DVD2AVI problem

[tojofriends]

hello guys
i am a bit new to dvd ripping using GKnot so i have few question...

i follow this steps to rip dvd...

1. I load the dvd in hard disk using DVDdecrypt along with RipIt4me.

2. I use DGIndex or DVD2AVI ,load the vob files ,and save the project in .d2v format.

my question is here that when i save the entire movie as .d2v project its size becomes about 800MB including sound...
but i haven't performed any compression so how could be the size so small where size of the ripped DVD is about 5GB???:scared:

now if DVD2AVI is decreasing quality then when i am converting it to XVID i am performing a compression over a low quality format???:confused:

how can i expect then to have good quality....:confused:

but i have done conversion over it using XVID...
with quantization 4 i got size 600MB
with quantization 1 i got size 2500MB

but i can't see any quality difference between them...:confused:

and more over what quality improvement might be there when i'm transforming a 800MB(from DGIndex) to 2500 MB???:confused:


I am a bit confused but i like GKnot tell me what should i do...

i have one more question that in GKnot in audio option i give LAME MP3 compression in user defined mode with surround heavy profile but i get very low sound in output.
i have to make my speaker to work in full volume to hear that...
which mode i should use???:confused:
GKnot stops working if I use 128KBps MP3 CBR or ABR. and in ac3 format no sound comes in output file.

[Guest]

The D2V file does not contain the audio and video. It is only a text file that points to the VOB files and contains an index of where all the frames are located within the VOB files.

[tojofriends]

The D2V file does not contain the audio and video. It is only a text file that points to the VOB files and contains an index of where all the frames are located within the VOB files.



thanks for help
so if i delete those .vob files then conversion will not be possibles....?????
ok then
thanks
but why then i don't see any quality difference between quantizer 1 and quantizer 3 ????
and in GKnot audio compression which source file should i select??? the .dts or .ac3 ???

[manono]

so if i delete those .vob files then conversion will not be possibles....?????

That's right. You keep the Vobs until after you've completed the conversion to AVI.

but why then i don't see any quality difference between quantizer 1 and quantizer 3 ????

Because your eyes are bad? Quant one just bloats the file size. You shouldn't have any need to ever use it.

and in GKnot audio compression which source file should i select??? the .dts or .ac3 ???

The AC3. You're just converting to MP3 anyway, aren't you?

[tojofriends]

so if i delete those .vob files then conversion will not be possibles....?????

That's right. You keep the Vobs until after you've completed the conversion to AVI.

but why then i don't see any quality difference between quantizer 1 and quantizer 3 ????

Because your eyes are bad? Quant one just bloats the file size. You shouldn't have any need to ever use it.

and in GKnot audio compression which source file should i select??? the .dts or .ac3 ???

The AC3. You're just converting to MP3 anyway, aren't you?




thank you very much will u tell me what the .dts file contains when i save it as .dvs project???
it has size about 600MB...

[manono]

DTS is audio.