Encoding Harry Potter

[sasmj]

I'm trying to encode HP Region 2, using ReMPEG2. It worked fine but when I play it in IfoEdit the picture is very bad, I can only describe it as "scratchy". I used a bit-ratio of 67% but I still would not expect such a bad picture. I had the same problem with Cats & Dogs a little while back but gave up eventually and just copied the main movie without encoding it and left the xtras. I used DVD Decrypter to rip it does that make a difference would it help if I used SmartRipper?

[McChicken]

Yeah, I have the same problem, but I did not figure out yet how to fix it. Maybe it is some kind of protection.
I used rempeg to encode the video.
The logo of Warner is in perfect quality but after that, just blocks all over the place.

Anybody else experienced this problem and maybe have a solution?

Thanks.

[McChicken]

I put frame-mode to progressive only and now it seems to work.:D

[McChicken]

Somehow if I encode for example VOB nr. 4 the picture quality is perfect, but when I start at the beginning, the picture quality is really bad.

HELP:(

[rpa]

Harry Potter is a Warner Home Video. I haven't had any luck transcoding ANY Warner Brothers dvd. Even at a 90% scale factor, I always end up with a bad movie. All I can do was just to split them to 2 dvd-r. If anyone had luck transcoding WB dvd, please post and let us if you use Rempeg or Tmpg. Thanks. :)

[JJF007]

Well i encoded HP with CCE 2.5/2.62 without any Problems. The reencode was finaly done in a 4-Step Job with 3500 VBR. But HP is Progressive, so if you don't reencode it as progressive you may have a screwed up picture.
Use Bitrateview on any VOB from the Mainmovie to see the original settings. As i remember:

- progressive scan
- first topfield: yes
- zigzag scanning

[sasmj]

I'm afraid mere mortals like myself cannot afford CCE. So if anyone has a solution using ReMPEG2 I would greatly appreciate it!

[CHADDY19]

I think you need to get rid of the first WB logo before REMPEG. If you preview in DVD2AVI you'll see it's interlaced and the rest of the film is progressive. I'm sure i've read somewhere in the FORUM that this is the problem. If i'm wrong don't hesitate to let me know.

[sasmj]

It seems you may well be correct. A quick trawl through previous threads mention problems with the WB logo. I will give it a shot when I get home. Thanks!

[mikeathome]

Hi,

I reencoded HP yesterday using CCESP 2.62 (SR(MM) -> DVD2AVI -> VFAPI-> CCESP), OPVBR Q:40 progressive and it came out flawlessy after ~4hrs, ready to author and burn...

mike

[sasmj]

What is it with you CCE guys? Do you come here to gloat over the fact that you have CCE. Like I said I don't have CCE and the thread is to do with ReMPEG, so why do people reply saying "I got it to work flawlesly with CCE xxx". I know CCE is the way to go but until I can save enough to get it (or find an alternative :)) I have to use ReMPEG.

[rpa]

Don't get offended Sasmj. These guys are just trying to help. If you don't have CCE then there might be other guys who have and has the same problem as you do. Remember, not just because you started these thread means it meant to solve your particular problem. Besides, you don't need to save a lot in order to get CCE. You just have to be clever.

BTW I'm not a CCE user.

[CHADDY19]

I've been using rempeg for a while now. Had some good results and some not so good. Now started experimenting with CCE and although more intense, i do find the results better in the end. There's always a way to get something without saving!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikeathome]

Originally posted by sasmj
What is it with you CCE guys? Do you come here to gloat over the fact that you have CCE. Like I said I don't have CCE and the thread is to do with ReMPEG, so why do people reply saying "I got it to work flawlesly with CCE xxx". I know CCE is the way to go but until I can save enough to get it (or find an alternative :)) I have to use ReMPEG.

... you'll find similar settings in TMPEG which will lead to compareable quality in approx. 1.5x the encoding time.

If you want to keep fiddling with ReMPEG it's your call, good luck...

mike

[JJF007]

Come down with your "i have only.. do you wan't to blame me"!

As i descripted in my post, you have to set the correct frame mode, and harry potter is progresive. Best is to use Bitrate Viewer on all VOB's you ripped to see the mpeg-settings of the original video.

And as someone described above, that he had a fine result after setting the frame-mode to progresive in ReMPG.

[rpa]

Mike and JJF007,
Were you able to remux Harry Potter back to vob using ifoedit or did you reauthor just the movie (without menus)? I'm planning to switch to CCE but I've read that you cannot remux it back to vob in ifoedit without synch problems (unlike rempeg).

[gatordent]

I have been having the same problem with Warner Brothers Home Video titles encoded with REMPEG. The only way I have been able to get around it is to strip all the VOB-IDS except for those that are used by the movie itself first, and then REMPEG the resulting VOBs. But of course this will only give you the movie, no menu's. If anyone has a better solution using REMPEG with WB DVD's please le us know.

[rpa]

I guess gatordent solution will do for now. It's better than spliting the movie into 2 disc with menus. Thanks. :)

[mikeathome]

Originally posted by rpa
Mike and JJF007,
Were you able to remux Harry Potter back to vob using ifoedit or did you reauthor just the movie (without menus)? I'm planning to switch to CCE but I've read that you cannot remux it back to vob in ifoedit without synch problems (unlike rempeg).

Hi,

for me, every DVD copy is an educational process to come close enough to the original. So, I always reauthor them completely, using Maestro and CCESP (at least when the main content exeeds 4.7GIG).

I reencoded with CCESP OPVBR Q:40, and rebuild all menues. Took me 1 hr authoring w/o encoding and burn calculated.

I use the original menu files, buttons (subpics), and chapter settings but NO subtitle streams. The final DVD-R looks and behaves pretty much the same as the original despite the subtitles (I don't want them).

But's your call.

mike

[JJF007]

Hi rpa,

i just use CCE to transcode the movie(s) to use it with scenarist and create my own DVD's. At the normal way i don't need several Audio Streams (expect DTS DVDs :) ), Subtitles or Extras. So i do transcoding using CCE (you get up to 4 hours into one DVD with excelent quality using Robshots Method and 4-time-pass) only for this purpose.
Harry Potter is transcoded to fit into one single DVD, then created a scenarist project and used the wb intro as start and then directly playing the movie.

[diogo6]

why don't you just use vobedit to demux the main movies into single cells, then find out which one is giving you problems, and only reencode the remaining ones (as many as you need). It's been working great for me.

[rpa]

Mike and JJF007,

Thanks for the reply guys. I'm impress that you really reauthored these movies (seems like a lot of work to me). In my case, I have DVDiT PE but it can't encode 6 channels surround only 2 channels. I really wanted to have 5.1 audio on my movies so I don't do much reauthoring.

[sasmj]

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Don't get offended Sasmj. These guys are just trying to help.
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Thanks for the reminder rpa! Apologies to all. I finally got round the problem by getting rid of the Warner Bros logo at the beginiing as advised. Thanks to ALL for help and advice!

[JJF007]

@rpa:

I don't do reencoding of the AC3 .. i take the 5.1 Stream on the required language (if no 5.1 Stream i take the 2 Channel Stream).

And it is not alot of work :) You need maybe 10 to 15 Minutes to author a DVD and then 30 to 60 minutes to mux the VOBs, but thats only CPU time :)

All i did is a nice Still Menu where you can select one of the movies and that's it ... i still add all chapters!

So i can take the not required DVD Space for the movie.

[spaceboy]

DIOGO6 or anyone else, is there a guide on this site somewhere that explains how to use vobedit to demux movies into single cells? Been looking, but can't find it anything...

Warner Bros. movies are a pain in the arse!!!

cheers:)

[diogo6]

hey, spaceboy, check derrow's website, you'll find it there. But in the meantime, it's quite simple, just start vobedit, open the .vob file you want to split into cells, then click on demux, click on cells, choose the location and press save.

PS: in case you want all the vob files, check the mark box on the bottom.

hope this helps,


good luck

[Shobbow]

i tried stripping the vob ID containg the logo using Ifoedit and it worked fine!!!

[ftb32]

Heloo Frends.
Is true you tried stripping the vob ID containg the logo using Ifoedit and it worked fine, and trasncode whit Remprg a 50% and progresive, weiting 10 hours and Remux.m2v whit Ifoedit, a you have you Harry Potter whit menu like the original.

[Irish]

After I messed with settings in ccesp abit I was able to re-encode harry potter region1 with the high quality audio and chapters only asking a few questions on this board...Q factor was 5.1...looks really nice at 4.1gb.