CloneDVD2 Sneak Preview - Anyone try it?

[Vanderlow]

CloneDVD2 Sneak Preview - Anyone try it? Anyone do any side by side tests? What do you think?

[lafjax]

It's Excellent!!

[tompika]

Gangs of New York

Recode2 (with second pass) vs Sneak Preview

I can see no difference in quality.

[djelimon]

Anyone try the splitter on a multi-PGC movie like the Matrix or Finding Nemo?

[Lap795]

The Thin Red Line, 5.1 Dolby (took out DTS and Dolby 2):

Tried both Recode2 and CloneDVD2SneakPreview on this and IMO Recode was a little better than CloneDVD2. Of course I had my dvd player zoomed in x4 (400%). With CloneDVD2 I noticed more blocks than Recode2. Both about the same with zoom off.

[Vanderlow]

Well, I compressed Beautiful Mind (@74%) and just going back and forth staring at Judd Hirsch forehead I tentatively give the nod to Recode 2.


So what do you think of a 3 hour movie (thin Red Line) on one DVDr?

[Lap795]

So what do you think of a 3 hour movie (thin Red Line) on one DVDr?

What do I think about it? Using CloneDVD2?

[Vanderlow]

CloneDVD2 or Recode 2 or any recoding software?

Below Beautiful Mind at 73% quality except for original. Jud Hirsch forehead.

CloneDVD2



Original



Recode 2

[Lap795]

I'd stick w/ Recode but that's just me. They're both pretty close though. At least in The Thin Red Line.

[Rich86]

CloneDVD2 and "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"
I've been experimenting with CloneDVD2, most recently with the US release of "Once Upon A Time In Mexico".
The dvd was ripped to the hard drive with the latest DVDDeCryptor program - then processed using CloneDVD2 - selecting the main movie titles, dolby digital soundtracks & english subtitles (so the subtitles show up in the spanish speaking scenes - which works fine).
CloneDVD2 said it had successfully removed the layer break code, and since the source vob's fit on a dvd-5, no transcoding would be necessary.
But it still inserted a flaw in the picture shortly after the 32 minute mark in the movie (the shooting scene in the church) - the entire picture color distorts, almost as if it was going into a negative picture - very briefly. There is another spot afterwards where the picture hesitates/jumps - I think this might be the layer break area. These flaws exist in the vob's saved by CloneDVD2 on the hard disc also - so they were introduced by the CloneDVD2 internal process - not the burn.
The rest of the movie backup looks excellent - but this program still has some issues, it would seem.