DVD9 to 1 DVDr with very easy reencoding only 2 programs

[Cavie]

DVD9 to 1 DVDr with very easy reencoding only 2 programs

Ok, this is my second guide. I'm trying to give some ways to easy backupping your DVDs, without all the difficult frameserving ect ect. I'm not saying this is the best way but more the easiest way,

In all the guides i've read there are no all in 1 programs, i'm not so smart that i can create my own program so i will have to use availeble programs.

What do we need:
DVDx
Auther program (doesn't matter witch one, i like to use Ulead DVD Workshop, came with my DVD recorder, )

DVDx is a great program, most people are now going to say "but you can only rip to SVCD"
Ok thats true, BUT SVCD is MPEG2 only the resolution is different from DVD, Luckly we can change that in DVDx. And what more important is: we can chance the bitrate.

The result will be a compliant MPEG2 for DVD (movie only) with subs and you can fit any DVD9 to 1 DVDr

I'm not going to explain how DVDx works, a'm only going to show the ajustments for MPEG2. With DVDx comes a great guide in html how to get it working.



1-select Super Video CD (MPEG2)
2-change the bitrate to fill up your DVDr (about 4 gig)
3-Here you can see how big the movie gets
4a-This is the origial size
4b-change this as the same size as the original

That's it, now go to sleep it takes some time to decode en recode the movie (it dependse how fast your PC is, in my case about 5 to 6 hours)

When it's finished load up your auther program and drag in the movie and your ready to go,
In my case (DVD workshop) it takes about 15 min to create a DVD ready to burn.

If some people want me to make a little guide to explain DVD workshop, just ask maybe i've got some time left.

Addon for sound:

If the file get to big for example in DVDworkshop.... DVDworkshop doesn't convert the movie but it does convert the sound. Probebly in the input settings, you don't have the setting for 48 khz. If it's something different than 48 khz it's not DVD compliant and DVDworkshop converts it to PCM or something and then you will get a huge soundfile and that explains the increase in filesize.

[Antonio S.]

What about...

-AC3 audio?
-Subtitles?

[Cavie]

What about...

-AC3 audio?
-Subtitles?

Read the guide that comes with DVDx, there a lot of settings in DVDx, you can almost do anything. The end result is a movie in MPEG2 with your desired subs and audio,

[Baldrick]

cavie: Save your images as gif or png with few colors instead of jpg.

[Cavie]

cavie: Save your images as gif or png with few colors instead of jpg.

Ok, sorry about that, i'm not such a grafic expert, Can I replace the current files with PNG ?

Edit: don't reply i'm just reading the guide How to make you're own guide.. its clear to me now,

[lukesjr]

once again,
great post. another guide i was looking for.
i will give it a try this weekend. used your other guide, dvd9-dvdr (dvddecrypter and ifoedit) last night and was a complete success.
thanks

[marley100]

Hai Cavie, going to give it a try, looks great, but how about a little guide on DVD workshop. And are there any other proggies that can do the job after DVDx.

Mzzl Martin

[MrFtp]

Hi,ok this is how i did:

Used your guide with dvdx.
Demuxed the mpg file with tmpgenc to one m2v file.
Ripped the ac3 file from the dvd with smartripper.
Then author the dvd with ifoedit.
And then burn it.
Very easy.
Then i got a perfect dvd with subs and ac3 sound.

[stegis]

How do you burn it?
Is it possible to see the movie on a standalone DVD??


Stegis

[Cavie]

How do you burn it?
Is it possible to see the movie on a standalone DVD??


Stegis

Hmm, with DVDworkshop, yes and you can play it in a standalone player

[Discordian]

I would really appreciate a guide of DVD Workshop since whenever I attempt to use it on one of my Cinecraft encodes it wants to re-render the mpeg-2. It shouldn't require re-rendering unless I have done something serious and wrong in the encode.

[MrFtp]

I burnt it with nero,and yes it plays on a stand alone.

[Cavie]

I would really appreciate a guide of DVD Workshop since whenever I attempt to use it on one of my Cinecraft encodes it wants to re-render the mpeg-2. It shouldn't require re-rendering unless I have done something serious and wrong in the encode.

Ok you're using cinecraft, Cinecraft does not change the resolution of a encoded movie, so if the movie isn't in the "dvd resolution" (720x576 Pal or 720x480 NTSC) DVDworkshop whats to reencode that movie, i think thats the probleem. I had this a few times myself.
[edit]Ow, and the sound has to be also in somekind of format. Several are possible, i have to look up wich one's

And i'm a the moment making a guide for DVDworkshop, it should be up in the weekend,

[Discordian]

Now that you mention it is probably the sound that is throwing me off. If you know what format I need to encode my audio in before I multiplex the video and audio together please inform me. I have the video looking incredible on my system and on svcd's but I want to make the jump to dvd's.

[Jinwoo]

This sounds good. I've got to give it a try.
It looks that you do not have to demux and mux anything ---- True?

How about chapters? Do chapter points stay intact?

Well, I will find out soon.

Thank you for the posting

[Cavie]

This sounds good. I've got to give it a try.
It looks that you do not have to demux and mux anything ---- True?

How about chapters? Do chapter points stay intact?

Well, I will find out soon.

Thank you for the posting

Nope, you get one BIG mpeg2 file, but you can create your own chapters in DVDworkshop.......

[Cavie]

Now that you mention it is probably the sound that is throwing me off. If you know what format I need to encode my audio in before I multiplex the video and audio together please inform me. I have the video looking incredible on my system and on svcd's but I want to make the jump to dvd's.

I'll try to look it up for you, in the weekend i've got some more time :P

[sunny_2]

I started encoding at 4K bitrate; it is extreamely slow; its nearly 9 hours and hardly 13 minutes of move is encoded;


Is DVDX so slow ????

[Cavie]

I started encoding at 4K bitrate; it is extreamely slow; its nearly 9 hours and hardly 13 minutes of move is encoded;


Is DVDX so slow ????

?? depence on what kind of pc you are using, on my XP2000 it takes about 6 to 7 hours for the whole movie, but at you're rate it must be an 486 or something, (no offence)

[Heavensent]

dvdx is VERY slow.
i whould rather do it using flaskmpeg and frameserving to cce.
takes about 3 hours.
but the guide is very good - if you have a lot of time and you want
the eazy way. well done

[rad1701]

Having some trouble following this guide. I keep getting a buffer overrun error at the very start of encoding. What is a typical data rate to set? I see you have 5000 set in the example, is that right? The program seems to state for SuperVCD you should be lower than 5000 even...is that correct? For some reason in order to get up into the 4000 GB range I had to set the rate up at like 70000??? Any idea why that is? I think my other settings are good. I tried a much lower bit rate (under 5000 even) and the encoding started but it was skipping a lot of the frames. Any idea on what I am doing wrong? Ihave a pretty fast PC (P4, 1.8 ghz, plenty of hard drive space, etc...). Any help would be appreciated.

[HaMm3r]

I ran into the same problem. All you need to do is hit the "WHOLE" button next to the "MAX FRAMES" field. It is right above the mark for step 3 on the screenshot image included in the guide.

[avalon]

Cavie, your guides are great - a big help, keep them coming. I'm desperate for your DVD Workshop guide- very soon please?!
I get to the stage where the files have converted in dvd workshop and the disc is about to be burnt, then I always get the error message 'out of disc space', even though I'm not - there's disc space left. Any ideas, as it's very frustrating - so close and yet so far!!!. I don't seem to be able to get over it. What's wrong? Many thanks for your help.

[rishardc]

If the disk was originally anamporhic, is it still anamorphic after turning it into a svcd?

[Cavie]

Cavie, your guides are great - a big help, keep them coming. I'm desperate for your DVD Workshop guide- very soon please?!
I get to the stage where the files have converted in dvd workshop and the disc is about to be burnt, then I always get the error message 'out of disc space', even though I'm not - there's disc space left. Any ideas, as it's very frustrating - so close and yet so far!!!. I don't seem to be able to get over it. What's wrong? Many thanks for your help.

i'm only creating in DVDworkshop a dvd dir and burn it with nero, i don't like the burnenine fron ulead. But i'm working at the guide for dvdworkshop, it will be up soon

[Cavie]

If the disk was originally anamporhic, is it still anamorphic after turning it into a svcd?

what the hell is anamporhis ? But i don't think so, the endresult is just a MPEG2 with burned in subs.

[Wetmonkey]

that is the screen/video size dimension
Academy Standard or "Flat", aspect ratio 1.85:1 aka 16X9 or widescreen listed on your dvd/case
Anamorphic Scope or "Scope", also called Panavision or CinemaScope, aspect ratio 2.35:1.
anamorphic is wider and allows for a wider screen epI and epII are good examples of anamorphic
the anamorphic will create black bars on the top and bottom of your wide screen television to compensate for the larger aspect ratio

[a.i.]

Hello
I have did this with starwars episode 2, but the audio is nog synchroom with the video. And I have selected audio video synchronisation.
Greetz
A.I.

[Brewdogg11]

Need some help. Whenever I try to use DVDx version 1.7 I create an MPG2 file, but when I go to DVD workshop to author it is tells me the file I am importing is not an compliant DVD file. Any suggestions, I followed the exact settings Cavie listed for the output.

[Cavie]

Need some help. Whenever I try to use DVDx version 1.7 I create an MPG2 file, but when I go to DVD workshop to author it is tells me the file I am importing is not an compliant DVD file. Any suggestions, I followed the exact settings Cavie listed for the output.

Try to use DVDx 2.0, thats the one i'm using.