Gareh Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 im in process of converting this .avi to a mpeg2 file - i think the quality will be great (will tell the results) and im using a program called TMPGEnc - it seems good, the only downside to this is that it takes long long loooooooong time to decode an .avi file - its already doing it about 10 hours, got about same amount of time left Yeah. That's the program I use. On my computer for an hour and thirty minute movie takes about 3 hours. From *.avi to *.vob (DVD files). You might have an older computer? I have an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU. Of course the CPU isn't the only thing that makes the process time vary. But it's the main thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 i gotta amd 2400xp running at 2.1ghz with 512 mb of ram...at everything else its fast enough, except this thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 but soon.....i hope within couple of weeks ill have my new system grrrrrrrrrrr asus sli motherboard (dont know the model) 1gig corsair xms dr400 ram amd athlon 64 3500 (greeeeeeeeeat processor) 16x pci express nvidia 6800gt ........mmmmm........i cant wait...should be very fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 ok here is how i burn .avi into a dvd WinAVI v6.2.rar to get a .avi into .vob file http://www.winavi.com/WinAVI_Video_Converter.exe and RecordNow MAX 4.5 to burn the dvd http://www.tucows.com/preview/267811.html install winavi and convert the .avi into vob then go to http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261973 and follow the simple instructions if u need any help just say it its really easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 how is the quality when i go that route ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 wont get any better then the avi decent as a divx duality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jypagan Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 I Use DVD Shrink also go to goggle and search for "DVD43" this littler program helps you to remove the encryption on certain DVD like resident evil, the grudge etc. This is working great for me and I can play the DVDs on any player and both my PS2 and XBox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 22, 2005 CID Share Posted April 22, 2005 .AVI (DivX and Xvid) are all compressed files and will never be high quality. You might be able to get VCD quality. The best site for all media information http://www.videohelp.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 also...is it possible to make an exact copy of a dvd - i have few movies i wanna backup, but my friend tells me that i wont be able to do that since they're protected and such....anyway, i know there must be a program for that im just not sure what is it called can anybody help me out here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 You can copy the entire content of a DVD and make a backup copy if you have a dual layer DVD burner. You cannot do this direct with copy protected commercial DVDs. To copy such, you'll need to rip the files from the DVD to your hard drive, then burn them to the blank dual layer DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy8 Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 hey check this program out called DVDShrink it's what I use to back up all of my DVD'd to 4.7GB DVD disc http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 You also have to remember that if you want to fit the entire movie onto a regular DVD-R, DVD Shrink will lower the quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 sounds like the program i need to check it out every one that used it is happy tell me the cons of the program guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 DVD Shrink is an excellent 'one click' solution for copying movies. But the downside, like peepnklown said, is that you give up some quality. That is where using a trio like SmartRipper, DVD2AVI, and TMPGEnc excels. You have full control over the quality of the process. It is more work, and may take a while to learn all the tricks, but once you've cracked it, the results are flawless. Tweaking these programs for quality takes no more effort than what you guys are doing to tweak your computers for speed....well worth the effort. go to: www.doom9.net for reviews and tutorial links of all DVD copy software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareh Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 I use DVD Shrink as well. Although if I want to keep the movies quality then I just copy the movie itself, and not all the menus and the special features. Usually when you just copy the movie, you'll have the full quality. Then once you've only got the movie selected in Re-Authoring mode you can go back and select which audio streams you want. So you can take out unwanted subtitles, and different language audio tracks etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 25, 2005 CID Share Posted April 25, 2005 It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane_floyd Posted April 25, 2005 CID Share Posted April 25, 2005 I use DVDShrink, in order to keep some quality but still have menus I remove all uneccesary audio streams and custom compress so that the menus and extras are more compressed than the movie. Depending on the DVD I can get all menus intact with English audio and still have 75% video quality (you can barely tell the difference). I will continue to use DVDShrink and single layer disks until the DVD+RDL (dual layers) go way down (currently around $10 a disk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted April 25, 2005 CID Share Posted April 25, 2005 You also have to remember that if you want to fit the entire movie onto a regular DVD-R, DVD Shrink will lower the quality. i have compress mine and copied to dvd-r and it looks like dvd quality. oh and i also use single layer 4.7GB dvd-r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 28, 2005 CID Share Posted April 28, 2005 haha, umm, pit, do you really want to be publically posting on the internet that you are copying movies and selling bootlegs of them? just thought that was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted April 28, 2005 CID Share Posted April 28, 2005 haha, umm, pit, do you really want to be publically posting on the internet that you are copying movies and selling bootlegs of them? just thought that was funny umm what you talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 28, 2005 CID Share Posted April 28, 2005 the mpaa would like a word with you please. ha! gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta_dubbed Posted June 2, 2005 CID Share Posted June 2, 2005 learn how to burn www.doom9.org 1. i use dvd decrypter (free download) (saves movie to HDD) 2. i use dvd shrink 3.2 (free download) (compress movie to fit in single layer 4.7 GB dvd-r disk) 2.5 dvd shrink 3.2 needs to use nero to copy movie to dvd-r (once done IT WILL work in any dvd player, from my experience) this is my first post... i followed #2..after it was shrink the were 2 folder..(containing .vob) will i just directly burn it to nero?the 2 folders? i seldom be in the internet... kindly email me some info...(pitbull481) [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane_floyd Posted June 2, 2005 CID Share Posted June 2, 2005 VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders right?. You need to create a new DVD Video compilation in Nero, then drop the VIDEO_TS folder into it, the AUDIO_TS is usually only used in uncommon DVD Audio (music) disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta_dubbed Posted June 2, 2005 CID Share Posted June 2, 2005 ok.. ill try it in an hour..coz im going out to buy some blank dvd r's ...thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta_dubbed Posted June 2, 2005 CID Share Posted June 2, 2005 when i try to burn the shrinked dvd, something pop-ups on my nero : SAVE AS IMAGE .nrg?? before i can burn it..what will ido? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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