Anyone use DVDx ?

[prox]

I'm totally new to this, so any suggestions would be great.

Followed this guide step by step (with the DVDx 1.8a and the newest TMPG): http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdbackup.htm

Took about 2 hrs and I got a big MPG file, which is easy playable..

the problem is, there are occasional blocky pixels and sometimes distortion in loud sounds/speech.

So the question is: Does DVDx simply do average quality and I should use something else? Or are there some options I can use to improve the quality ?

[Linuxboy00]

Hello,
I use DVDx to encode my dvd to divx mostly, but I have never had a problem using it. I tell dvdx to use the Lame codec for audio and Divx 5.02 for the video. Works very well for me.
What are you doing, divx, vcd, scd?
send me an e-mail or something and I will try to help you out the best I can.

[scotuk1]

i use dvdx also i am having the same problem distorted audio,i am encoding to vcd(using tmpge)and dvdx

[scotuk1]

just thouhgt of something(demultiplex )the mpeg file ,then delete the crappy sound file,once done that convert the origanal audio with tmpeg and multiplex(IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 30MIN TO DO THE UUDIO AGAIN)

[prox]

thanks for the help , I've been starting to use DVD2SVCD/ TMPEG and the quality is flawless so far. takes many many hours, but I can just do it at night or build a 2nd computer for this purpose.

so.. I'll just presume it's a lack of quality with DVDx

[fritz]

Hey prox,
Are you able to make VCDs using DVD2SVCD and TMPGEnc?
Can you add subtitles?

Thanks.