Ripping Problems...The Patriot

[a_w_d_2000]

Hi, I just ripped the patriot of dvd into
VCD (NTSC) I am Using
1. Smart Ripper
2.DVDtoAVI
3.TMPeng
The first 40 mins of the movie are fine, and pretty good quality but after that it becomes relly blocky and every movement the characters make is followed a block trail.
What sould i do. I have tried ripping it 2 times and it happened in the same place both times. What should i do?

[a_w_d_2000]

PS. I have done it before Ripping "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

[nfl2k2]

This happened to me when I started making VCD's. Use a bitrate calculator from tools section. Then use Constant bitrate in tmpgenc and set the bitrate to what the calculator tells you. After that, they worked fine for me.

[a_w_d_2000]

Which Calculator, there are four but none seem
to be for VCD? Or am i meant to get one for DVD???

[nfl2k2]

It's the java enabled one, the vcdhelper one.

[flaninacupboard]

he's suggesting that you don't make a VCD, but the variant XVCD, which is basically the same, but with a higher bit rate. also, does the file seem corrupted playing on the computer, or on the DVD player, or both?

[a_w_d_2000]

It is only when i play it after encoding it
to mpg, Also with the program i am using
there doesn't seem to be a Xvcd option?
What do you thing the best program to use is?

[flaninacupboard]

ok, TMPGEnc,is a good program to use, an you're quite right, it doesn't have an XVCD template. this is because the VCD template is the standard. standard resolution, standard video and auido bit rate. if you change the resolution or video or audio bit rate, it is no longer a VCD, as it doesn't meet the standards, and is loosely bunched together into the category XVCD. eXtended VCD. so, in the bitrate calculator, use the drop down bar and select XVCD, and try using the settings it comes up with.