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[alias]

I'm going to convert a double sided dvd to xvid (hopefully using autogk) when my hd returns and I was wandering can i use autogk to rip the double sided dvd directly or would i have to make it a single dvd-r on the hd then use autogk ? if thats what I have to do can anyone suggest better methods than using dvd shrink to make a 4 gig dvd-r followed by autogk. My first time im going to convert anything so the simpler the better but i also am after a quality backup as my end result

[killingspree]

so just to get this straight: you have a movie that is split in two halves, one part on side A, the other one on B?

if so, the easiest way would be to create a 2 CD rip with AutoGK, 1 CD for each side! - not ideal for bitrate distribution, but much simpler and the only way that guarantees that you are not going to encounter any sync issues!

cheers
steVe

[jggimi]

Sync issues crop up whenever one attempts to join two vob sets because the soundtracks do not start and end with the first and last video frames.

It is possible to join the vob sets. The easiest way is by using VobEdit and the Join Clip function. It's a simple procedure, but takes lots of time and lots of disk space to execute, since it creates a new vob set from the two you are joining. If both discs are 9GB, you will need 36GB of space to use this method.

A second method is possible, through resyncing audio within AviSynth scripting. It uses less disc space, since it leaves the vob sets unaltered, but is very complicated and I do not recommend it for the Newbie. It cannot be used with AutoGK, and it requires both significant comfort with AviSynth scripting and comfort with manually transcoding audio.

I developed the second method, but I prefer the first. If you're still interested in the second, search for "concatenation" and you'll find it discussed in several threads.

[alias]

i have a double sided dvd side A on 1 side and B on the other side. Was wandering what the quality be like if I use autogk to do each side as 1 cd ?

also the disc has alternative language stream and alot of subs how would i rip those ?

I know I could just do it and learn by my mistakes but as I said I dont have my hard drive at the mo so i thought i would so some research on the best and proper way.

[killingspree]

Originally posted by alias
i have a double sided dvd side a on 1 side side on the other
:confused:

punctuation in connection with a single missing letter (B - i guess) can do for readablility?! :)

anyway, i can't say much about the quality you are going to end up with an autoGK encode, but given you are dealing with a standard hollywood flic the quality should be more than acceptable with the method described above!

if you want to do more than one audio stream, or include more than one sub stream, you'll have to resort to gordianknot instead of autogk...

hth
steVe

[alias]

sorry for the mistake i'm going to have to re-read my posts more carefully as for the audio I actually wanted to rip the other audio as seperate streams so 2 avi's with the english audio plus 2 other seperate audio streams (in 2 parts one for each avi) which I can switch to with players like bsplayer

[jggimi]

Use Gordian Knot. Doom9 has a step by step guide for XviD.

You stated, "...I don't have my hard drive at the mo..." which doesn't transmit much meaningful information. I don't know if that means you don't have 36GB of free space for joining two vob sets, or I don't know if that means you have no free disk space at all ... or something else entirely. Just in case you're not aware of it, a single DVD conversion with GK or AGK can consume 12 GB or more of disk space: vob set demuxed audio transcoded audio transcoded video assembled .avi CD-sized splits project and log files demuxed subtitles OCRed subtitles ...etc...

[alias]

I have a 120gb HD which died on me so i've sent it back for a replacement, so once I get that back space shouldnt be an issue, I included that line incase someone replied why dont you just try it