do you know a better way?

[bigmac]

i am trying to rip dvd and then convert to vcd and make my own dvds with menus. so far i rip dvd with dvddecryptor(that seems ok)then i convert to vcd with dvdx( thats ok), i am then told to covert to a different type of vcd to put on dvd?. this i do with(s)vcd2dvdmpg. and the next step is to auther with tmpgenc author.this all works fine BUT it is a long slow proccess. is there a way to do this a bit quicker and not to be at the computer all the time? i mean batch encoding. i dont mind the riping this is quite fast but dvdx will only do one film convert at a time and then i have to set it up for the next one so you have to be around to do it. (s)vcd2dvdmpg. is ok cus it will convert to dvd type vcd (can tou tell me correct name and the difference with normal vcd please) and as long as i put all vcd films in same folder it will convert them all without me wet nursing them(do i have to do this with all vcds or can i convert to dvd vcd staight from the ripped dvds? if so how and with what and can it do this in batch mode?
lastly(phew) the authoring as i say ive done this with tmpgenc authorand it works fine but i have also tried dvd movie factory 2 and it was very slow, it had to re encode all vcds again . is there a better way? if so please tell me in idiots language as i am quite slow on the up take.thank you

[FOO]

why on earth are you converting to VCD . That's nuts.
What exactly do you want to do ?

[northcat_8]

What FOO said.

Also the reason for VCD and SVCD was before the DVD burner came around. VCD and SVCD can be burned on a 700 MB CD-R...and should play in most stand alone DVD players.

[bigmac]

the reason i am converting to vcd is that i can then put two or sometimes three films on one dvd. or is there another way of putting more than on film on a dvd with a menu?

[FT Shark]

What do you mean by a different type of VCD. Do you mean changing the audio form 44.1khz to 48khz, if so your authoring program should do that.

I suggest using TMPGEnc to encode the VCD's, it has a batch encode option. You will need to frame serve with dvd2avi first (see guides to the left). Also, instead of making compliant VCD's (44.1 khz audio); I suggest setting the audio to 48 khz when you encode. This will save time during the authoring process. I would do this by loading the vcd template (to get standard vcd specs) --> then after that load the unlock template to allow custom changes --> then setup to audio as 48khz.

FYI, depending on you computer VCD encoding can be long process. For example my 1ghz takes about 6-7 hours to encode a VCD (2+ hour movie) and twice as long to encode an SVCD.

[macleod]

two suggestions. Convert your dvd's to nonstandard CVD. The resolution (NTSC) is 352x480 @ XXXX bitrate and 48mhz audio. The true spec CVD is 44.1 audio, but you want 48mhz since that is dvd compliant.

After you encode 2 movies to fill up 2100meg, use tmpgenc dvd author or movie factory2 to author them on a dvd-r with a menu.

another faster (but may not have the quality) way would be to use dvd2shrink (or other transcoder) to cram the video down to 2100meg and then put 2 on one dvd-r.

I have done the first one for awhile (before dvd media got inexpensive and the conversion process got too long) and it worked great.

There are some guides that talk about this. Just take a look in the guides section.

[FOO]

Brain damage abounds. I've been fighting it for years.