Hi I have some DVD's with a few episodes of TV shows on each if them. I want to convert each episode into a seperate AVI or DivX file. I have ripped the DVD, and tried using DrDivX, which didn't work. Is there a better way to perform this conversion? Cheers.
Using DVDDecrypter in IFO mode, rip the episodes one by one into separate folders on your HD. Then convert each to AVI using GordianKnot http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/gordian_knot.cfm I backed up every episode of Trailer Park Boys this way, making 3 episodes fit 1 CD-Rom (they are only 1/2 hour each) so 700/3 = ~230MB per episode. This works well, but 640x480 'fullscreen' is actually pretty demanding (lots of pixels per frame) so I did Sex And The City at 700/2 = ~350MB per episode. This provides excellent quality and does not tempt one to reduce the resolution to 512x384... Actually, a widescreen film @ 672x304 has approx. the same pixels as 512x384 fullscreen, so you can see 640x480 is actually pretty large (more than 300,000 pixels/frame!) Are you in NTSC-land or PAL? NTSC is always interesting because you can get different sources: Progressive (24fps), Interlaced (30fps) or Telecined (30fps). Detecting whether your 30fps is telecined or true-interlaced is one of the big challenges for n00bies who are working with fullscreen television content... There is a great deal of tech info floating around about this topic - including this on Doom9: http://www.doom9.org/dvd-basics.htm But, I dunno how that works in PAL :^) Hope this helps, Regards
Hi Thanks for the reply. When I originally ripped the DVD, I used the "File" mode in DVD decrypter, saving them all in the same directory. I think that is what confused DrDivX a little. I re-ripped the files using the "IFO" mode, ripping the episodes to different folders and DrDivX worked fine. Thanks again for your help, it was much appreciated. Cheers
