almost a poll for newbies

[depictionsofevi]

ok ive used alot of software. all i wanna do is rip a dvd to my harddrive (i prefer smartripper) but i need to know what to use after that like. actually whats the best. i know i have to rip video and audio. if i rip em seperate what puts em back together. just what is the overall best utils to use. like i have to rip vid first use this... next rip audio use this.. put em together usin this now u have a divx'ed avi. help please. flask screws up on me.

[khp]

Well I currently favor two different methods.

1: Flask 0.6 with subtitles fix.
Open the correct ifo file and select the audio and subs I want.
Calculate bitrate for 2 cd rip. chop to 704*X, and click 'Falsk It'

Pros: very fast to set up, flawless subtitle* support.
Cons: No filtering possible other than chop & resize.
Limited choise of audio formats.
Impossible to do two-pass in one go.

2: GodianKnot
I pretty much follow this guide:

http://www.doom9.org/divx4-avs-main.htm

Pros: 2-pass encoding of multiple movies in one pass.
VBR audio encoding.
Cons: Takes 10 times longer to setup a transcoding.

*I prefer to encode the subs directly into the avi.

[johnbmx4christ]

everyone does it different..here's what works for me..
rip with "smart ripper", choose " backup" to do the whole dvd
then i put the vob's into "dvd2avi" and select"save as project"
it creates a virtual avi file and also a wav file.
then i use tmpg enc to encode to mpeg format which also puts them together.
i use mpegs vcd format to watch on my dvd player.
the other guys who will post after this use divx.
so wait for another post..lol

[depictionsofevi]

thnx

thnx sir does tmpgg do divx as well. i just need the best compression. ur time was appreciated thanks so much. bye

[johnbmx4christ]

i personally use virtual dub for divx..but i dont do much divx.i dont think tmpg will do it ..i could be wrong but its name is tmpgenc...it stands for Tsunami MPG Encoder.

[UncasMS]

ripping: smartripper

video transcoding: nandub ('s 2-passes will give best possible quality)

audio: vob2audio
sound enhancing: wavelab3

muxing: nandub/virtualdub

scanning for frozen frames: virtualdub_vbr_mp3

[1 Smelly Fish]

I use :
Smart Ripper 2.35 to rip the VOBS
DVD2AVI 1.74 to split video and audio
TMPEGnc 12a to encode to MPEG
Nero 5.5 to burn to VCD

Cheers

[Kaiser-Soze]

I use usually use:

Ripping
Smartripper 2.41

Editing Video & Demux AC-3 or Decode AC-3 to WAV
DVD2AVI 1.76

VFAPI READER 104b

Converting
Virtual Dub 1.4.8 or Virtual Dub 1.4.8 AC-3 Fixed
and Vobsub 2.05 filter for permanent subtitles

Burning with
Nero (5.5.6.4 Build)