TMPGEnc vs ReMPEG2

[rhegedus]

Hello all!

I'm new to the process of backing up a DVD to DVDR, so please excuse me if my question is silly or has an obvious answer.

From what I have read here, there would appear to be two ways to achieve this:

1) Rip all the files you need using something like SmartRipper, then

2) Use IfoEdit and ReMPEG2 to produce the files you need to put into your VIDEO_TS folder for burning with say Nero,

or

3) Use DVD2AVI to create d2v and wav files, then use TMPGEnc to produce a mpeg2 file that you can author and burn with say Ulead MF.

Using the same final size estimate, I've achieved similar results (that is, I can't tell any difference) using both these methods but, on my PC, IfoEdit/ReMPEG2 takes about 7-8 hours whereas DVD2AVI/TMPGEnc takes about 3-4 hours .

Why is this?

Regards,

Rob

[BJ_M]

because one is faster than the other ?

[rhegedus]

If that is the case, then why do so many people use the 'slower' option?

One extra thought....I read somewhere on this forum that DVD uses a 'VBR' format as opposed to a 'CBR' format. My previous attempts using VBR were about twice as slow as CBR (due to 2 pass?). Could it be that ReMPEG2 retains the VBR of the original DVD whilst TMPGEnc automatically uses a CBR template?

Regards,

Rob

[wulf109]

Rempeg does retain the VBR encodeing of the original DVD. In my expierence Rempeg and Tmpeg(in 2-passVBR) take about the same time to transcode. Try CCE,it produces better results and in 1-passVBR will take about 25% of the time to encode as the other methods.

[BJ_M]

If that is the case, then why do so many people use the 'slower' option?

One extra thought....I read somewhere on this forum that DVD uses a 'VBR' format as opposed to a 'CBR' format. My previous attempts using VBR were about twice as slow as CBR (due to 2 pass?). Could it be that ReMPEG2 retains the VBR of the original DVD whilst TMPGEnc automatically uses a CBR template?

Regards,

Rob

DVD can be VBR , CQ or CBR .... it doesnt mater ..

You can get nearly equal results from tmpgenc as from CCE .. since the cost factor diff. is huge - TMPGEnc is accualy the better buy. CCE DOES produce excellent quality no doubt, but many are blind sided by the "if it costs 40 times more it must be better" , CCE is not 40 times better than TMPGenc ...

[dc91gt]

remeg sucks.

www.edamon.com/dvd/