VideoReDo QuickStream Fix

[Mr Chris]

A couple of quick questions relating to VideoReDo:

1) What does a QuickStream Fix do that an ordinary Save Video As doesn't?
2) Can it ever be detrimental to run a QuickSteam Fix on a video that doesn't need it?

To give you a bit more background, when I rip a DVD-RW from my recorder to my PC, I convert the VOB to an MPG simply by opening it in VideoReDo and using the Save Video As option. Sometimes, errors are reported, so I go back the VOB and run a QuickStream Fix instead, and nine times out of ten everything works fine. I'm just wondering whether I should convert every VOB to MPG using the QuickStream Fix option as a matter of course. Are there benefits to be gained, or would it increase the chances of something going wrong for videos that don't need it?

Many thanks.

[Kerry56]

Here is the explanation for what QuickStream Fix does: http://www.videoredo.net/helpdocs/en/tvs/html/source/QuickStreamFix.htm

Over the years I've found this tool most helpful for mpeg2 files/DVD video where the audio and video aren't synchronized very well.

But if you have video without obvious problems, well, the usual advice is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

[NiGHT-WiNG]

If you need to know what the QuickStream Fix does they have it on the website if you want to read about it
http://www.videoredo.net/helpdocs/en/tvs/html/source/QuickStreamFix.htm

[usually_quiet]

A couple of quick questions relating to VideoReDo:

1) What does a QuickStream Fix do that an ordinary Save Video As doesn't?
2) Can it ever be detrimental to run a QuickSteam Fix on a video that doesn't need it?

To give you a bit more background, when I rip a DVD-RW from my recorder to my PC, I convert the VOB to an MPG simply by opening it in VideoReDo and using the Save Video As option. Sometimes, errors are reported, so I go back the VOB and run a QuickStream Fix instead, and nine times out of ten everything works fine. I'm just wondering whether I should convert every VOB to MPG using the QuickStream Fix option as a matter of course. Are there benefits to be gained, or would it increase the chances of something going wrong for videos that don't need it?

Many thanks.

If necessary, VideoReDo also fixes the same errors in the streams when saving the edited file, so unless a file contains so many errors that I have trouble scrolling through it in the edit window, I don't use Quick Stream Fix prior to editing to save some time and disk space.

[theewizard]

i have and use VideoRedo
primarily on broadcast recordings
if i want main movie only from a DVD , then i will use DVD shrink on the DVD or the HHD copy
if i want a one file copy, i will Vob2mpg OR Dfab to mp4 conversion
but i vary rarely want an MPEG of a DVD and don't edit or join dvd vobs using video redo
so i'm not using Redo to look for sync errors on DVD rips
but i do use quick stream fix, on any OTA recording, that i'm not editing commercials from

to answer the 'detrimental' question, redo being a NLE never recodes more than it has too
i have never found it to harm or degrade a video file when using QS fix, no matter how few or many errors
as a test , take a file with no errors, run QS and then view file

if you want to QS as a routine, just in case, as it saves time from going back and doing it over later,
there should be no harm done to any videos

[usually_quiet]

I now avoid using VideoReDo to edit recorded DVDs. There have been a few times when VideoReDo removed a few frames to fix a problem that, as far as I am concerned, didn't exist. I use one of Womble's MPEG-2 editors for DVD video whenever possible.

[Vidd]

I have had a few corrupt MPEG-2 transport streams transferred to my PC from my cable box that VideoReDo could not open. But I was able to open and repair the files using TS-Doctor. VideoReDo is still my number one choice for editing MPEG-2 files, but there seem to be better options to repair really corrupt video files.