back 2 dvd

[onerose]

ok with everyone seeming to want to encode to vcd, i want to encode back 2 dvd (vob with menus) movies i've downloaded
help can it be done?????


never mind i figued it out

[Anubis]

? to .vob

Great - tell me..

Anubis

[onerose]

this is a lot of steps but untill i find a better way this works
step 1. use nandub or tmpg to get it back to a avi or what ever decodes from divx's format(just get it to a full avi format,remember this can be a big file so make hard drive space)
step 2. use adobe premire to encode to a m2v
step 3.pinnical impression dvd to get vob file or any authoring software you like
step 4. burn to disk useing nero or prassi primeo 2.0

it works but takes a lot of time, even then if you use the full file most times it's to big to fit on a 4.7g disk(accual size 4.2g) so you have to spilt them to 2 disks or if you have 9.4 double side disk(dvd-r) you still have to record to both sides a lot of work the 1st time but if you save the file dubbing easy after that

i hope this helps

[Haywire]

? to .vob

onerose,

step 3.pinnical impression dvd to get vob file or any authoring software you like

Have you noticed any audio sync problems or choppy replay? I used DVD wise and the created VOB is not smooth.

[Anubis]

WOW - And I thought making brownies had alot of steps!!





Well I guess if anyone has thought of a better way it would have been mentioned by now.

Anubis

[onerose]

to haywire, none so far i followed the setup given at the videoguys cookbook setup for adobe premire and so far no problems

yea anubis the steps it to my wife to make brownies (err) choc cake took less steps

[pogeybait4883]

You want to go from DVD to DVD? Not too hard but not all movies convert easily. Here is my advice. You will need about 4 different pieces of software.

1) DVDX 1.8 (FREE)
2) Video Server 0.93 (By Edwin van Eggelen) (FREE)
3) TMPGenc v. 2.54.37.135 (I think about $35.00)
4) Ulead DVD Workshop (about $275.00)

Install all this software on your system and get ready to rip.
First use DVDx to open your movie. Set up the input settings and when you set up your output settings, select the Video server as your premiere encoder. When you encode, it will produce a small .avi file that will be used for the next step.

Now with DVDx open and the video server still running, open TMPGenc and select to make a NTSC DVD. Choose whatever bitrate to encode at because it wont matter in the next few screens. When you get to the video file and audio file selection, for the video file choose the small .avi that the video server produced. The next screen will allow you to choose the proper bitrate to encode the video at in order to get the movie to fit on a 4.7GB DVD-R or whatever. Get the output file to be around 4300MB or so. This allows you to save some space for the menus or whatever you are going to put in the final movie when you put all this together in Ulead. Keep clicking next until you get to the portion that asks about the output file name. Specify the location and make sure you uncheck the check box that says "Start encoding immediately" or something to that effect. Press okay and the final screen comes up with a preview screen and a START button. Just press start and sit back for about 10 - 24 hours while your movie encodes to MPEG-2 standards.

Finally start up Ulead DVD Workshop and put together your menus and whatever you want. Make sure that when you go to burn your DVD, make the encoding bitrate that same as you did in TMPG or Ulead will re-encode your movie for you and take another 10-12 hours or more. You can actually skip the step of using TMPG and just use Ulead to convert your movie for you. I am putting together a web page for these instructions in more detail and I will post the link later.

Hope this gets some of you on the right trail.........Later.

[Anubis]

I'd say that sounds about right. We're getting into DVD mastery at work now and there are quite a few checks and balances that must be followed before we can even think about setting up and burning..

What do you think of the Higher end of Sonic products?

Anubis

[cplevel42]

DVD to DVD-R

OK, I have heard many ways to go from DVD to DVD-R and would like to hear more, but I think the fastest way. pogeybait4883
take note. This 12 hour encoding has to go (takes too long)

Find out how long the movies is.

Go to VCD help.com and download a bitrate calculator.

Enter the movie length into the calculator. and choose 1 dvd 4.7GB, it will then let u know what your max bitrate can be. Do NOT use the recommended bitrate. Its usually too high. Be conservative. Always use a VBR (variable bit rate). If the calculator says that 8000 max bit rate is OK, try using 7000 instead. Youll need room for chapters, menus, and background music for the menu page etc.

Use a cpature card and "transcode" (encode to mpeg while capturing) with DVD workshop. Set the bitrate to 7000 using the mpeg settings in workshop. Remember, you will need to switch over to the mpeg encoder in the global settings before mpeg capture options will show.

After the mpeg is captured (2 hrs for hr movie) create menus and chapters and then just burn to DVD-R, all using DVD Workshop.

It takes 2 hrs + 15 minutes to do a 2 hr. movie. Forget 12 or 24 hrs. That is way too long to have the puter tied up.

I would like to find a way to rip the DVD to the HD and have it internally transcoded to mpeg2. This way you would not need a capture card. Does anyone know if this is theoretically possible?

[maggot]

what kind of capture card are you using???.....and is it a hardware mpeg2 encoding or software?....I like the sounds of this though

[cplevel42]

well............

I'm using an ATI All In Wonder 64 MB 8500-DV. It works GREAT!

OK, the software (DVD Workshop) is what is doing the encoding NOT the hardware. When you capture straight to MPEG2 it is called transcoding. Basically it is encoding in real tims as the movie is captured to the HD. You will need 512 of memory and 1 gig of processing power to make it error free.

You will need to be running win xp or win 2000 as the ATI card will not work with win 98.

hope this helps.

[onerose]

yo dude why doin't u creat a new thred with this question this is an old thead we are light years ahead since i started this so i'm sure theres an answer to your questions but not bured deep in this thred

[Anubis]

Yeah,

I think this link is dead alright,

..... and the smell is way beyond bad!!

[cplevel42]

What?

What gives onerose? I cant post because this thread was too old? It looks like I might have helped maggot out.

You just posted to Nielchiano (european frame rate dude) that is was "not too late" and that he helped you out. That post was from Nov. 2001, this post is one month later. Whats up with that?

Anubis (devil dude), your "bad smell" (chime in) comment makes you sound like a trouble maker. What did I do to deserve that??? If you don't like my posts, just skip em'. OK?

[onerose]

yo dude get the red out of your ass, all i'm saying is that your question was a good one(there is no such thing as a bad question) but it needed a fresh thead so it might get a better answer if you look at my question i figured it out, so this thead should have died long ago, i'm not your daddy you can post all up and down this board if you like i could give a fat rats asss what you do, i'm just saying do it where it does some good!!!!

(jezz- o- pete some peoples kids)