Anyone tried DVD2ONE?

[rhegedus]

Which version of Nero? I'v got 5.5.10.0 and it works great - not a singe coaster yet. Can you upgrade?

Regards,

Rob

[jeex]

i purchased this program earlier today..

tested: LOTR (widescreen edition)

selected: english audio & subtitles

i must say, i am quite impressed.. this is so amazing.. i dont have to fuss around with many different programs, reading guides and worrying about ******* up one step, out of sync subtitles and all the other bullshit that used to be associated with converting a dvd9 to dvd5..

now as for quality.. i'm sure there is a decrease in quality, but honestly, unless you're an anal quality freak you're not going to notice.. and i did a really long movie, and i didnt notice anything..

when this program supports including menu's & splitting a dvd to 2 discs it will be the only program i will use (as far as transcoding dvd's)..

cce does offer better quality, but its hard to notice.. i DO notice spending HOURS longer to encode the movie and going through tedious steps to do what this program does in 20 minutes..

i say, **** CCE (as far as transcoding dvd's)..

as this program advances it is going to be a HUGE step towards making dvd burners as mainstream cd burners..

some of the best $40 i've spent

go DVD2ONE!!

[IvIark]

aznguy wrote:

I made a post, but no one reply to it... So I'll try here...
Sorry if its a stupid question as I'm new to DVD Authoring!!!
after using DVD2One, is there a method or way to keep the extra and menus???

A later version of the software will allow you to reserve space for extras, but at present the results from DVD2One are so close to the 4.37GB limit that you wouldn't be able to add anything else. There are ways round it, you could for instance add extra audio tracks and then strip them out to take the size down but this is starting to make a simple process very complicated, better to wait for the updated version.

The menus are easy to add though which will keep things like chapter selection, but the links to any special features will be diabled:

Adding the Original Menu:

I think that the procedure should go as follows but I'm at work and so if anyone spots any mistakes just point them out!

You will need the following software:

DVD Decrypter (or Smart Ripper if you prefer)
DVD2One
IFOUpdate


1) Use your favourite ripper to decrypt the DVD to your hard disk in file mode (this will be the ' Original Folder'), and select all the movie VOBs along with:

VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.VOB
and VTS_01_0.VOB (this assumes that the main movie is in VTS_01_1.VOB etc)

2) Use DVD2One on the 'Original Folder' and save the files it creates in a 'New Folder'.

3) Delete the movie VOBs ONLY from the 'Original Folder'

4) Copy the movie VOBs ONLY from the 'New Folder' to the 'Original Folder'

5) Run IFOUpdate. In the first field select the 'VTS_01_0.IFO' file from the 'Original Folder'. In the second field select the DVD2One authored IFO from the 'New Folder'. In the third field give a location for a backup file (use a temp directory).

6) Click 'IFO Update' then 'Correct VTS Sectors'

7) Et Voila! Check it out with WinDVD (or whatever) to see if it works.


I hope that's the complete process, but I am open to corrections!
Also note that this will only work if the menu is small enough to fit in the remaining space on the disk. DVD2One seems to get very close to the maximum size so it may be a tight squeeze.

[spaceman]

IvIark your guide for using the original menu is a good one but it aint gonna work as DVD2one takes all the space of the disc only about 13/14k left not enough for the menu.Someone in an earlier post did hit on the idea of selecting an extra audio or subs that you don't need and let DVD2one do its job then rip out the extra audio/subs with IFOEdit giving u the room to insert a menu.........

[spaceman]

SORRY IVIARK DIDN'D READ ALL YOUR POST I C U DID MENTION ADDING EXTRA AUDIO.............

[rhegedus]

Sorry to sound stupid, but what's the point of having a menu if you can only 'order one thing from it'? i.e. chapter selection. Won't the |< and >| buttons on the remote do the same thing?

Regards,

Rob

[IvIark]

spaceman wrote:
IvIark your guide for using the original menu is a good one but it aint gonna work as DVD2one takes all the space of the disc only about 13/14k left not enough for the menu.Someone in an earlier post did hit on the idea of selecting an extra audio or subs that you don't need and let DVD2one do its job then rip out the extra audio/subs with IFOEdit giving u the room to insert a menu.........

I think the amount of space does fluctuate a bit, but I used this method last night with Salem's Lot and there was enough space to fit the menu. I think it's just going to be a case of try it and see.
Using an audio track may be a bit much, maybe keeping an extra stream of subtitles and stripping them out will give you enough space.

[IvIark]

rhegedus wrote:

Sorry to sound stupid, but what's the point of having a menu if you can only 'order one thing from it'? i.e. chapter selection. Won't the |< and >| buttons on the remote do the same thing?

Eye of the beholder. Some people like them some people don't, but at least you have the choice. I like them simply because I find it an aesthetically pleasing introduction to the movie and the chapters selection is handy. If you don't want them you don't have to do them though.

[Harvy2001]

well Im am most impressed with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have used various methods of encoding video, using REMPEG and CCE and on most occasions it has never worked properly for me, usually the fact the movies never would worked in my PS2, in fact thiers a few posts on this forum about how i couldnt make it work.

Anyways I see this as a idiot proof way of making excellent DVD9>DVD5 copys.

I just did LOTR Fellowship of the Ring - Directors Cut, and barring the time it took DVD Decrpter to copy to hard drive(15mins) the encoding bit took just 16mins approx for both discs on my Athlon (+XP2400)


Im sorry I havent read all the previous posts but this is the instructions I was given by a mate.

OPEN dvd-decrypter select the drive the dvd is in, click mode go to file mode that will select the movie file for you.

Go to tools and select settings in general make sure macrovision removal is ticked

on file mode make sure you have a tick in

select main movie files

remove ifo/bup rc protection
remove ifo/bup rce protection
remove ifo/bup puos

now click dvd and sit back and watch it store on your drive


once done open dvd2one

On the first screen, select the source and destination directories

On the second screen, select the title that contains the main feature

On the third screen, select the audio tracks and subtitles you want to include in your copy.

Then click the Start button and processing begins

sit back and wait till its ready

Then burn resulting folder into your favorite DVD bunring software i.e. in VIDEO_TS folder.

[Antonio S.]

spaceman wrote:
IvIark your guide for using the original menu is a good one but it aint gonna work as DVD2one takes all the space of the disc only about 13/14k left not enough for the menu.Someone in an earlier post did hit on the idea of selecting an extra audio or subs that you don't need and let DVD2one do its job then rip out the extra audio/subs with IFOEdit giving u the room to insert a menu.........

You don't have to use Ifoedit to do this...

Just enter the new encoded VIDEO_TS as a source to DVD2ONE, and process it again stripping the audio that you don't need. It is faster and foolproof...

Antonio S.

[jfebus]

Hi All...

I just bought that excellent piece of software and it's great!

I tried in a Dave Mathews Band concert (2:15:00) and noticed that dvd2one lowers the bitrate, for example there is a part when it lower it from 4mb to 1.4mb. All you have to do is check "Show Information" in PowerDVD.

I have read people stating that they prefer spending 4 or 5 hours just reencoding using an expensive program over spending 40 minutes on a $40 software...and they complaing about some block they saw...

People, if you are so picky with the quality, just buy the original DVD again and you will have a bit by bit backup!

[sheppy124]

quote from author on afterdawn.co.uk as follows from people who asking whether it is a hoax as follows:

Hello,

Thank you for your responses.

Not the entire program is made in assembler only the parts where speed realy mathers

And i can asure you it is NOT a hoax, our software doesn't do a entire re-encoding like CCE does, but uses some advanced techniques to compress the allready encoded movie.
This compression engine is smart, i constantly measures the output size so it will make optimal use of the 4.37 Gb UNLESS the movie with stripped streams is shorten then 4.37 in that case it will just rebuild the structure of the DVD so you can burn it to a DVD-r

Ordering is only possible via our website (http://www.dvd2one.com) we use a secure CreditCard system for safe transactions.

I just would like to mention the obligatory copyright notice. we we will not tolerate piracy or the trading of license-keys.
If we find out you are sharing or spreading your license-key we automaticly void your registration and you're not allowed to download any future upgrades.

If you have any problems or questions about the program feel free to ask me.

[BAt21]

Hi all
Need a Little help just trying DVD2one and i keep getting this
when i try to back a dvd


Encrypted data detected dvd2one can not decrypt protected data

any help would be nice

[sheppy124]

Hi all
Need a Little help just trying DVD2one and i keep getting this
when i try to back a dvd


Encrypted data detected dvd2one can not decrypt protected data

any help would be nice

have you decrypted the dvd first or not disabled macrovision

[OcTroN]

Hi all
Need a Little help just trying DVD2one and i keep getting this
when i try to back a dvd


Encrypted data detected dvd2one can not decrypt protected data

any help would be nice

Decrypt the DVD first. So put it on your HDD with DVD Decrypter/Smartripper or any other familair program. That will do the job.

[Edit] Too late

[Baldrick]

bat21: have you ripped the dvd to your hd first? Use www.DVDDecrypter.com and rip to your hd in file mode.

(No I was too late. )

[BAt21]

Thanks alot

[Scarpad]

Scarpad no offense to you but XXX is a horrible movie to use for a comparison. It is less than 4.4GB so this movie should have absolutely no compression at all.

It's my first test, I'm gonna give it a go tonight with attack of the clones
I just wanted to see how it would handle a film that you'd have to reencode anyhow. XXX is slightly bigger than what would fit on a DVDR so I wantd to see how it would handle it..

[Harvy2001]

BAT21 I just posted the simple instructions about 10 posts up, hope that helps.

[Scarpad]

Here's a question if you were going to copy a movie lets say Undercover Brother. It's short enough that you can get the DTS and DD tracks without reincoding it. Would you expect to get the same video quality if you did this the old fashion way with Decrypter,IFOedit,Chapter Extracter, and DVD Maestro as you would if you simply used to DVD2One? It would probably take about the same amount of time but it's one step. Or would you be better off using the original method

[oldfart13]

Once this software can do what I *really* need it to do, then maybe it's the solution many of us cappers need, which is to get around long encoding times. I don't rip DVDs, so in that this software is useless to me. What I do is capture video at high Mpeg-2 bitrates and reencode to lower bitrates for my final product. Is there some way that the software can do this or is that still in development? Any way to make the Mpeg-2 file into a fake VOB so it can be reencoded? Encoding times vary, but to do SVCDs, 45 minute file takes 5 hours on my PIII 1GHz! If this software could do a reencode to a lower bitrate in only 1/2 hour (or less) like it does for DVDs, then I would buy it right now...

[susie]

Thanks for the brief explantion :P

Ok I don't have a DVD burner so will it be worth buying one just to back up DVD movies with this DVD2One software or would it be better to buy a standalone DivX player ?

Suzie yes for the most part.

Well I figured I would post the howto here since the DVD2ONE page seems to be getting hit hard. Not that its hard to use.


HOWTO

How to use
Step 1 - Copy the movie to your harddisk
Most DVD's are encrypted and need to be decrypted before you can process them with DVD2one. Since decrypting DVD's can be against the law in your country, this part is not included in DVD2one. You will have to search the internet to find a program that can do this job.

Although DVD2one should also work with files that are preprocessed (ifo mode), it is strongly recommended to use file mode.
Make sure all options are disabled, so for instance do not enable Multi Angle Processing!
Do not merge the vob files to one big file, keep them seperate.
Step 2 - Process the movie
On the first screen, select the source and destination directories.

How to use
Step 1 - Copy the movie to your harddisk
Most DVD's are encrypted and need to be decrypted before you can process them with DVD2one. Since decrypting DVD's can be against the law in your country, this part is not included in DVD2one. You will have to search the internet to find a program that can do this job.

Although DVD2one should also work with files that are preprocessed (ifo mode), it is strongly recommended to use file mode.
Make sure all options are disabled, so for instance do not enable Multi Angle Processing!
Do not merge the vob files to one big file, keep them seperate.
Step 2 - Process the movie
On the first screen, select the source and destination directories.

[img]How to use
Step 1 - Copy the movie to your harddisk
Most DVD's are encrypted and need to be decrypted before you can process them with DVD2one. Since decrypting DVD's can be against the law in your country, this part is not included in DVD2one. You will have to search the internet to find a program that can do this job.

Although DVD2one should also work with files that are preprocessed (ifo mode), it is strongly recommended to use file mode.
Make sure all options are disabled, so for instance do not enable Multi Angle Processing!
Do not merge the vob files to one big file, keep them seperate.
Step 2 - Process the movie
On the first screen, select the source and destination directories.

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On the second screen, select the title that contains the main feature.


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On the third screen, select the audio tracks and subtitles you want to include in your copy. It is recommended to include only those audio tracks you really need. This saves additional space for the video stream.
Also select the angle you want to keep. Usually the first one is the one you want. This feature is mostly used by studio's to display texts and credits in different languages according to match the audio language you have chosen. For instance on Star Wars it is used for the 3D scrolling intro text.

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Then click the Start button and processing begins.

Step 3 - Burn the movie
DVD2one does not deliver an image for a specific recording software, but dvd compliant files instead. This means that you can burn the movie with any dvd recording software.

Make sure that the files are in a VIDEO_TS directory.
Make sure that the disk name, directory name and file names are in CAPITALS.
It is NOT recommended to use Nero. Tests have revealed that Nero does not make 100% compliant DVD-video disks, and numerous DVD players will not play disks made with Nero. We have had good results with RecordNow by Veritas and PrimoDVD by Prassi.

[gobama]

Just got done ripping Stephen King's Rose Red Disc 1, the DVD is actually 2 original dvd's and I am completely amazed. It fits using DVD2ONE on 1 dvd-r, the 1st original dvd does I mean. It was over 8 gig and it's now 4.37 This is awesome and it looks good enough for me 8)

[-BK-]

I just did a movie that was 6 Gig of size (movie only).
I did it using DVD2one in 19,5 minutes and using CCE (DVD2DVD-R) in about 6 hours.
I must say there is a difference in quality... the one encoded with CCE is better! So I will stay with DVD2DVD-R at the moment, but I will keep my eyes on the future versions of DVD2one!

-BK-

Check out my website ...

[jeex]

jeex: you can edit your post instead of posting twice

[jeex]

Ok I don't have a DVD burner so will it be worth buying one just to back up DVD movies with this DVD2One software or would it be better to buy a standalone DivX player ?

divx encoding will take longer, you'll suffer more video quality loss, sound quality (unless you're using ac3 audio) will not be as good, you wont be able to watch it on your friends dvd players, you'll have to sit in front of your computer or hook up your computer to your tv..

definetly get yourself a pioneer a05 and some good 4x media and use the hell out of this software..

if jesus were a computer, the arrival of this would be his second coming

[jollyrodger]

Little help here!
I am trying the demo version. Made my 30 minute movie. The vob file plays back OK. When I burn it with Nero 5.5.9.0 in DVD Video mode, the disk just skips in large increments. I always use Nero this way and have never had a problem. Is it Nero or something with the DVD2ONE process?
Thanks again.
Rodger

[IvIark]

Little help here!
I am trying the demo version. Made my 30 minute movie. The vob file plays back OK. When I burn it with Nero 5.5.9.0 in DVD Video mode, the disk just skips in large increments. I always use Nero this way and have never had a problem. Is it Nero or something with the DVD2ONE process?

Try DVD-UDF instead. Make sure you select "No Multisession" and UDF 1.02 partition. Should work fine.

[destrozeitor]

I have a DVD burner since 2 weeks only, but have reencoded a lot of SVCD using CCE.
I think this soft is great for people without time, and/or low specs machines, but i can see very clear the macroblocks that this very good programmed piece of soft produces.
For me its like returning to the svcd thing or worse. Maybe worse, becouse in svcd you have a lower resolution and you can compress bether with less bit rate. (less artifacts)

In one film i have converted with DVD2ONE (Aliens), it has lowered the bitrate to only 1.5 mb in some very dark scenes. I can see macroblocks there. Its obvious, and all people with a decent TV set would see it. (and i only have a 4/3 29" Sony, not a widescreen tv).
If you can live with macroblocks thats perfect, but the fact is that you can see they if you look carefully to the screen. (i can!)

I have been happy making svcd last years, and have converted a lot of films using DVD2SVCD, but i have changed to ripp to DVD becouse the increase of quality it offers. If using dvd2one i will obtain almost the same quality image that i have obtained with svcd i chosse to recompress it with DVD2DVDR (CCE). It makes all the conversion process itself, and the output have real great quality.

Dont blame me. I think DVD2ONE is great, but not as great as the slow metod of real recompression with a professional codec like CCE.

Its only Time us Quality.

Pd: (sorry. My english is not very good)

[-BK-]

Its only Time vs Quality.

I totally agree with this statement!

-BK-

http://users.pandora.be/DVD2DVD-R