I just finished installing DVDRebuilder and support apps using the current v.93 installer package. I had CCE Basic and AVISynth preinstalled. The install went with no apparent problems or error messages. My first test of the setup was backing up a retail version of Saving Private Ryan. I ripped the DVD files to the HDD into the source folder using DVDDecryptor. Then I opened DVDRebuilder and went through the backup process with no error messages - time was about 90 minutes. When I checked the files in the output folder (before burning to DVD, using Windows Media Player and a couple of others) the opening screen and the menu played fine. When I clicked to play the movie, I got what seemed to be an encrypted picture - pixelated with large squares and wierd colors all over the screen, totally unviewable, audio seemed OK. I checked the original ripped source files, and the movie played fine, so there is not a ripping problem. No settings were changed in DVDRebuilder after the install. Does anybody know what is going on here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What version of AVISynth are you using? I don't believe DVD-RB works correctly with any version newer that 2.5.
The AVISynth version is 2.5 so I don't think that's the problem. Someone suggested that Saving Private Ryan might be an 'ILVU' title and that the basic version of DVD RB won't work on this type. I don't know what an ILVU title is. Anyone with experience in this area?
You dont say what kind of media you are using, usually when you get pixelation like that it is due to cheap media, you can use good burning programs but if you still use cheap media that is wht usually happens
I'd agree with, kenneth1, more than likely bad media. Dvd Decrypter and RB&CCE&AviSynth should have no problems with Saving Private Ryan. Weycraze
AviSynth will work up through 2.5.6 beta 1, beta 2 of the same version will not work. It is advised to use the 2.5.5 version (stable) of AviSynth. It can be downloaded from http://www.dvd-rb.com along with the latest Rockas installer version of RB. With the correct version of AviSynth installed and an encoder, everything should set up automatically. However, I would go into the setup to ensure that the paths are set correctly for the encoder and decoder. If you're going to view your DVDs on your PC, you need a player such as WinDVD or PowerDVD. Some of the recording suites such as Nero and Roxio have players as well.
It's been a while, but I don't remember Saving Private Ryan as being an interleaved movie. There is where ILVU comes in. For an understanding, it's best to review the VOB setup. Here's a little piece I found on the web that sort of explains things. All VOB files are essentially MPEG2 Program streams with audio, video, sub-picture and navigation data multiplexed. A VOB file is organized as a set of cells; a cell is a basic unit of play data. Each cell consists of a sequence of units called VOBUs. Each VOBU is a sequence of packs. The first pack in a VOBU is a navigation pack and contains Program Control Information (PCI) packet and Data Search Information (DSI) packet. The remaining packs contain audio, video and sub-picture data multiplexed together. Each pack has a fixed size of 2048 bytes. A pack typically contains only one data packet and may be stuffed with dummy bytes or a packet called ‘padding’ bytes/packet to make it a fixed size. DVD allows easy navigation in its audio and video data. Information for navigation across different VTS is contained in the VMGM. Within a title, the play order of different cells (from one or more VOBs in the title) is described in a Program Chain (PGC). A PGC is a logical unit to present a part of or the entire Title or Menu. A PGC is further divided into programs. Each program contains integral number of cells. A Title may have one or more PGCs. However, a Title that has parental guidance levels, will have more than one PGC. Depending on the parental level selected by the DVD disk viewer, the PGCs are selected for being played. PGC contains PGCI which gives the order of presentation of cells within that PGC. The information for presentation of a cell, such as the angle information for seamless and nonseamless play and highlight information is contained in the Navigation packs occurring within the cell. When playing non-seamlessly, the cells within a logical block are placed contiguously. Therefore, during cell presentation, intermittent blocks may have to be skipped depending on the angle information selected by the DVD disk viewer. An angle block is a logical block containing cells for different angle presentations. During presentation, not all the cells within the block are played. The different angle cells are of almost the same play time and since they are placed adjacent to each other, the DVD disk viewer can seamlessly change from one angle to another. When playing a parental level seamlessly, cells from different VOBs may be interleaved in a logical block. Such a block is called an interleaved block. Each unit of VOB that lies in an interleaved block is called an [bold]ILVU[/bold] of that VOB. This means that the cells in a VOB may not be placed contiguously over the physical address space and may be interleaved with ILVUs from other VOBs. Now that you know the definitions, you'll be more able to tell if some of these people know what they're talking about.
You're welcome. Seems some folks like to throw around terms to sound more knowledgable and don't really understand what they're saying. Me, I try to say as little as possible, especially on technical subjects. LOL
