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Tchamber

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section. But if you're reading this, I need your help! Been probably almost 10 years since I tried ripping a DVD then converting it to avi or mpeg. Saw another post in here and a guy suggested Handbrake. I tried using that, and got HUGE files, and garbled video, it was really crappy. I have downloaded CCCP, don't know if that makes a difference or not. I don't really care how long it takes to convert, I just want DVD quality videos. I'm running i7 920 at 3.6GHz, 6GB DDR3 and RAID0 of two 300GB Velociraptors. Any help is appreciated.
-Tchamber
 
I recommend TMPGEnc but the pricetag may not be to your liking. I use it to transcode DVD's all the time. You got the horsepower, just need the right software. TMPGEnc is pretty much the gold standard for consumer grade transcoding quality per KB/s bandwidth IMO.

Others will get you comparable quality but will require more bandwidth (and thus larger files). But again the price may not make it worth your while, everyone is different about this.
 
you are doing it wrong. handbrake is known for super high quality, the x264 encoder it uses is respected. you've failed to realize that handbrake does not decrypt dvds, so of course you got garbled video. you rip the disc to the drive first, or use some on the fly program that automatically removes the drm. there are free or pay solutions for either. slysoft/dvdfab etc. if you want dvd quality with max quality you use handbrake with the high profile setting. additionally check off pyramidal bframes in the advanced tab, direct predition to automatic, motion estimation to exhaustive or one step before that and you are good.
60% constant quality rate should give you all the quality you need. i prefer the mkv container.
 
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I tried Handbrake using a folder on my C: as source and it would not work; smart ripper was used to rip to hdd. The garbled video was from transcoding from the disc itself.
 
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well yea if you encode from the disc its encrypted.
open the video_ts folder from the hardrive rip in handbrake. it always works unless you've ripped it wrong
 
Rip it to the HDD with dvd decrypter/dvd fab.

You'll probably source it using avisynth (if you're on windows) and perform IVTC or deinterlacing (depending on your source) before you go ahead and encode it. If you're not making a dvd just use x264 to encode it (it's GPL).

Paying for TMPGEnc (it's an mpeg2 encoder so unless you're doing dvd authoring or some other special case it's already a bad idea, I recall it only supporting RGB input, wonder if my memory is wrong or if that changed) seems like a terrible idea considering there are free ways to do it which will produce as good if not better quality.

Unless there's some special case here I'm not aware of, x264 to a final mkv file seems like the way to go for doing backups/rips/whatever. Handbrake uses x264 as its h264 encoder.
 
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Forgive my newbieness...but I can't get it to open more than one .vob at a time...ideally I don't want 7 little movies, but 1 full size movie.
 
Tchamber said:
Forgive my newbieness...but I can't get it to open more than one .vob at a time...ideally I don't want 7 little movies, but 1 full size movie.
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If you're on windows you can use DGIndex/DVD2AVI to create a d2v (will use all the vobs that you select) which you can then source using avisynth. Using avisynth you can then perform IVTC or deinterlacing as the source sees fit.

Most movies are going to require IVTC. You can use the TIVTC plugin to achive this using a something like this (avisynth script):
Code: 
LoadPlugin("TIVTC.dll")
LoadPlugin("Mpeg2Dec3.dll") #or dgdecode

Mpeg2Dec3_Mpeg2Source("blarg.d2v")
SetPlanarLegacyAlignment(true) #not needed if using dgdecode

tfm().tdecimate()

#crop(left,top,-right,-bottom) #if needed
#Spline36Resize(width,height) #if needed
 
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this might be the wrong forum for this. but if you want custom rip use megui w/ avisynth, if you need a friendlier gui get handbrake but you loose some customization. use DVDDecrypter to get source off dvd first though.
 
Wow...you guys are so over my head with this stuff. OK, I use Handbrake to encode...but what is this sourceing thing I need to do beforehand with avisynth?
 
you don't need avisynth😛
its just very simple.
toss the dvd into dvdfab, have it rip to a directory, open said directory in handbrake, done.
 
you could also use makemkv to do the DVD rip. It is essentially the new DVD Decrypter and can make uncompressed MKVs (which can be re-encoded in handbrake) in a one-click, simple GUI.
 
to make the source to 1 VOB file, use dvdshrink and untick the option to 'break into 1GB chunks' or words to that effect, and choose the (iirc) edit option. that lets you choose just the movie, or just the episodes without any bothersome extras. also lets you choose specific audio tracks and subs,.

personally then i use megui and encode with x264 HQ profiles.
 
no, thats an extra step for no reason, dvd shrink was good back in the day but development stopped so it can't handle some drm, thus requiring dvdfab type program anyways, adding unnecessary step. handbrake now does subs and all that as well.
 
Holy crap guys, how about something easy to use?

DVD Decrypter to rip, Mediashow Espresso to convert. Drag and Drop easy.
 
Development on DVD Decrypter stopped in 2005. And it never handled BluRay. I used it all the time in the past, but I think a newer one is in order; unfortunately the days of free rippers are pretty much gone.
 
yup that or anydvd
and yea dvdshrink also stalled out on dev.
most dvds will rip..well many will on even old stuff, but the newest releases get dodgy, sony is the best at throwing wrenches into the gears of rippers, they used to cause rippers to require updates every couple months or so, but its been slowing down.
 
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tommo123 said:
to make the source to 1 VOB file, use dvdshrink and untick the option to 'break into 1GB chunks' or words to that effect, and choose the (iirc) edit option. that lets you choose just the movie, or just the episodes without any bothersome extras. also lets you choose specific audio tracks and subs,.

personally then i use megui and encode with x264 HQ profiles.
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Thanks man, this seems to work best.
 
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