DVD rip and encode nets really weird results

[mkirk]

I recently ripped one chapter of my new sopranos dvd to test out the feasability and quality of XSVCD burning. I used DVDRIPPER following Sefy's guide to the T. I successfully ripped then converted using TMPGEnc. When I went to view the resulting MPEG file I was surprised to see tons of weird blocks of all kinds of colors.

Is this macrovision? When I ripped I was sure to have the "De-macrovision" option selected so I am unsure what heppened. Any help from the forums?

mkirk

[poopyhead]

hrm...did you try viewing the ripped vobs directly. perhaps the dvd was a especially well-encrypted DVD. weird, colored blocks sometimes indicated a wrong key was used to decrypt the vobs...

[Sefy]

I Agree with poopyhead, usually when you got colored blocks it means the VOB's were not decoded correctly. I suggest you rip them again using a diffrent ripper and try playing them first.

[poopyhead]

also, on your ripping proggie, choose "search key every cell" rather than "search key every vob file"......they have have changed keys somewhere in the vobs...

[pinoy2201]

mkirk i never heard of a ripper called DVDRipper are you talking about SmartRipper .if you are ripping a dvd with DOD Speed Ripper or DeCSS(plus) they will not work with the new kinds of DVDs there were the grandfather of all DVD Rippers

[mkirk]

Sorry guys... I meant "Smartripper" not DVDRipper. It's the one Sefy suggests in his guide. I will try again with suggestions above. Anyone have success with other rippers? I DID have to play the DVD first to unlock it so that didn't do the trick either.

So- scrambled, colored blocks is def'n macrovision and nothing I'M doing wrong, right?

-mkirk

[Greg12]

I use DVDdecripter

[pinoy2201]

yeah DVD Decrypter is a very good ripper and i also recommend Vstrip but it might be too hard to understand for you

[Sefy]

I keep hearing about this Vstrip, and being too hard, if it is that difficult, tell me where to download, and i'll add it to the guide

[pinoy2201]

well sefy ill send it over if you like or download it at http://www.doom9.net

[Sefy]

Thanks! i'll work on it and if I can use it, so will everyone else

[pinoy2201]

no problem Sefy

[mkirk]

**** ok- now this is just plain annoying ****
I am now using DVDDecrypter for DVD rip and then use DVD2AVI to save the .d2v file for encoding in TMPGenc. When I go to TMPGenc here I have the following settings:

MPEG-2 - Constant Quality (100) - basically it's my own XSVCD template which is optimized for quality (I'm hoping - don't know yet have yet to rip successfully!) I did put the YUV format to 4:2:2 instead of 4:2:0 and also have both the source and encode setting on "interlace".

When I get through the process TMPGEnc appears to have encoded the file properly (the preview and thumbnail look as they should as the frames are encoded) - however - when I finish the resulting MPG appears blank (I hear the audio). IS this macrovision. What's the deal?

mkirk

[pinoy2201]

if you ripped the DVD macrovision is a no it was taken off in the rip process...let me think about your blank mpeg....