Anyone tried DVD2ONE?

[GandyMan]

I have had time to look at the test bmp's and there are some points that need raising

1 THE SCENE INVOLVED COULDN'T BE MORE COMPLEX WATER,FLAMES,HIGH MOTION AND A CLOSE UP.

2 WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE TESTS ON OUR MONITOR,YOU AINT GONNA NOTICE THIS SAT IN YOUR ARMCHAIR.

3 $2000 v $50 SO WOULD EXPECT SOME DIFFERENCE

1. so basically that justifies the crap quality? i dont think so.what is a test if u only feed it "easy" to encode material? not much of a test i think.....it should be able to handle ALL sorts or video, including these kind of scenes

2. that is total nonsense, when u have a good tv set u WILL notice, unless your blind.also if you beam your movies like i do, you will start crying believe me i did, sure if u watch it on a "small" tv it will look great....but when u want to watch it big....you'll get big....macroblocks

3. i think thats a rather weak point, since we all know that noone here actually bought CCE.....anyway sure there can be a difference, i dont mind, but this difference is too big. there should be an option to choose between quality or speed, so people with little time and slow pc's can do it fast and others can choose to go slower and have better quallity, that way you please all users and not just the ones that all of sudden are prepared to sacrifice quality over speed

I still do not see what u are seeing as crap video. I am watching on a 61" and I see not one single macroblock, just to see if u are right for projection I used a barco projector that is set up for 75" and I still see know noticable diff. Yes CCE encodes better, but your point about the quality does not make sense to me. U are saying qualitiy is number one but u are reencoding, If quality was that importand just not reencode at all. And buy the way some of us do buy the software we use, it helps support better software out thier. Mabey that is the problem u do ot like it because u can not get it for free until a crack comes out. So have a nice day, JMHO

[Tony Yip]

Does it work for NTSC movies also?

[sumibas]

hi,

i used the program to back up U571 with subtitle DD5.1 and DTS track. the Original size was around 5.3 gb. USed dvd decryptor to rip the dvd ( 12 min. then used dvd2one 17 min the result is a 4.3 gb total files and there is no diffrence that i can see it on a 27 inch Tv, 51 " projection tv, 32 inch sony Wega or a Projector for a 75" inch screen from the original and the copied one. hey worth the 45 bucks

[GandyMan]

Does it work for NTSC movies also?

Yes no problem

[Faceman101]

It will get your movie onto one DVD-R. I would only recommend doing so with movies at are 5gigs to about 6.5-7 gigs. Anything over that or full DVD-9s will not look good re-encoded. For that CCE or TMPGEnc should be used.

But in the end..quality is in the eye of the beholder.

[NYPlayer]

Very seldom you will find "MAIN" movies on a full 9 gig dvd. If thats the case it's best to split that movie and not re-encode at all.

Most movies are between 4-7 gigs with a lot of extra's that fill up the 9 gigs.

[herbapou]

I just did Shreak NTSC region 1, Canada.

All I can say is WOW. Quality is great. I kept french and english audio and subtitles and dump the rest.

I also did Asterix, Mission Cleopatre. I had mixed results with that one. Quality was soso, although my wife didnt saw anything wrong with the video quality. But I did. 8)

For that one, I kept all audio tracks (4) and strip 3 of them after to re-insert the rest of the VOBS to have a complete DVD backup. From now on, I will only copy the main movie when I use this method so every available space is for the movie.

Great tool, well worth it.

[Mordant]

What about something with mulitple episodes...Like Band Of Brothers...Or SPACE 1999?

[Faceman101]

Most movies are between 4-7 gigs with a lot of extra's that fill up the 9 gigs.

True, I should say 4.8 - 6 or so. Well T2, LOTR, movies like that I wouldn't do with this program.

I should say 4.8 - 6 or so. Well T2, LOTR, movies like that I wouldn't do with program

@Faceman101
do you have some facts to back this up? From my so far limited experience this size range should not cause a problem for the large majority of users.

[dun4cheap]

Just for everyones info, I did Cast Away. It was approximately 7.6gig. After I was complete, I played it on my apex 5131 using the DTS audio on my 36in screen and it was great quality.

[curryman]

hey musher,
what do you mean by dns error and how do i solve it,
the link is still down for me and it's killing me, i just want to do a whole movie and marvel at the quality

[rhegedus]

hey musher,
what do you mean by dns error and how do i solve it,
the link is still down for me and it's killing me, i just want to do a whole movie and marvel at the quality

There's no problem with the link - I tried it last night and it worked OK. Just keep on hitting refresh and you'll get there eventually (except for the last screen - you'll know what I mean when you get there ).

Regards,

Rob

[IvIark]

toolman2k:

DON'T BUY IT THEN!!!! Just leave the rest of us to enjoy our new program and you spend the next 6 hours re-encoding something that we would find a waste of time. Each to his own!


To everyone else, I'm someone who was extremely impressed with the introduction of DivX encoding, so I could get a movie to fit on a single CD. I've played them through my laptop, video out to my TV and the quality of the vast majority have been "close" to DVD quality. Longer movies have been of lesser quality but they always looked better through my TV than they did on my PC screen. This program gives results that are blatantly superior to 2xCD DivX and in my opinion are so close to the original that I couldn't be bothered to split hairs about the odd glitch. I've now done 6 movies and am finding it very hard to reproduce the bad results that some people have posted about. Tonight I'll try Salem's Lot which is 3 hours and see how that turns out.

The thing is though, we all still have the option to re-encode if we feel the need to. Hell it only takes 30 minutes with this to test the results for a movie and if you feel it isn't up to quality then fire up CCE and start the full process. The thing is though, for all 6 films I've done so far I've been so impressed that re-encoding really hasn't entered my head.

This program has just added another extremely impressive string to our bow.

[tumbar]

1. Ifo-edit = highest quality, split to 2 disks if necessary

2. CCE is the "champ" if you want to re-encode, who can argue this point.

3. DVD2ONE....I'm impressed, LOTR- 7.37Gigs to 4.37, kept the subtitles also.

Will be intresting to follow this product development.

I used Nero to burn, no problem.

[daznic]

I just ripped Time Bandits - 116 mins long with Smartripper, Then used DVD2ONE on the whole movie
It took just 17 minutes to process & Now fits on a single DVDR with no visible quality loss !

This is my first attempt at using this program & i`m amazed !!
so anyone out there Know exactly how it works ? - it seems too good to be true - where`s the catch ?

[curryman]

yeehah!!
curryman is a happyman.
had to go down friends house and download, he has two connections bt openworld and freeserve anytime
wouldn't open page with freeserve(same as me) ok with bt.
off now to test whole movie - happy as a pig in sh..

[SatStorm]

The picture quality of this program is like using TMPGenc @ motion estimate search for re-encode!
BUT:
It is light years faster
It is light years easier
It needs only itself!

It is the best DVD video backup solution for Personal Use.
Only If you distribute you won't like the quality!

And this is the first version! Just imagine what gonna follows!

This program don't re-encode. It does something like normalization for audio. If you can understand what I try to say.
The same tip is happening on DVB transmission, on MCPC channels.

For movies close to 6GB, you wont see difference. For larger ones, yes, but again, who cares! It is excellent! It is amazing! It is the best backup solution! Buy it!

[wez_p]

does anyone know how dvd2one handles region protection/rce/macrovision/css?

[flip69]

I bought it and it is unbelievable. I will use it for most DVD9's now and use DVD Decrypter for DVD5's. I will use DVDXCOPY on DVD9's where I want all the extras.

[IvIark]

does anyone know how dvd2one handles region protection/rce/macrovision/css?

The protection has already been removed by the ripper you use so it works from unprotected files.

[wez_p]

does anyone know how dvd2one handles region protection/rce/macrovision/css?

The protection has already been removed by the ripper you use so it works from unprotected files.

aaah - ofcourse - please excuse my simpleton-ness!!! i was too hasty to think first, ask later

[jayman2]

I just found out about DVD2One yesterday. I went the their website and read about it and I just had to grab a copy. This turned out to be one the best moves I've made in a long time. This little program is nothing short of amazing.

I know there are still some hard core, die hard encoders out there that don't want to give up the old ways of producing DVDs, but everyone does not want to waste all of that time producing a DVD that no one is going to really appreciate, except themselves.

The truth is that if one of these guys were to walk into a room where a DVD produced by DVD2One was being played... if they didn't know, or weren't told and just sat down and started watching the movie... they would probably never even suspect that it was a backup and not the original DVD.

As far as the menus and extras go... I would say that most people are like me and don't care about those things anyway. We just want the movie on one DVD. And IF you still want all of those extras, and can always continue to produce your DVDs the old way.

I love this program and can't wait for the updates and see where it's going.

[marvel2020]

Ok Just the tried it on Gladiator Pal Edition 149mins

Wow, this little programme is just ******* awesome.

After it had finshed the new VOBs came in at 4.36gb, burnt to DVD-r using NERO at 1xSpeed.

Quailty is outstanding even on a 28inch Widescreen TV.

Total process took 1 hour and 40 mins from start to finish.

Just a pity that it doesn't do the whole DVD, but that's not important, i think the programmer will have to watch his ass, no doubt the BIG COMPANY's etc... will be after his ass once they get to hear about it.

[wizzy]

i download the software and use it for 2min (enough for me to see quality)
the quality was good! how ever i found some difrent betwen dvd2one and cce....but for me its the same.
one question i have:
if dvd2one does not rip the menu, how can i switch between Audio (DTS,5.1-if i rip them both) ? or how can i switch between subtitles, again if i rip 2 sub's?
anyone have answer?
i did not bought it yet b cuz of this reason...

[johnjohn]

Just made a bavckup of matrix using this baby.. it rocks... Took 1 hour 15 minutes from ripping dvd to burning at 2 speed on pioneer 104. Quality is great hardly noticable on my 55'' in big screen... then added simple menus on spruceup before burning...

[Barnabas]

Having a menu or not has nothing to do with being able to switch audio tracks.

[dun4cheap]

Wizzy I answered your question in another topic, but here it is again.

Look on your DVD remote. It usually has a button that sais audio on it. By pressing it, it will go through the different available audios. It will also tell you what they are as you go through them. The same goes for sub titles. Your remote should have a sub title button, keep pressing it till you are on the one you want. Remote restrictions are turned off in the ifo file. Unlike some commercial dvds where they force you to select what audio or subs in the menu. I prefer to be able to switch. Gives me the ability to compare the audio stream with the push of a button. I usually prefer DTS myself but I always rip DD and DTS with english subs.


Only an unasked question is a dumb question.

[NYPlayer]

wizzy

Use your remote to change audio tracks and subtitles.

[BodyMaker]

I am pretty amaze how people are un-aware of there rights on this forum regarding the copying of copyright material.

International copyright laws allows the copying of copyright material for private usage has long has its made from the original and has long has the copy is not for anything else then personnal usage. That includes the making of copies of borrowed material. Also, copies must be made by the person using them, meaning you cannot make a copy for someone else.

But you dont have to take my word for it, do some researh about it on the net and you will see... key word is "Private Copying"

Canada: (french/english)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/circ15b.pdf
http://www.cpcc.ca/english/proposedTariff.htm

France: (french)
http://www.01net.com/article/195431.html

Euro:
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=1375
http://www.europedrm.com/presentations/hansen.pdf

Note that the movie and music industry are fighting those "exceptions" with a vengence, and anything may change at anytime. Also note that in some countries private copying is limited to music only, not dvd's.

I personnaly thinks that what really hurts the insdustry is copy made from other copies or copies made from downloaded material. If people could know that to make it legal, you MUST copy from an original, then lots of people would make the extra efforts to get an original (new, used,borrowed, rent): in all cases, some $$ is making is way to the authors has oppose to downloaded material or copies of copies.

Is this correct ? Ive followed those links and been reading for about and hour but its all a bit confusing !!

I'm Off down to blockbusters