It's very easy, you will be able to find guides on how to do this all over the net, but here's a brief explanation anyway. First off i use DVD decryptor to decrypt the movie as i think it works a lot better than smartripper. I rip all of the files into a folder with name of the movie on it on my desktop. Then with IFOedit i open up the correct VTS_xx_0.IFO file. You will see it load up information on the movie like the different audio tracks and whatnot. Then on the top of the screen i click on VOB extras, click on create now vob files and ifo's then check where it says split streams. Then click OK. Then it will open up a screen that already has the primary audio and subpicture streams checked. Then all you do is create another folder call VIDEO_TS and specify it as your destination folder and click on strip it. Once that is done, close IFOedit, reopen it, and select any one of your new IFO files (anyone will do) and click on Get VTS sectors. Once this is done the movie may already fit onto a dvd, iff not open instant cd/dvd, go to video, instant video, select DVD and the wizard will take you through. Thats it, but like i said befor...it takes 17 hours on my pc for it to proccess the movie in order to make it fit on a dvd-r. 2 hours into the process i cancelled it and opened the file it had created with IFOedit and it looked just like it did when i played the source file except that the audio was out of sync, but i re opened it with power dvd and it was ok, so it does work..it just takes a helluva long time.
17 hours?? I'll buy you the movie!!! Has anyone had an issue with ripper or decrypt giving you an error about 1/2 way thru ripping and then asking would u like to retry-abort-ignore? I'm trying to backup 'two can play that game' and decrypt 'freezes' at vts4 and smartrip spits out that error around vts 6. The main movie is vts1 but I can't ever get my files working when I just rip the main movie. I can't rmber what exactly the error says. zhaolong...so I just rip the main movie files to VIDEO_TS and then burn, in theory it should work?? My ifo always says it can't play the dvd. From learning on here ppl always tell u to select alll and then rip and then use IFO edit to blah blah...but I'm not trying to use 2 dvd's for every movie I rip.
Ok then, send me a copy of Black hawk down in the post Thanks in advance. Seriously though, if you use IFOedit to split the streams i think that you can sometimes get the movie to fit on 1 dvd without resizing it. With the price of dvd-r's being as high as they are, i can't see how it would be worth copying the movie onto 2 dvd's. 1 video rental = 4 euros 2 dvd-rs 10 euros I could buy any movie second hand for that at a shop down the street from me with a cover for 1 euro more...no thanks, 1 disc for me.
When I open the VIDEO_TS.IFO file with instant video it doesn't show any files. What am I doing wrong?
RMF I've upgraded my Instant CD/DVD to v. 6.5 also in www.vob.de, and now I'd like to know what you have done to start encoding. I've done all the steps until I came to a file selection window. The only file that appears on VIDEO_TS folder is VIDEO_TS.IFO. I add the file to the project, and the next window show three options: write, create project and prepare files and create project. Which to choose? If I press write, it gives a message saying List index out of bounds. I click OK a few times, then gives me the properties of the file, click OK and it goes to the conversion page. If I start converting, where does it save the new file, and how to burn it then? If I choose create project and prepare files, it gives me the same list index out of bounds. Is this normal? Thanks.
Ok, when you get to the part where you select the ifo, you will see the file apear in the window next to where you selected it from.Click on it once, then you will see the ADD button become highlighted below it. Click on add. Click on next, and then on the next screen select write. Then all you have to do is leave it for 17 hours . Hope this helps.
Oh i forgot to add that it saves the new files to your temp folder in your windows directory, then when its done converting it will automatically write the movie to a dvd-r.
RMF My Instant CD/DVD, when I click to Write or one of the other options, it says List index out of bounds, I click OK and it doesn't do anything else.
Well i don't know anymore mate, this was my first experience of copying a dvd successfully, so i'm all out of ideas. Are you 100% sure that you've proccessed the correct part of the dvd with IFOedit? And did you rmember to do the Get VTS sectors thing before you tried to open it with instant cd/DVD?
i downloaded the demo version of instant cd/dvd but it won't let me do much without an unlock code? anybody have this code?
Ok i've tried this method twice now and im sorry to say that i do not recommend any of you to bother with it. On both occassions the quality has been crap, which is a shame. On both occasions i have had 500mb os space left on the DVD so obviously the quality has been turned down too much. Stube2k, How has the quality of your dvd's come out?
i have instant cd/dvd 6.5 full version (20mb). this is a version i have purchased and am happy to share. you can get it from me on Kazaa. username is sexyass@kazaa.
I personally have been unsuccessful at getting a dvd9 to one dvdr. The movie I'm trying to backup is "two can play that game". First off, smartrip & dcryt both freeze around the 4th or 5th vts file. There are 8 total. I forced it to continue and got up to vts7 and it wouldn't go any further. I can't figure out why this B rate movie is giving me such a damn hard time. There are some movies that aren't worth 2 dvds, but even if I were to suck it up and split it, I still can't rip all the files. Anyone have any idea's??? Can I rip x amount of files and then quit and edit? Or do I HAVE to have them all?? The rip where I got up to vts7 won't even burn. Spit out my blank media. Is the quality different that noticable if you force a dvd9 down to a dvd5??? RMF is right about the media being pricey. I have an HP +r/rw writer and the only media I can get to work on my standalone are the +rw's and a 5-pak set me back $30, so I'm kinda hesistant about what I split or try to fit on one. Damn shame the +r 10-pak was $27, but I can't get'em to work. I'm RAMBLING!!!
phil1191, I have a DVR-104 so I don't know if this will help, but have you tried ripping only 1 vts_**_*.VOB at a time? that way you can isolate which .VOB is the problem. DVDdcrypter will automatically select the same destination file for each .VOB so you won't have to move them around later. As far as reencoding, I reencode at 80% or better whenever I can and I can't notice any quality difference. Currently I am reencoding FEAR_AND_LOATHING_IN_LASVEGAS at 78% because I had too, so I'll know if I can stand going any lower. DVDXCOPY wanted to use 2 discs to backup the movie. Thats my issue with the program, I don't want to use 2 discs if I can just strip out some extra audio and subtitles.
Menmadi, can you point me towards a good guide to encoding with rempg? This instant cd/dvd 17 hour thing isn't worth shit, so i think i'll have to start doing it manually. I need to show my g/f some results soon to justify the money i spent on the burner or i'm out on my ass!! (not really, but i wont be getting any for a while )Although i did manage to copy from hell last night, but that was a dvd 5, so it was easy.
There is a .txt file that comes with Rempeg when you download it. It helps a little. I figured the rest out by trial and error and a few pointers from some knowledgable people(HomerJ-Neilsue). Heres a start: Use 'Bitrate Calculator' in Ifoedit to determine the bitrate or % that you need to reencode. If it's less than 75% I can't promise the quality. Create a .cffl file list using Ifoedit. When you fire up Rempeg2, open the .cffl you created, that will read all of your .VOBs Set your bitrate to the % you got from calc. If you want the best quality, set 'search' to full. I set output res to 720x480. Everything else is usually default. Click encode and wait......................... Then remux the resulting .m2v file in Ifoedit.
After you get the files reencoded which just took my machine 29 hours for a two hour movie, You open the relevent .IFO file and click VOB extras, then select remux. It will prompt your for a destination folder and for the .m2v file. Ifoedit will then overwrite the existing .VOB files that it creates using the .m2v file. If you want anything more technical than that you'll have to ask a better man than I. It's not as bad as it sounds, my machine will multitask(slowly) while I reencode so as long as my wife doesn't TURN OFF THE COMPUTER it's not a big deal.
