Anyone tried DVD2ONE?

[jetli68]

hi m8 try a diff program cos i have had probs using dvd movie factory in the past

[DTWells2k2]

I just used DVD2One on a movie and which was only about 90 minutes because the bitrate on the dvd was around high 6s to low 7s and it unfortunatly was full frame. Anyway, when it was done converting it all the files were only 3.46GB. I thought this program always maximized it to 4.36 or whatever.

[jetli68]

i am not sure but some one else might no but i think it will make a bigger movie down to 4.3 gig but if the movie is not that big it will not make it bigger it will just prob leave it at the size it is

i think

[DTWells2k2]

When the files are ripped to the HD its bigger than 4.3 its 4.4

[IvIark]

I just used DVD2One on a movie and which was only about 90 minutes because the bitrate on the dvd was around high 6s to low 7s and it unfortunatly was full frame. Anyway, when it was done converting it all the files were only 3.46GB. I thought this program always maximized it to 4.36 or whatever.

This could easily occur if you've stripped out multiple audio and subtitle streams. You'll probably find that the movies stream along with whatever audio you've selected has simply brought the total file size down to 3.46GB. It should be a perfect 1:1 copy.

When the files are ripped to the HD its bigger than 4.3 its 4.4

Have you tried burning it? Remember that the limit is either 4.37 or 4.7 depending on your definition of a gigabyte.

[jetli68]

mmm not sure m8 i thought it just made them all to that 4.3 but it must just make small files on what ever sizit is

[jopereira]

I made two tests yesterday, with trial version.
I don't know the original titles in english but I think is "The English Pacient", about 6,89Gb and 155 mn, and "The Dead Man Walking" with about 6 Gb and 135 mn (don't know the exact numbers but that doesn't matter to much either). Both movies are 'special' portuguese versions, which mean that they don't have other subtitles than Portuguese, and the only audio language is original English. This also means that nothing is striped out ("normal" comercial movies can be squeezed striping other languages and subtitles).

Both encoded to 15mn (wasn't suppose to be 30mn?).
Both came out with VERY VISIBLE "sliding" areas, already related in this thread. These are visible when bitrate goes down to 3-2.5Mbps.
These sliding areas are very distracting.
As most of you already said, the uniform areas are the most effected since I didn't noted details been loosed. I really can see other differences if I want, but then I'm not seen the movie...

I know that I'm picking up the "worst" scenario case, so I admit (not tested yet) that movies ranging from 5-6 Mb can have much better final results, making DVD2One a good program.

Should I mention that is was VERY FAST, or you already know it ?!?!

Since I never made a backup of movies that take more than one DVD-R (with IFOEDIT), I really liked the simplicity of this program.
This is the way to go!

Expecting to see what future versions bring,

[1badfish]

I used DVD2ONE last night to make a backup of LOTR and Brotherhood of the Wolf. LOTR is about 3 hrs and Brotherhood of the Wolf is about 2-½ hr. These movies are extremely large, far as file size and length. I watch the backup of LOTR on my 52” HTV about 8’ away and loved it. Was it prefect? No, it was not 100%, but it was 97%(sufficient for me) 8) . Why was it not prefect? In the caves, I could see some blocky-ness in the dark areas. I still think my backup of LOTR is great and I will watch it again in the future. I will watch Brotherhood of the Wolf tonight and let you know how it looks. This is a great program for backing up the movie only. I wish to think IvIark, Kwag, GandyMan, and others for a fair review of this program .

[JamesL]

@ JamesL & DTWells2k2 :

Existence of DTS depends on ripping method:
If you rip using DVD2SVCD (internal routines - my favourite method), DTS audio DOES NOT GET RIPPED, but registers as existing in ripped ifo. So, when you fire up DVD2ONE, DTS is an option, but nothing gets encoded!

I have backed up two DTS movies (Back to the Future 1, The Bourne Identity) with DVD2ONE so far, one ripped using Smartripper, the other using DVD Decrypter, both working perfectly ok.

Well, not exactly 100% ok. I too can spot that rogue pixel on the upper left corner (when standing on my head, which makes it the lower right, sitting normally...)

Thanks Arianos.
I assume you used the "Files" method in SmartRipper and DVD Decrypter?
JamesL

[jetli68]

i think we are all missing the point here i done lotr the old way and it took me hours like 9 and dvd2one is 3 times faster but i am sure we all can put up with a little loss in quality if it saves 9 hours or so

i say dvd2one is the best tool since clonecd

[dun4cheap]

Ok, I am ready for a new version. We have pretty much concluded that this is the tool of choice if we don't choose to go the CCE or TMPG route. So I have chosen the d2o method and I am ready for more. Has anyone heard from Erwin as to when we can expect more. Will we be notified via email. Last I heard from Erwin he wrote "I am just trying to survive."



I feel like a horse chasing a carot.

[dhluke]

Have you guys notice that DVD2ONE will stay on your Task Manager even after closing the program. I just wonder why it does that.

[sheppy124]

When I load it up in PowerDVD and choose the show information option it actually says none available. When I load up Nothing 2 Lose (actual DVD) it has DTS and it works. Whats the problem with it?

power dvd dosent reconise dts only 5.1 if selected both formats in dvdone you will have to go to audio in options of power dvd and select english 2

[jollyrodger]

Has anyone had their final burn skip like crazy when played back on a newer Sony stand-alone player? They never skip when done the old fashioned way with multiple programs, but when using DVD2ONE, it goes crazy...skipping four minutes every second. I have burned with Nero and Record Now with the same result and using two different movies.
Thanks.

[GandyMan]

Just tested a few more videos, still working great, a thought for some that may be seeing slow converting, make sure u have two HD's. Not two partitions but two HD's. Most know it but for any new highspeeds out their, makes a big diff in converting. And no I have never had a problem while testing this with the ful version skipping on any player. does it skip on your computer, if it does not I would look at the media or the way u burned it.

[jollyrodger]

It does not skip on the computer or in my cheap Sharp player. Since I got the same result with two different burning programs, I assume it must be the Sony NS315. This really surprises me because the Sony plays back every other kind of disk perfectly.
It sounds like nobody else has run into this problem so it's hopefully an easy fix.
Can't wait to buy this product but only after I get a good test disk made.

AFTER THOUGHT: I remember reading that DVDs need a minimum length to play properly.
Since I'm using the trial version, my movie is only 30 minutes.
Could this be the problem?????? (some players more sensitive than others perhaps)

[DevieD]

Jollyrodger,





















I have the Sony DVP-NS400D and have skipping problems.










See this thread below for the gory details.





















http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140422

[jollyrodger]

I see the gory details. Let me know if you come upon a successful combination and I'll do the same.
Thanks.

[pandeyrajiv]

Guys,

I tried DVD2One last night and I am blown away by its results...

I know folks have harped on it on this thread, but man! How can a less than 100K program do something this amazing! As a hardcore computer science guy and a programmer, I am still scratching my head as to how does this program do its thing!!! It is amazing how fas it is and how good the results are...

I tried it on my own DVD of Magnificent Seven and chose the 5.1 soundtrack and the commentary track and nothing else and I got splendid results. The original rip of the title set was 5.6 Gig and it went right back to 4.36 to fit on to one DVD+R disc...

Many of you are complaining about blockiness and pixelization and that will obvioulsy happen when you have very long films and you choose wayy too many audio and subtitle streams, but if you stick to movies between 5-6.5 Gig ripped, you should have very good results...anything beyond that and you will see artifacts which are a function of the compression, which perhaps CCE or other compressors can do a better job off, but that take wayyy too long!

All said and done, guys, I am still very very very curious at a technical level...What has this guy done that allows for this fast transcoding without any glitches in terms of picture qual, audio sync issues and also maintains
the chapter points etc.

BTW, the Magnificent Seven DVD+RW I tested, I played back on my 65 inch. Widescreen HDTV ready Mitsubishi set and I could barely tell any difference.

[freedomsbeat]

I guess this is more an issue with the crap media that I **thought** was decent enough... I get this annoying problem with disks "authored" with dvd2one- EVERY time I burn the disk (with Nero or Prassi), I get a coaster at 97%.. Anyone else have this problem? I'm pretty sure that it's just the media (the cheapest dvd-r that allmedia sells)... Any good dvd-r media out there that I should try?

As for the actual program - the files play back wonderfully on PowerDvd.. Has anyone been able to compare the original audio bandwidth to the re-encoded one? I could have sworn that the audio was a bit more "hollow" on the Dvd2one encoded disks.. OF course I could have been just looking to find a flaw and it's probablly just my imagination..

Last thought - a bud of mine tried the program on his computer and had one problem... He stripped the Dolby Digital track from a disk (he prefers dts) and both of his players played the disks back without sound.. Maybe dvds aren't allowed to just have dts tracks, who knows..

[gobama]

Well, I use Princo 1x media and I don't make coasters. Don't know what the problem could be.

[Hex]

I guess this is more an issue with the crap media that I **thought** was decent enough... I get this annoying problem with disks "authored" with dvd2one- EVERY time I burn the disk (with Nero or Prassi), I get a coaster at 97%.. Anyone else have this problem? I'm pretty sure that it's just the media (the cheapest dvd-r that allmedia sells)... Any good dvd-r media out there that I should try?

I've had my share of coasters with DVD2ONE. The funny thing is that when using RNM I never burn a bad disc when using TAO "not closed". I think the Ritek DVD+R media is filling up before closing the session when using TAO "closed". I'm not sure, but I wish I could lower the file size a bit to verify.

[dmaragorn]

I just ripped the whole Black Hawk Down onto 1 dvd-r. With DVDxcopy it would only put half on 1 dvd-r and the other half on another.

With this program, I got an exact replicate. This program IS AWESOME.

[aaron10]

Okay, got a rather strange question -- more to do with burning and RecordNow than to do w/ DVD2ONE...

Anyway, I just downloaded RecordNow Max and tried to do a burn to a DVD-R. I thought something was wrong with the disc because I kept getting an odd error a short time into the burning process but it happened with several discs so I decided something more has to be going on.

I was trying to burn both an empty AUDIO_TS folder and a VIDEO_TS Folder (with relevant IFO's and VOB's). The error I got was

Error 10 at Sector 13 - Comand:55 Sense:05 ASC:26 ASCQ:00

which suggests there was an "Invalid Field in the Paramter List"

So, being in need of another coaster, I decided to try burning the IFO's and VOB's to the disk without the folders. It was just a hunch. Sure enough, it burned the files to the disk without a hitch. I truly hate to try to experiment to figure out what the exact source of the problem might be ... I can't afford to waste anymore discs.

Does anyone have a handle on what might be going wrong?

[IamCaleb]

This also isn't really about DVD2ONE.
I just would like to post my formula for success...
1. DVD Decrypter File mode - rip movie to hardrive
2. Run DVD2ONE
3. Use ImgTool 0.89 to create an image file
4. Use DVD Decrypter ISO write mode to burn img file to a dvd-r
I haven't had any problems with my discs since I started using ImgTool. I use to burn directly with NERO and had way more problems.
-Caleb

[drewson99]

Both encoded to 15mn (wasn't suppose to be 30mn?).

what does "encoding to 15mn" mean?

Both came out with VERY VISIBLE "sliding" areas, already related in this thread.

I havent seen this yet and I have done several movies over 2 hours long, why hasn't it happened to me yet?

movies ranging from 5-6 Mb can have much better final results, making DVD2One a good program.

what kind of movie is only 5-6 Mb? (I assume you mean MB) Is it some kind of episodic disc?

[mikef07]

I suggest u all use Ritek Media. It seems to be the best. I have done 100-150 movies and not one coaster. Princo's suck. No offense and if u get them to work, great, but Ritek will work every time. If you buy them by the 100 they are 86 cents each.

[drewson99]

double on that ritek advice. 300+ here, and the 2 or 3 coasters I have made were due to windows freezing, not the discs.

[JasonK]

Gandyman,

You want us to believe u paid for CCE and you only have a 850Mhz computer, yea what ever.

No, I don't want you to believe anything. But you sure ASS-U-ME things instead of understanding the facts. As I've said multiple times, I had CCE way before I had the dual processor 850mhz system. I built this system brand a couple years ago when I already had CCE. And another important point you should understand is that I have multiple computers for my business. The newest is a 3Ghz with hyperthreading. The 850mhz is my burning computer which I often encode with also. See? It's amazing what you will learn when you open your eyes and read the facts instead of jumping to misguided conclusions.

I don't know what kind of equipment you are using but here at my house we have a $24,000 A/V system in which the differences are negligible at best. So unless you are using some super duper thing I really can't say I agree with you. We also have TV's ranging in screen size from 20" to 120"

A projector doesn't qualify as a 120 HDTV. I'm also feeding my HDTV from a high end progressive scan DVD player and have had the HDTV professionally calibrated. The difference between my CCE encodes and DVD2ONE is like looking out of a window and looking at a picture. I've shown the difference to some friends also. DVD2ONE has a lot of improvement to go through for us videophiles, but I agree that newbies and those who aren't as critical will find it acceptable.

I will do additional testing with some more movies, as I would love for it to be as good of quality as some are trying to say, but I also realize there is no such thing as a free lunch. And my experience with the product so far hasn't been very impressive quality wise. Some users will say it's 97% as good as the original, but go on to say they see blockiness in dark areas. Sorry, but that would mean NO WHERE NEAR 97% as good as the original.

[aaron10]

Here's further concerning my "burning problem" using RecordNow Max 4.5 which was detailed in a couple of posts above:

If I create a folder and call it AUDIO and add it to the list to be burned, it shows up in the RecordNow to burn list in black color, which I think means things are alright. However, once I add the _ to a foldername (as in AUDIO_TS), the foldername appears in red in the to burn list, which I suspect means things are not going to go smoothly bub.

How are others getting away with this since I think RNM 4.5 is a program that a lot of folks are using after the DVD2ONE conversion? Any thoughts and/or recommendations will be greatly appreciated.