding the file. It takes more than half an hour. How can I prevent re-encoding? I attached the logs

DVD Flick error log
Version 1.3.0.7 build 738
Windows 6.2 build 9200
*** Project info
EncodeProf 3
Threads 4
OverScan 0, 3
TargetRate 0
TargetFormat 1
TargetSize 4
CreateISO 0
CustRate 1000
EnableBurn 0
EraseRW 1
HalfRes 0
LoopPlayb 1
AutoPlayMenu 1
MenuTemplt None
VolumeMod 100
WhenPlayed 0
*** Warnings given

*** Titles
0 - VR_MOVIE
    ChaptCount -1
    ChaptInt -1
    ChaptSource 1
    TargetAR 1
    ThumbIndex 720
*** Project sources
    F:\DVD_RTAV\VR_MOVIE.VRO
    Stream 0 (2)
        Dur 7201.16
        StartT 0.470267
        Compr mpeg2video
        BitR 4200
        352x480 29.97 FPS
        PAR 1
        SAR 0.7333333
    Stream 1 (1)
        Dur 7201.16
        StartT 0.470267
        Compr ac3
        BitR 256
        Chnnls 2
        SRate 48000
        Delay -160
*** dvdflick.log
12:28:38: DVD Flick 1.3.0.7 build 738
12:28:38: Calculating stream sizes...
12:28:38:     Disc space used : 4493524 KB
12:28:38:     Average bitrate : 4859 Kbit/s
12:28:38:     Total duration  : 2:00:01 hours
12:28:38: 1 title(s).
12:28:38: Using Best encoding profile.
12:28:38: NTSC target format.
12:28:38: CPU:       Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820QM CPU @ 2.70GHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                
12:28:38: Threadcount: 4
12:28:38: Encoding video...
12:28:38:     Title 0, source 0
12:28:38:         Source         : F:\DVD_RTAV\VR_MOVIE.VRO
12:28:38:         Properties     : 352x480, 0.73:1, 29.97 FPS, mpeg2video, 7201.16 seconds
12:28:38:         Target BitRate : 4859 Kbit\s
12:28:38:         Re-encoding
12:28:38:          -i "F:\DVD_RTAV\VR_MOVIE.VRO" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 16:9 -minrate 4809k -maxrate 4809k -b 4809k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags spline+accurate_rnd -trellis 1 -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 4 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\a\Documents\dvd\0.0.m2v"

*** ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt
 153688kB time=261.86 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
frame= 7892 fps= 91 q=2.0 size=  154528kB time=263.30 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
frame= 7934 fps= 91 q=2.0 size=  155350kB time=264.70 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
frame= 7983 fps= 91 q=2.0 size=  156310kB time=266.33 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
frame= 8031 fps= 91 q=2.0 size=  157250kB time=267.93 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
frame= 8078 fps= 91 q=2.0 size=  158171kB time=269.50 bitrate=4807.9kbits/s    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** Project destination folder
    0.0.m2v	162247946
    dvdflick.log	1320
    errorlog.txt	3326
    ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt	15990
*** Drives
    C -  - 2
    FS NTFS
    AvailSpace 269608
    FreeSpace 269608
    TotalSize 488034
    F - $ DV-HR400 Basis Volume $ - 4
    FS UDF
    AvailSpace 2352
    FreeSpace 2352
    TotalSize 4471

[hech54]

Your source is HalfD1 - 352x480.....not sure if DVDFlick can "ignore" that. I haven't touched DVDFlick for years.

[duncandun]

Thank you for the tip. Selecting "half horizontal resolution" option solved the problem.