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Looking to do high quality video conversion
Eóin:
Looks like you're forced to create image files with ImgBurn (which makes sense).-Hirudin (June 04, 2007, 12:15 PM)
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I had thought the same thing too for a while, but in fact when in the build mode you can set a writeable cd or dvd as a target device allowing you to skip the intermediate iso stage if you wish.
Hirudin:
Looks like you're forced to create image files with ImgBurn (which makes sense).-Hirudin (June 04, 2007, 12:15 PM)
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I had thought the same thing too for a while, but in fact when in the build mode you can set a writeable cd or dvd as a target device allowing you to skip the intermediate iso stage if you wish.
-Eóin (June 04, 2007, 05:10 PM)
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I meant while ripping DVDs, looks like you have to make an image. Since I almost always process the DVD contents before burning I prefer to use the actual DVD files.
That Build mode works great as well! It was also a recent find for me.
Carol Haynes:
I find DVDFab Platinum to be really very useful. It comes with a lifetime of free upgrades (and it is prolifically updated - practically everytime I open the app there is a new version to download).
It rips pretty much anything you throw at it (either to ISO files or to a VIDEO_TS folder) and will resize/bit copy/reduce to main film etc. (even on the fly) and burn a copy of any DVD but also allows recoding for iPods etc and has a generic convert option which produces XvidD plus the original audio format or MP3 audio in the form of an AVI file.
I haven't tried the generic conversion but the rest of the app is excellent and remarkably quick.
I have attached a couple of screen shots so you can see what is there but I suggest you donwload the trial from
www.dvdfab.com
the only drawback is that it is now $50 - but it really is a pretty much one click automated app that works brilliantly and the speed of development makes the price tag quite cheap.
Looking to do high quality video conversion
Looking to do high quality video conversion
Looking to do high quality video conversion
wr975:
I gave Gordian Knot a try last night, seemed to create a decent video. Very automated, but I didn't see many options... (I even tried right clicking on the program!). I have a suspicion maybe I have to change the options in the Xvid program, or in some .ini somewhere though.
Unlike some people, I'm not happy just letting a program "do it's thing" when I know there's a ton of options to be had. For instance live TV shows probably need different options than cartoons to create the highest quality video.
-Hirudin (June 04, 2007, 12:24 PM)
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Gordian Knot gives you 100% access to all the options a codec offers. :-)
See the three guides here: http://www.doom9.org/xvid-guides.htm
Gordian Knot is already a bit dated because all development went into AutoGK. IMHO AutoGK is the best one-click solution around, but I still prefer Gordian Knot (together with the included Robot4Rip). It's a bit of a learning process to get used to the program, but after years of using + a couple of mouse gestures (using StrokeIt) I can create XviD encodings (ripped from DVD) with minimum work in a quality and size I want.
For ripping copy protected DVDs I'm using AnyDVD. This tool allows me to continue using DVDDecrypter and DVDShrink + lets me watch DVDs without seeing forced ads/trailers/PiratesAreCriminals. And the best: Lifetime updates. :Thmbsup:
Carol Haynes:
Just tried DVDFab 'generic' conversion to produce an AVI (Xvid + MP3) and it seems to work great. You can set fixed bit rates, output sizes, frame rates etc. and is all very easy to use.
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