Problems ripping DVD to SVCD using forty-two

[BCre8tive]

I have a G4 running OS Jaguar. I am trying to rip from DVD to SVCD. Not the complete movie, just some of the special features like music videos, deleted scenes and the making of, etc. I read somewhere that the best way to do this is forty-two, so I downloaded the program. I drag the DVD to the window, chose all the preferences that I want and click start. But then I get an error message that says "Sorry...forty-two did not detect AC3 audio in the language you chose, or detected PCM audio only. It cannot transcode to MPEG without it. Please try your DVD in 515 mode."

Any ideas on what I am do wrong. Alternately is this the best way for me to do the ripping?I'd like to end up with just an .m2v file. I don't need the Video_ts etc

Thanks

[galactica]

the dvd must have PCM audio. i dont think regualr 42 can handle PCM audio. If all you want is .m2v (strange cause that has no audio) back the dvd up to your HD using OSeX and you can pick the individual title/chapters you want to back up.

do it so you get a .vob (i believe its elemental stream)
then you use ffmpegx, and load the .vob as your source, choose svcd preset and off you go with the mpeg2 encoding.

42 would work nice, but it seems your dvd doesnt have the proper audio. im inlined to say the "super" 42's will handle this, but they have registration fees

[BCre8tive]

Thanks for your response. An m2v by definition has no audio? I was not aware of that. I guess what I want is an mpeg-2 file that does contain audio. Like the vob just not as large. I want them to keep on my computer to play, not burn to VCD or SVCD. Have I cleared that up?
It seems a bit odd to have to copy to entire dvd to my hard drive just for a 3 minute clip or so. I can do that if i need to but it seems to be sorta backwards
Thanks

[symphy]

I have the same problem (PCM audio) with one of my DVD's when ripping with 42.
The reason is: 42 just doesn't support PCM audio. The shareware version Forty-TwoDVD-MPPlus also doesn't support it, so do not buy it to convert PCM DVD's
42 only rip's the main movie track, not the extra's, so it is useless for your purpose.