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gaffo <> wrote in message news:<>...
> Jason wrote:
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> >>Jason wrote:
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> >>>>Blood Simple is 1:35 minutes long.
> >>>>
> >>>>after both Smartripper and DVDcrypter the movie becomes 1:27 minutes
> >>>>when I use Dr Divx this is what I'm told.
> >>>>
> >>>>I encode one file to 1-gig (I use 99-minuteCDrs).........finished Divx
> >>>>movie is now 1:17 minutes long. Every minute or so there are missing
> >>>>1/4sec audio and video.
> >>>>
> >>>>frames are not being dropped........just missing frames.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Both Smart and DVD tell me the rip is fine.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I don't want to try Vstrip - look too complicated ;-/.
> >>>>
> >>>>Whats going on?.........the other rips pf other DVD's rip/encode and
> >>>>playback fine.
> >>>>
> >>>>thank you for your time.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Rip the mpeg2/ac3 to your harddrive, not the disc image decssed. Unless
> >
> > you
> >
> >>>are going to burn a DVD, their is no reason to rip the entire contents
> >
> > of
> >
> >>>the disk.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>thats what I did........just the main 4 or 5 VOB files. Smartripper
> >>seems to pick the relivant files automatically for me.
> >>
> >>Still the file onthe hardrive is 97 percent complete and 3-percent
> >
> > missing.
> >
> >>the Divx has fragments of words/frames cut out. ex. "Houston" is
> >>"uston"......etc.............all three test encodes using the two
> >>rippers and Dr Divx ended up with the same missing parts in the same spot.
> >>
> >>the rip is not complete even though I'm told that it is.
> >>
> >>ideas?
> >>
> >
> >
> > If that is what you did, you should not have .VOB files.
>
>
>
> After I rip the DVD onto my harddrive I end up with 4 VOB
> files......each 1,048,000 in size.
>
>
> then I have Dr Divx collect them and encode it to Divx5.02.
>
>
>
>
> You should have
> > movie.avi (this should be mpeg2/AC3).
>
>
>
> they say they are "vob" files in my exporer window. (under filetype column)
>

Yes, because you are not ripping the movie, you are ripping the files.
Slight difference. If you rip the movie to a "normal" avi, you get a
avi file.

>
>
> Only plausible on NTFS or ext2
> > (because of the filesize limit.)
>
>
>
> 2.1 gigs? or 1.2 gigs........I forgot........yes I use FAT32 so the
> limit remains............I think.

I think it is a 4 gig limit. Most movies are smaller then that.
Since you are ripping the VOPs instead of the movies, this isn't a
problem.

>
> I do have a divx of Blackhawk down which reads as one file in exporer
> and is 2.2 gigs!!!!!.....wierd. I later split it to 1 gig and burn to
> two 99-minutes CDr's.
>
> I've encoded maybe 4 movies now without trouble. It so much easier than
> using DeCSS and Flack and all that other crap from 2-3 yrs ago. That was
> too much trouble IMO. So stopped after 3 or so movies (those CDr's all
> developed pinholes in them too btw.......so CDr's data ain't that durable)

If you have linux, try mplayerhq.hu, best encoder on the market.
Fastest one I can find. Else, Dr. Divx works but is a little on the
expensive side.

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>
>
> What movie are you trying to encode?
>
>
> Coen Brother's first movie "Blood Simple"...........should fit fine on
> 99-minute CDr with 1600 VBR........90-percent DVD quality IMO .
>


>
>
> > Somewhere, in one of the packages you are using, I would imagine their is a
> > bug.
>
>
>
> Well I know Dr Divx is buggy. Its avi segmenter is a no go. So i have to
> encode a 2-gig and then use Easy Video Splitter to get 2 - 1 gig CDr's
> worth of avi files.
>
> no other bug has hit me, though I've seen posts from others here who
> have trouble with other Dr Divx features (stuff which works on my
> machine -weird).
>
>
>
>
> Might try to download newer/older versions or rip/decss the DVD with a
> > different piece of software.
>
>
>
> well........last options are the original DeCss and Vstrip (of the ones
> I have now.............I assume there are at least 20 apss on the net I
> could try........but at some point i'll jsut say f^&k it and give up.
>
>
>
> I encode my movies directly from the DVD
>
>
>
> how do you do that??????????????
>

Linux. Mencoder with MP3Lame

mencoder -dvd 1 -alang en -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3:br=128 -ovc
frameno -o frameno.avi > audiopass.log

mencoder -dvd 1 -alang en -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1600:vpass=1 -o /dev/null > vpass1.log

mencoder -dvd 1 -alang en -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1600:vpass=1 -o "Killer Klowns from Outer
Space.avi" > vpass2.log

If you have widescreen, make sure you do mplayer -dvd 1 -vop
dropdetect
then add -vop crop=x1:y12:y2

Also, a windows program called easyDivx or something like that will do
it. I got it off some Indian site. It will rip directly from the
DVD, but it has a high penaltly because of that.

>
>
> so I
> > don't have this problem.
>
>
> maybe I should try that method. It gotta be easy...life too short ...one
> can grow old before their time try to get computers to work (esp. my
> Via-crapware based PC).
>
>
>
> thanks for your reply!