Best picture quality

[loopyloops]

@loopyloops

Here's what to do:

• DL and install ImgToolsClassic 0.91.6 from www.coujo.de
• Take the files in your VIDEO_TS folder outputted by DVDRB and run them through ITC - this will create your ISO for you
• Burn with DVD Decrypter or ImgBurn

From what I saw before, the files are not too big - they never are in rebuilder.

Regards

I'm trying ITC with another movie and am getting the following error - know what it means?



Ok, nevermind!! I'd pointed the program right to the video_ts folder as opposed to the folder that holds it....

[loopyloops]

Can I use DVD Rebuilder from a file as opposed to a DVD? If so, and I can use DVD Decrypter, which mode? Thanks!

[blutach]

DVD Rebuilder likes a full DVD structure. But (at least in the Pro version), you can do a movie only, or movie and menus only.

Rip always first - DVD Decrypter is best - File mode, all files.

Regards

[loopyloops]

DVD Rebuilder likes a full DVD structure. But (at least in the Pro version), you can do a movie only, or movie and menus only.

Rip always first - DVD Decrypter is best - File mode, all files.

Regards

Thanks! So file mode gives you a full DVD structure?

[blutach]

Yup

Regards

[Sophocles]

Can I use DVD Rebuilder from a file as opposed to a DVD? If so, and I can use DVD Decrypter, which mode? Thanks!

Both file mode and ISO mode gives the full DVD structure but I prefer file mode.


Using DVD Rebuilder from a file is recommended because your hard disk is faster than a DVD-Rom source is. On "the-fly backups require that the source Rom to be able to keep up with and exceed the speed of the recorder.

[blutach]

Plus there are no decryption algorithms in DVD Rebuilder.

Regards

[Sophocles]

Plus there are no decryption algorithms in DVD Rebuilder.

How true!! for that we need DVDdecrypter or an on the fly Decrypter such as AnyDVD or DVD43.

[loopyloops]

How true!! for that we need DVDdecrypter or an on the fly Decrypter such as AnyDVD or DVD43.

Currently useing DVD43 anyway, but filemode worked like a charm!

[loopyloops]

I'm thinking DVD Rebuilder looks better than DVD Shrink but not much - is there any particular setting I should look out for? I've taken as much quality from extra features as possible - seems to make them uglier than it makes the movie look better - possible?

[UncasMS]

no, impossible

reducing the data will result in higher bitrate and thus overall quality can not decrease

the difference between transcoder and encoder will become more obvious the more data will have to be reduced/the lower your average bitrate will be

thus it will be harder to spot the difference when you remove additional soundstreams, bonus etc


i saw a huge difference when converting starwars3 with different encoders/transcoders:

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=51380

[Sophocles]

I'm thinking DVD Rebuilder looks better than DVD Shrink but not much

Across an entire movie a bit here and there goes a long ways.

[loopyloops]

no, impossible

reducing the data will result in higher bitrate and thus overall quality can not decrease

the difference between transcoder and encoder will become more obvious the more data will have to be reduced/the lower your average bitrate will be

thus it will be harder to spot the difference when you remove additional soundstreams, bonus etc


i saw a huge difference when converting starwars3 with different encoders/transcoders:
http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=51380

I didn't mean the movie looked worse, I meant the reduction in quality in the bonus features seemed greater than the increase in quality of the main movie.

[blutach]

Of course - let's take a crude example.

Say your main movie is 3.5Gb and your extras are 1Gb (round figures). Say you reduced extras by 25% = 250Mb. This increases the movie by just 7%.

Regards

[loopyloops]

Of course - let's take a crude example.

Say your main movie is 3.5Gb and your extras are 1Gb (round figures). Say you reduced extras by 25% = 250Mb. This increases the movie by just 7%.

Regards

Ah yes - so that makes sense - should have figured that out - have a merry one!!