Belgarad
21st March 2002, 15:49
hello,
i am using dvd2avi in front of dvd2svcd to avoid cutting th final file, because i do not rip dvd's but convert dvb recordings.
the way i work.
1.) rename my mpeg2 dvdb file into *.vob
2.) open that *.vob in dvd2avi and define the start and end point
3.) create the *.d2v project file and the extracted *.mpa audiofile
4.) open dvd2svcd and copy a perpared generic *.d2s procectfile into the working directory.
5.) select crash recovery ->encode audio
6.) and from there it works.
But...
because of some reason dvd2svcd creates always an *.ecl file for cce with an average bitrate that seems to be calculated on the entire input file, not on the *.d2v file.
(well i tried to define this setting in both the *.ecl and the *.d2s, but when it comes to the videoencoding, dvd2svcd overwrites the setting)
in other words, if the total recording time was ~3hours, but i cut out about 1,5hour then it seems that the bitrate calculation is still based on 3~hours. so the effective avarage bitrate goes down to ~1300 instead of 1800~1900 as it could be.
i am well aware of that this is an "abuse" of dvd2svcd but if it would work, i could get rid of the pain of cutting before or after.
so is there a way i can cheat dvd2scvd to accept a prepared *.dv2 and that the bitrate adjustment reflects *.dv2 file?
also, i use a sample *.d2s project file with "Project Position=15" to doo this. are those Project Position's documented somewhere?
i am using dvd2avi in front of dvd2svcd to avoid cutting th final file, because i do not rip dvd's but convert dvb recordings.
the way i work.
1.) rename my mpeg2 dvdb file into *.vob
2.) open that *.vob in dvd2avi and define the start and end point
3.) create the *.d2v project file and the extracted *.mpa audiofile
4.) open dvd2svcd and copy a perpared generic *.d2s procectfile into the working directory.
5.) select crash recovery ->encode audio
6.) and from there it works.
But...
because of some reason dvd2svcd creates always an *.ecl file for cce with an average bitrate that seems to be calculated on the entire input file, not on the *.d2v file.
(well i tried to define this setting in both the *.ecl and the *.d2s, but when it comes to the videoencoding, dvd2svcd overwrites the setting)
in other words, if the total recording time was ~3hours, but i cut out about 1,5hour then it seems that the bitrate calculation is still based on 3~hours. so the effective avarage bitrate goes down to ~1300 instead of 1800~1900 as it could be.
i am well aware of that this is an "abuse" of dvd2svcd but if it would work, i could get rid of the pain of cutting before or after.
so is there a way i can cheat dvd2scvd to accept a prepared *.dv2 and that the bitrate adjustment reflects *.dv2 file?
also, i use a sample *.d2s project file with "Project Position=15" to doo this. are those Project Position's documented somewhere?