Any help would be welcome.

[-=:|AdReNaChRoNe|:=-]

Been trying hard but to no avail.
What I would like to get accomplished is:
-Rip to 2 cds with best quality and no lost footage.
What's been happening:
-Split point missing footage, or, end missing footage; sometimes both.

Tried dropping to 1 pass, turn temporal smoothing off, drop minutes per cd.
Same issue with poor quality.

Could anyone who has been successful, please send me your settings that I might mimic, or, read settings below and suggest some
changes. Please post, or, email adrenachrone@hotmail.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Software:
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DVD2SVCD 1.06
CCE 2.50

System settings:
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Dell Latitude Laptop
Mobile PIII 1ghz
512 Ram
ATI Rage Mobility 128
Toshiba DVD-Rom SD-C2502
ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)
Hitachi DK23CA-30 (30 gig HD) [15 gigs free]
Windows 2000 5.00 Service Pack 2

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Stand Alone:
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Shinsonic DVD-100
Supports: DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3, Kodak Picture Disk, Audio Cd

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Title:
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Movie: Hackers (1995)
Widescreen
Running Time: 1:45
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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DVD2SVCD Settings:
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Conversion:
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Movie Length: 1:45:13
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
No Deinterlacing

Misc:
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DVD2SVCD
Process Priority For All Used Programs: High

Finalize:
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Title Picture is checked
ChangeCD picture is checked
Data preparer: dvd2svcd
Vcdxbuild
DVD chapters + Use selections are checked

Subtitles:
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Std. Y-pos NTSC: -1
Std. Y-pos PAL: -1
Ms between subs: 100
no subd are selected

bbMPEG:
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Movie Offset Seconds: 0
CD Overlap Seconds: 30
Startup delay (ms): video - 0 audio 1 - 0 audio 2 - 0

DVD Rip:
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Activate DVD - checked
Use Internal routines - checked

DVD2AVI:
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iDCT Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX
NTSC Field Operation: Automatic

Audio
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Azid Gain Offset: 6
tooLame Mode: Stereo
Audio 1 Priority 1: English
Audio 1 bitrate: 224
Audio Downsample 48 -> 44.1: checked

Frameserver:
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Resize Method: BicubicResize
Avisynth Bicubic b value: 0.00
Avisynth Bicubic c value: 0.75
Temporal Smoother - checked Strength: 2
Radius: 1
*No editing

Bitrate:
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Between 0 and 60 mins. Use 1 Cd size 800 ? - 1584
Between 60 and 70 mins. Use 1 Cd size 800 1584 - 1200
Between 76 and 105 mins. Use 2 Cd size 800 2639 - 1844
Between 105 and 125 mins Use 2 Cd size 800 1844 - 1511
Between 125 and 163 mins Use 3 CD size 800 2384 - 1773
Between 163 and 9999 mins Use 3 cd size 800 1773 - ?
Max. 2350 min. 300
Min and max avg - not checked
adjust audio bitrate if total bitrate is too high - checked

CCE
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Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR - 2
Q-factor: 60
Image quality priority: 50
Anti noise filter: checked - 2
Linear quantizer scale: checked
Zigzag scanning order: checked
upper field first: checked
Progressive frames: checked
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Activity Log:
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- 2/17/2002 9:06:44 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.6 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 2/17/2002 9:06:49 PM
- Free on drive C: 6037.63 mb
- Free on drive E: 13074.45 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob

Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 2491

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- 2/17/2002 9:21:54 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -IA=1 -CS=2 -EXIT -OF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[E:\Movie\X-Men\VTS_01_1.vob,E:\Movie\X-Men\VTS_01_2.vob,E:\Movie\X-Men\VTS_01_3.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 2/17/2002 9:24:42 PM
- Free on drive C: 6037.67 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 2/17/2002 9:29:20 PM
- Free on drive C: 5885.32 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting DVD Audio to MP2. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" ) -azid( -c normal -g max -L -3db ) -ota( -g max ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 128 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 2/17/2002 9:49:37 PM
- Free on drive C: 6086.81 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 2/17/2002 9:49:47 PM
- Free on drive C: 6086.81 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Video Encoding
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
DVD2SVCD no. frames: 68422
CCE no. frames: 68395
StreamSectors: 770491988
AudioSectors: 46261544
VideoPAPO: 11218716
ScanOffsetBytes: 82074
SeqAligningBytes: 5216259
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 707713391.33
Seconds: 2852.64
CDSize: 740.00
Cut point 735.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 68395
Anti Noise Filter: 2
Passes: 2
Image Quality: 50
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2350
Avg. Bitrate: 1984
Closing program
Video Encoding finished.

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- 2/18/2002 2:53:10 AM
- Free on drive C: 5871.38 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CCE_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 2/18/2002 3:00:02 AM
- Free on drive C: 5652.35 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TitlePicture.bmp.mpg"
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- 2/18/2002 3:00:11 AM
- Free on drive C: 5652.34 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
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- 2/18/2002 3:00:15 AM
- Free on drive C: 5652.33 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 2/18/2002 3:10:47 AM
- Free on drive C: 4917.56 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2849.881 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 2/18/2002 3:11:33 AM
- Free on drive C: 4917.56 mb
- Free on drive E: 10879.45 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 12

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --cue-file="E:\Movie\cd2\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="E:\Movie\cd2\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "E:\Movie\cd2\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 2/18/2002 3:21:31 AM
- Free on drive C: 5652.31 mb
- Free on drive E: 10134.28 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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[chainsaw135]

You could try using the latest build of dvd2svcd that might fix your issue. DVD2SVCD 1.0.6 build 4 is the latest build and here is the link http://212.88.77.140/

[-=:|AdReNaChRoNe|:=-]

Thanx for the url, i dloaded that and will test. If you have time, could you send me your settings please? It would be of great help.

[DDogg]

Use the default settings! That is what they are there for. Go to misc tab and press default. Do a 3 or 4 pass vbr. That's it.
To make sure you are using defaults, delete the dvd2svcd.ini file in your directory where dvd2svcd is stored. Then uncheck resample audio.

[-=:|AdReNaChRoNe|:=-]

Thanx DDogg, I somehow knew you would reply. Your wisdom is appreciated.
Just a couple of quick final questions.

1- should I activate the cd overlay? i even tried it with a 30 second overlay but it didn't work
2- should i try chapter selection again or just let er ripp and split on it's own (if so, with default settings, what's the approx amount of minutes i should be gunning for per 800 cd)
3- what about the temporal smoothing?

Thanx again, I've read tons of the site about this stuff but being that i'm experiencing difficulties, I would rather empart my trust in the top dog!