"ratDVD" compression - Better than Shrink?

[nwg]

I have done a couple of DVD's and I quite like it but on my system it just takes too long (around 6 hours so far).

I tried the maximum compression and the first DVD went from 7.5G to 750MB. The DVD when converted back ended at 2.5GB.

What I like, is the ability to convert the audio to Dolby Virtual Surround 2 channel at 192kb/sec. I have seen an example where Shrink hasn't managed to shrink to 4.36GB because of a huge LPCM audio track. RatDVD converted the DVD down to 1.5GB then, when converted back to DVD format ended at nearly 4GB. The audio stayed as DVS 2 channel. The end result is better picture quality than Shrink's result and keeping the LPCM.

[blutach]

@nwg - Obviously for LPCM audio, you could audio transcode first with BeSweet and remux and probably then have equivalent video quality.

I suspect this format will become popular as an on-line DVD swapping tool, though that is not the author's fault.

Regards

[nwg]

Originally posted by blutach
@nwg - Obviously for LPCM audio, you could audio transcode first with BeSweet and remux and probably then have equivalent video quality.

Regards

I know, as I have done it. However, this tool can do it (with everything like menus and extras) with just one mouse click. It will be attractive to newbies or people who can't be bothered to transcode first.

[post.man.now]

Originally posted by blutach
@nwg - Obviously for LPCM audio, you could audio transcode first with BeSweet and remux and probably then have equivalent video quality.

I suspect this format will become popular as an on-line DVD swapping tool, though that is not the author's fault.

Regards

I agree that download will be its primary use. But personally I will also switch my "harddisk" DVD library to this format. So I can store about 300 movies instead of 60 (and still have the complete DVD).

[DiscoInferno]

ver 0.6.1117 released

[mikeylikess99]

ratdvd

does anyone know if a ratdvd file can be converted to avi. tyvm in advance.

[jm1647]

It's still being improved - version 0.77.1509 released 10-19-05


Edit - I never tried converting a ratdvd to avi but if you put the ratDVD file back to DVD then you can.