Is anyone happy with LOTR on 1 DVD R?

[kevlar69]

I have just finished putting LOTR on 1 DVDR, ripped in Decrypter, removing all subs and extra soundtracks. I then got rid of the end credits ( unfortunately in this case this only saved about 300mb ). This left it just under 6 gig, which I then put through DVD2ONE. The results are not good, lots of blocking throught, not watchable on my 36" Sony.

Can anyone say they have LOTR on 1 DVDR and are happy with the picture quality?. If so, how did you do it?

cheers

Kevlar

[thingimijig]

i am very pleased with my copy.

in my opinion the only program good enough for a film like that is cce.

thingimijig.

[flaninacupboard]

i did a backup of the theatrical cut on one DVD-R using CCE, with just the stereo sound. i was -quite- pleased with it, the only problem scene was the first time we see mount DOOM and it's all fiery and smoky, there were horrible grey patchy lumpy bits. sure i could of got rid of them, using 4 pass instead of two, and by setting the image complexity slider higher, but in the end i bought the extended edition. i wouldn't reccomend trying to squeeze the extended edition onto 1 DVD-R, just fork out an extra 80p and buy another disc!

[Faustus]

Haven't done it yet myself, the plan was next time I was gonna be away from my house for a very extended ammout of time I figured I'd set CCE chomping on it using 5pass VBR, that should clean it up about as nice as possible for one disk. Had the same plan for Harry Potter.

[kevlar69]

I assume CCE is cinema craft encoder? I downloaded the trial, but it seems to only want to work with mpegs, Have I got the right program?
It is called cinema craft encoder sp, and according to the helpfile it is for converting avi's and quicktime to mpeg 2.

Kevlar

[txpharoah]

I squeezed the 2 DVD9 discs from LOTR:EXT ED. onto 2 DVD5 discs. I cannot tell difference in quality, and I work professionally in video. The DVDshrink did very well.

[PyRoMaNiA]

I haven't done it, but I would try KDVD.

[JasonK]

I posted about this a couple months ago, but

I backed up the LOTR Extended Edition 2 Discs to ONE DVD-R.

Unlike the earlier poster, I actually bought my LOTR BEFORE I tried to copy it.

I used CCE 2 pass with my own settings, and although it's not quite as sharp as the original, it's very good - no blockiness... when viewing on my HDTV. CCE does most of its improvement within 2 passes, but you need to get everything right.

I kept the movie and Dolby Digital tracks only. I did not keep the DTS because it was quite a bit larger. No subtitles.

[P@iNKilleR]

I've done the same as most people with the first release of LOTR & used cce on a 2 pass vbr but for the special edition version I thought I'd try a few different things & used dvd2one & well it wasnt good so I used instant copy for a test & well it was quite good, U have 2 remember though there is only 90mins or so on each disk & with the dts & commentary removed the picture turned out good..

Kev!

[Condor]

I did it also with DVDshrink.

[JasonK]

The Extended Edition LOTR that I backed up to a single DVD-R was approx 3 hours and 45 minutes for the movie. I didn't keep menus/extras. And it still looks better than a lot of DVD's new off the shelf.

If I had to do it over again, I would copy it to 2 disks and keep the DTS-ES track instead of the DD EX one.... and allow myself ot use a higher bitrate in CCE. The movie is one of the best quality videos, so it's worth trying preserve that in the backup copy.

[JamieBecks23]

DVD9 holds 9 gig correct? Why couldnt the makers just fit it on 1 disc? If Titanic is only 8 gig, I'm sure they could have done it?

[kevlar69]

Thanks for the replies guys, I repeat my question above, do I have the right program? It's called cinema craft encoder sp, I can't work out how to use it with vobs, and the user guide says its for quicktime and avi's.

Kevlar

[thingimijig]

yeah, it is cinema craft encoder.

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/cce-advanced.htm

try this guide or download dvd2dvdr, it uses cce and its all automated.

thingimijig.

[westy]

i also did it to 2 dvds as the original. i personally wouldnt try and put it on 1 dvd ..

[kevlar69]

OK, I need more help with this movie please;

This is what I did;

Stream ripped in Decrypter, movie + ac3 soundtrack only. Split last vob in vob edit to lose 200+MB of credits. Put new smaller vob 7 in place of original. Run Ifo edit, create ifo's, then get VTS sectors. Ran through instant copy, wrote DVDR with instant copy. Very happy with visual results, far less blocky than DVD2ONE had managed. But navigation is screwed up towards the end, and the last few minutes of the movie are missing. I assume this is something to do with the way I removed the credits. Can someone tell me EXACTLY how to do this correctly please?

As I said I am happy with the quality, just need to sort out the end of the movie. I could of course leave the credits in, which would probably fix the navigation problem I created, but it would be nice to know how to remove the credits and therefore leave a little more room for picture quality.

cheers

Kevlar

[flaninacupboard]

on my set chapter 47 is credits and 48 some fanc club stuff. just de-select these two chapters in DVD-decrypter, and it will stop the video and audio in the right place.

[Heavensent]

i used cce to convert it to a 3cd cvd, and it looks grate,
try to make a 352x480/576 dvd out of it, it should look wonderful.

[VinnySem]

I have backed up movies of over 2.5 hours using CCE, to my eyes it looks as good as the original. I frame serve it to CCE, and run a 5 pass transcode (takes only 3.5 hours on my Athlon system). Picture quality is perfect, not one instance of pixelation. Mind you, I only keep the main movie and audio, no subtitles, extras, menus, etc. I don't care for those and would rather use the media space for movie quality.

[Cecilio]

I have backed up movies of over 2.5 hours using CCE, to my eyes it looks as good as the original. I frame serve it to CCE, and run a 5 pass transcode (takes only 3.5 hours on my Athlon system). Picture quality is perfect, not one instance of pixelation. Mind you, I only keep the main movie and audio, no subtitles, extras, menus, etc. I don't care for those and would rather use the media space for movie quality.

Me too i always use DVD2SVCD and i dont create vcds or svcds. i would create DVDs but i dont have a dvd writer. so the next best thing for me is cvd. CVDS look magnificent using CCE or TMPEG. CCE however is much faster and gets you very good results. I rectently Ripped the movie ALI on to 3 CVDS using a bitrate of 1900 and got my 3 disks completely full and crystal Clear no difference plus i only use CBR i never use different number of passes cause i tried VBR 4 passes during a very high fight scene and and i tried it both ways and i saw no difference plus the CBR is way faster and faster than REAL TIME the movie last 2:36 and I encoded the whole movie in about 2:20 not much faster but at least a little. plus its way faster than TMPEG even at lowest quality very fast. im using CCE SP v. 2.50.