Process help 2 questions / problems.

[joshtheninja]

Hi guys. I've ripped dvd's in the past and everthing come out fine following Sefys guide. This time when using DVD2AVI I selected " save AVI rather than save project. I'm using XVID. After the completed project I'm seeing lines throughout the avi. I ripped a South Park dvd.
I'm running a AMD Athlon 2200+ 512 RAM. ATI AIW Radeon 8500DV card.
Why am I seeing those lines.

My second problem/question is. I ripped a dvd about a month ago... I've since formated and put XP PRO on my tower. Back then I had 98SE on it. Well I backed up a Henry Rollins DVD and I followed Sefys guide to the T and after the project was done I ran it through Vdub to compress the file. The file was right at 900mb and after I compressed with XVID it ended up being 697. Today I backed Boondock Saints and after I complete the process following Sefys guide I can't put the file through Vdub. It says invalid mpeg something. This is a wide screen movie and when I put it through DVD2AVI it defaults to 4:3 rather than the 16:9 Sefys shows.

I hope this is enough info for ya guys. If you need any more info let me know.. Thanks guys. Josh

[Vejita-sama]

I'm not sure what you are trying to do with question number 2 (backup to xvid or backup to VCD, did you run DVD2AVI on an xvid source?).

However, the first problem sounds like interlacing. Southpark is (or rather should be) a true 29.97fps interlaced source. How you deal with this depends on what you are trying to do. If backup to xvid you'll want to de-interlace, if backup to VCD de-interlace, if back up to MPEG2 (SVCD, CVD, DVD) there's no need to de-interlace as MPEG2 video supports interlaced source.

If you are really backing up DVD -> xvid take a look at gordian knot (http://www.doom9.org) it's a software package that makes things a lot easier.

[Conquest10]

the lines are most likely caused because the dvd is interlaced.

[joshtheninja]

Ok .. Here is exactly what I'm trying to do. I wanna take a dvd rip, do the process and end up with a .avi so I can't compress it with Vdub. If this ain't possible let me know.

Another issue I'm having is no matter what I do when I run the file through DVD2AVI VERSION 1.76 it always uses Aspect Ratio 4:3 Frame Rate 23.976 rather than 16:9.
I'm backing up Independence Day. All my settings are exactly like sefys in his guide.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.. Josh

[Conquest10]

its "4:3" because the dvd is anamorphic. 23.97 is its native framerate. its called film.

[Sefy]

If you are making a DivX/XviD then I suggest you use appropriate guides for such a purpose, my Guides are examples for how to do a VCD (although it can be used for SVCD as well) and are irrelevent for AVI encoding

[Vejita-sama]

Right it sounds like there are three things going on here:

1) You have force film enabled in DVD2AVI

2) You want to back up to xvid, VDub can do this (in fact is the preferred method) not sure why you think it's not?

3) Try to use a DIP RIP to divx/xvid guide, or to make easier take a look at gordian knot at http://www.doom9.org it's a software package that comes with everything you need to rip DVD to MPEG4/avi.