Should I upgrade my DVD rip process??

[Mago!]

Hi
Today I use DVD2DVD-R togheter with CCE. It does what I usally did manully. IfoEdit-> AviSynth-> CCE->Auther...
I think this prog is great...

My question is, are there any prog out there which is better?? (Better quality or easier/faster to work with)
I usally strip out the main movie and one sub and one audio stream, and skip the rest...

[SARK]

Hello,

I'm about to upgrade my DVD copy process from DVD2ONE to .... DVD2DVD-R :P cuz I've read so much good things about the quality.
Don't get me wrong, DVD2ONE isn't bad but I'm aiming for the best result.
Question; how long does it take to re-encode a film with DVDR2DVD-R?

I usally strip out the main movie and one sub and one audio stream, and skip the rest...

Same here, I don't need all the extra's.

[Marco33]

If it ain't broke...


I've been using Spuce-up for authoring and figured I'd try something new, I'm back to using Spuce-up.

If it ain't broke...


yes, I realize you are not talking about authoring.

[Gurm]

DVD Rebuilder is making me a happy happy person lately.

- Gurm

[fritzi93]

DVD Rebuilder is making me a happy happy person lately.

- Gurm

Yes!

Mago, by all means, give DVDRebuilder a try. It's not dissimilar in concept to the method you describe, but almost certainly easier. It has three modes: Rejig, Quenc, and CCE, (And uses Avisynth, of course.) You can go manual or one-click, hows that for easy? You obviously would have no trouble setting it up, being experienced.

BTW, I just tested Rejig mode (transcoding) on Lawrence of Arabia. Ripped with DVDDecrypter on main movie ( I get no selection options when opening the movie up in DVDRebuilder, so rip it how you want it to be). Compression was 56.2% and quality is surprisingly good, no blocking or smearing. No, I'm not gunna say you couldn't tell it from the original. :P I suppose many folks would think it's acceptable, but that's all subjective.

I'm playing with Quenc (encoder) right now using 2-pass, also mean to try half D1. If I get time and am real ambitious, maybe I'll post some screen captures for comparison. Come to think of it, I wonder how Rejig mode would compare to DVDShrink or IC at that compression? Pretty well, I'll bet.

[SARK]

On this site there's a big recoding quality test, as far as the testers are concerned "InterVideo DVD Copy" is the overall winner ....... but when you take a look at this one it seems that the author of the "big recoding quality test" wasn't paying attention.
I wonder what your opinion is?

[SARK]

I've done a quick search and the main thing (if your goal is quality over speed) is that CCE has an important role in the various "back-up" tools.

[Mago!]

I took a look at DVD rebuilder (screenshot look) and it seems that it does the same thing as DVD2DVD-r, except that DVD2DVD-r has more features... DVD2DVD-r uses CCE to encode the movie, or an built in transcoder.. (think its the same as DVDShrink)... but I always use CCE because I want the quality...

Someone asked about the time, and I think the ripping, and stripping part takes about 30-40 min. (I always rip the movie to HD with DVD Decrypter first, but maybe it isnt necessary), then the encodeing part (CCE) depends on the length of the movie. I usally goes for 2-pass VBR, which means it goes thru the movie 3 times.
With my computer (1.8 GHz Celeron with 768MB RAM) the speed is something like 1,1... This means Im encoding 1,1 min film in 1 min.
So an 1 hour movie would take about 50-55 min for one round, then it does this 3 times.
Then there are additional min. to auther the film back again.
So a normal 2 hour film takes about 8 hours, so I usally does this over the night...

I have tried DVD2one and dvdshrink, and think they are great, but when using them I would get hickups in the movie. Especially at chapterchanges, the movie would freeze for a second, or two. Another problem, was that i upgraded my burnprocess at the same time to Nero 6.something. But that was not so good so I went back to 5,9.something...

The thing is that my standalone DVD player is sensitiv on burned dvds...
(Its a pioneer)

[SARK]

So whatcha gonna do, mister mago! ?
Stick to DVD2DVD-r ?

[Mago!]

It looks like it...
Mayby I will try to upgrade my burn process instead...

Thanks for the input anyway...