It's Been a Long Time Since An Upgrade

[TomBrooklyn]

It's been a long time since a DVD Rebuilder upgrade.

3 years and 10 days since the last one.

I'm guessing the Federal Police Agencies took the wind out of the backup development sails back when they got DVDD to shut down.

[setarip_old]

I'm guessing the Federal Police Agencies took the wind out of the backup development sails back when they got DVDD to shut down.No...

[rendez2k]

I was just thinking this the other day. I guess limited development time has gone to BD-Rebuilder and its pretty stable anyway?

[Groucho2004]

It's been a long time since a DVD Rebuilder upgrade.

What's wrong with the current version?

[laserfan]

It's been a long time since a DVD Rebuilder upgrade.
So what? If you want to point-out bugs to be fixed, or new features it needs, then do so.

Otherwise this thread is totally, completely useless.

[jdobbs]

There are no outstanding bug reports. I've implemented about every feature that has ever been imagined or requested (probably too many, making DVD Rebuilder a little too complex). It's been years since I've had a report of any discs that have issues. I'm spending most of my free time on BD Rebuilder.

So where's the need for a new version?

[MrT.]

update encoders? I've settled on the default HC encoder past year or two. I use Windows 7 64bit, would an update to HC be..uh, better? I have no problems, but maybe the newer version would give better encode results or something. (not talking encode time, just improved visuals i guess.)

[JJB]

Just download the latest version of HC and then you are updated.:rolleyes:

[jdobbs]

You also have to rename it and put it in the appropriate folder... but it works fine.

[MrT.]

Hi jdobbs, thank for the info. Could you give me the steps on what to do, to successfully use the newest version of HC encoder with DVDRebuilder, please.

[Carpo]

Support for latest dgdecode, decomb would be good, also support for dgindex would be helpful, not major priorities

edit: thinking about it, other forms of de-interlacing would be handy too, TIVTC, yadif

[MilesAhead]

Just download the latest version of HC and then you are updated.:rolleyes:

On that note I'd hold off on HC 0.25 for a bit. Hank is looking into bit rate spike issues. You can read the thread for yourself in MPEG-2 Encoding forum.

[jdobbs]

Support for latest dgdecode, decomb would be good, also support for dgindex would be helpful, not major priorities

edit: thinking about it, other forms of de-interlacing would be handy too, TIVTC, yadif But with the way they are used in DVD-RB there is no advantage that I know of... also, changing indexed output would be very difficult -- BD-RB does the indexing itself.

With the filter editor there is no limit to the number of ways you can deinterlace.

[shon3i]

Audio reencoding will be nice feature in DVD RB. I had in past many DVD's whith huge LPCM track.

[BuddTX]

Hi jdobbs, thank for the info. Could you give me the steps on what to do, to successfully use the newest version of HC encoder with DVDRebuilder, please.

I am very happy with DVD-RB-PRO also, works very nicely!

Thank you JDobbs!

The folder is here, right:
c:\Program Files\DVD-RB PRO\Encoders\HC Encoder\

DL the new version, and re-name it:
HCbatch.exe
in the directory above
(Make a backup of the folder b4 modifying it!)

Only question, what file to re-name?

HCenc_025_SSE4.exe
HCenc_025.exe (My money is on this file, am I right?}
HCgui_025.exe

Thanks!

[jdobbs]

Correct.

[BuddTX]

Thank you!

You know, there is one feature I would like to see in DVD-RB-Pro, and that would be to create MKV (and maybe AVI) files, movie only, where you could specify the output size and quality, very similar to the way you have it implemented in your BD-RB program.

I know there are other programs that do this, but I like the way you go to extreme lengths to make sure that the video output is as detailed as can be.

I rarely make physical backups of my media, everything goes straight to a Hard Drive. The only thing I do with your BD-RB program, is to make MKV files, and occasionally make an ISO if I want the entire Blu-Ray DVD backup'd.

[jdobbs]

Thank you!

You know, there is one feature I would like to see in DVD-RB-Pro, and that would be to create MKV (and maybe AVI) files, movie only, where you could specify the output size and quality, very similar to the way you have it implemented in your BD-RB program.

I know there are other programs that do this, but I like the way you go to extreme lengths to make sure that the video output is as detailed as can be.

I rarely make physical backups of my media, everything goes straight to a Hard Drive. The only thing I do with your BD-RB program, is to make MKV files, and occasionally make an ISO if I want the entire Blu-Ray DVD backup'd. I think the best MKV backups of DVDs can be done like this (it's how I do it):

1. Use multiAVCHD to convert the DVD movie to Blu-Ray. Since MPEG-2/AC3 is a legal BD format, the file will not be reencoded, so you have a pristine copy to work with.

2. Use BD-RB to do the MKV backup using X264. That way to get size/quality benefit of AVC in your MKV.

[manolito]

I think the best MKV backups of DVDs can be done like this (it's how I do it):

Oh my, now even the moderators break rule 12....:devil:


Cheers
manolito

[jdobbs]

The rule says:

Do not ask "what's best" because this question cannot be answered objectively.

I wasn't asking... ;)

How about this:

So what's the best way to not break that rule?

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs (MODERATOR), @manolito (Please take this in the light-hearted manner intended)

The following rules must also be abided by non-moderators:

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[BuddTX]

I think the best MKV backups of DVDs can be done like this (it's how I do it):

1. Use multiAVCHD to convert the DVD movie to Blu-Ray. Since MPEG-2/AC3 is a legal BD format, the file will not be reencoded, so you have a pristine copy to work with.

2. Use BD-RB to do the MKV backup using X264. That way to get size/quality benefit of AVC in your MKV.

JDobbs, THANK YOU for this tip!

I could not get this to work at all on my computer at home, so rather than e-mail you , I installed all the programs on my computer at work, and it worked like a charm!

So now, I have to figure out why it did not run at home, the same INI file lets me make MKV files from BR dvd's.

Not asking for your help, I will figure it out. Might delete my entire BD-Rebuilder folder, and install from scratch.

Thanks again!

Just wanted to say thanks!