DVD-ROMs are a waste of money!

[mikewg]

I got a DVD-ROM for Christmas, and have already decided to return it for something else.

I was testing some stuff out and found the coolest thing. Hook a DVD player into my ATI Video Card, and I get the most beautiful capture. And this was with a regular audio/video connection... I can only assume once I get S-Video connectors, the quality will only be that much better.

If you don't have a DVD player and you don't have a Sima CopyMaster, then nevermind, get your DVD-ROM. But if you have a DVD player and a Sima CopyMaster, forget the DVD-ROM hype.

[tinycorkscrew]

What DVD-ROM hype?

I'm glad you like your capture from the DVD player to your ATI card. But, good as the quality may be, it's not the same as ripping the DVD and encoding the VOBs. And some of us can encode w/ TMPGEnc at faster than realtime, so it could actually take longer to capture with video-in.

[mikewg]

Hmm... well that might be where I was confused from.

I thought to rip a DVD would take like 12 to 24 hours. Then to convert it after that would take faster than realtime... as opposed to capturing at real time and then convert at 1.5 realtime?

[Vejita-sama]

Normally to rip a DVD to by HD takes 6-12min. To convert in CCE on my Tbird 1.2Ghz takes ~1x the source runtime (per pass, I normally do 3).

And again, not capture will give as qauility source as a digital transfer/rip. Not saying there's anything wrong w/ your method. Encoding gives better quaility than capture, but unless you've got a fast CPU takes a long time.