How to rip multi episodes from DVD?

[beerbaron]

First of all, this being my first post, I'd just like to thank all the ppl who made this dvd2svcd program. They have literally turned ripping into an overnight success ;)...anyways thanks alot.

K, heres my scenario. I am trying to rip a farscape dvd. Each dvd contains 2 episodes on average. Problem is when i load the dvd into dvd2svcd all it sees is 50 of the total 100 minutes of media on the dvd which i assume is only the first episode. How can i get dvd2svcd to see the second episode to rip it? also is there a way to make sure it devides the episodes onto 2 seperate cd's? I've read the guide, faq and browsed the forum and have not located the solutions yet...any help is much appreciated.

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[beerbaron]

actually i tried that method and there was no other options in the pulldown menu...the only way i can see to do it is do load the ifo like it was a file...search the dvd for the appropriate length vob associated with the matching ifo file. HAvn't tried it yet but i think it will work. Just a little more hassle. Thx for the help tho. :)

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by beerbaron
actually i tried that method and there was no other options in the pulldown menu...
That should only happen if either you're using vStrip or if there's one ifo file per chapter.

[sandchar99]

This might help

see the last post on this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26464)

Although rippers other than vStrip and Internal Routines are not supported, sometimes SmartRipper can help (as a backup).

Rip the PGC of the episode you want using SmartRipper. Follow the instructions seeing the thread mentioned above.

Please note:
1) some people have noticed audio synch issues when ripping with SmartRipper. Fortunately, that has not happened with me.

2) you may have to "re-rip" using vStrip to another directory if 1) happens. Load the IFO from the SmartRipper rip and choose vStrip and under conversion select the right length of the episode you want.

Hope this helps

[beerbaron]

Originally posted by dvd2svcd

That should only happen if either you're using vStrip or if there's one ifo file per chapter.


Actually yea there are 11 total ifo files. When i hit the disc icon it loads ifo 5 which gives me a 50 min length. Should be 100 cus its 2 eps so i loaded each ifo after that into dvd2svcd and turns out ifo 10 gives me a 50 min length as well so im guessing thats the second ep. So when im done ripping the first ill try loading the 10th ifo using the file icon and see if it works.

This would be fine for me for now cus i want the eps on seperate cd's but wonder how id do it if i wanted them on the same cd. Maybe restrict the high bitrate avg and make 2 small mpgs that will fit on one cd?

[Jason28]

If you try to fit almost 2 hours of that show on 1 cd then the picture quality will be very bad. If you want to do something like that then the best thing that you can do is make a VCD.

When you are ripping episodic DVDs you have to make sure that you look at all the .ifo files that are on the DVD. Almost every one that I have ripped has a set up like this one.

[GreenDrazi]

I believe Farscape is like most other TV show/multiple episodes DVD's that I've used in that the "Titles" are typically embedded together in the same group of VOB files. DVD2SVCD (and all other rippers) will always, by default, select only the longest length "Title." The rip programs really have no other choice unless they were to develop AI which could read your mind. However, when using "Internal Routines" from DVD2SVCD to rip a "Title", you will have the option (in Step 3 above) to select the second or other title(s) on a multiple episodic DVD disc.
After having done more TV episodic discs than I would be willing to admit to here, the best method IMHO is to rip and encode each "Title" as if it were a separate movie. A modern one hour American television program will actually be around 40 to 43 minutes in length and I really don't recommend (as so many other people before me have said) putting more than 50 minutes on a 700mb/80minute CD-R.
If you are really going to pursue fitting two episodes on a single CD-R, then instruct DVD2SVCD to "Don't make images" under the CD Image tab and compile them yourself with an authoring program like VCDEasy.

Another thing that I recommend to more automate this process for you is to use the batch program within DVD2SVCD. For each "Title," select "Rip Only" after hitting the GO button. This will put a line for each title you rip into the batch file and when you're done with the ripping, launch the bat file and walk away as DVD2SCD will now encode each "Title" in succession for you. Oh, and don't forget to have selected under the DVDRip tab the "Select new default folder when ripping starts" so you won't have files overwriting each other.

[beerbaron]

yea i wanted to use that batch program to do both at once. That woulda been cool cept that the internal routines, which i use, didnt pick up the other episode (2 on a disc)...i think maybe this happened because they are not all bunched on the same vob's. In fact they have like 11 ifo files each with their own vob files. What i did was to just find and load the correct ifo that i wanted to rip for that episode. In other words i acted like the program that has ai ;) I have to do both seperately but i think there might not be a way to really get it all done at once in this case. If there is pls let me know tho.

O and yea i said i did want them on 2 cd's in this case but if ther was a situation where the shows were half hour like south park or simpsons or futurama ;) then i would want to know how to stick them on one cd.

Thx

[GreenDrazi]

beerbaron,
I think you may still be missing some important points here:
1. I have encoded many TV series multi-episode DVD’s and all of the “titles” or “episodes” (from as few as 2 to as many as 6) have been grouped together in the same set of vob files AND they use the same ifo file.

2. You are able to select the episode or title in SVCD using internal routines.
Select the "Movie Length" tab.
Then select the tab next to "Track length." (see photo)
This is where you get the option to select each title or episode.
(By default, it always selects the longest one.)
And then the selected title's chapters show up.

3. Batch file is the way to go with multi part DVD’s.
When you select "GO", select the option to "Rip Only."
You should have "Select new default folder ..." under the "DVD Rip" tab, and you will be given the option to select a new folder for this rip.
Do the same for each title in separate folders and then run the DVD2SVCD batch file.

4. When you do have two half hour episodes like the Simpsons, just select "Don't make images" under the “CD Image” tab and compile the 2 mpg files yourself with an authoring program like VCDEasy. You can still add the chapters by using a program to read the ifo file such as Chapter-X-tractor.

[beerbaron]

um green...im not gonna argue it with you, you can go get the DVD urself its farscape #6 and see what i see. I know ur trying to help but im not blind, there ARE NO other choices under the movie length tab and there are 11 IFO FILES with 11 VOB FILES respectively...last time ill say it. I advise you to check out the DVD before you go discounting my cognitive abilities. You obviously have not seen everything that was ever made yet.

BTW i found the 2 ifo files that matter. They are 5 and 10 in this case and i ripped them and it worked. If anybody knows how i can use the batch feature to tell it to rip those 2 ifos together it'd be much appreciated but thats where its at for real.

Peace.

[GreenDrazi]

beerbaron
Well OK then.
I did not intend to insult you. I'll have to check out the Farscapr disc myself.

As for using the batch method, it's always best to use the "Rip Only" option under the "Go" tab.
However, for your case with the Farscape 2 ifo's, this would mean you are ripping VOB's that you've already ripped.
If hard drive space is not a problem, then this is the way to go.
If you don't want to re-rip them, you could try to set the batch file up manually, but I've not had a lot of luck doing it that way. The program has a tendancy to overwrite the previous files when done manually.
However, to do so manually, setup an encode and be sure to "Save settings" under the "Misc" tab to each title's seperate folder. Start each of the encodes seperately and crash DVD2SVCD right after each start. This way you get a good .d2s file for each title. Then manually edit the batch file to point to each .d2s file. Here's an example of a recent batch file of mine. Be sure to change the paths for your use.

@ECHO OFF
@REM DVD2SVCD Batch Control
"C:\Program Files\DVD\DVD2SVCD\DVD2SVCD.exe" -d2s:"C:\DVD\STNG\135\dvd2svcd project file.d2s" -run -exit
"C:\Program Files\DVD\DVD2SVCD\DVD2SVCD.exe" -d2s:"C:\DVD\STNG\136\dvd2svcd project file.d2s" -run -exit

But please note that this will give you two seperate mpg files (or cd images).
Not one continuos stream.

[beerbaron]

Thx alot man thats exactly what i was looking for i think. I'd wanna do it the second way not for space but for time factor but if it has a tendancy to overwrite the previous rip...that would be bad. Maybe ill try it just for the hell of it tho and see what happens. Thx again for the great info. :D

[Fireball29]

Is it possible to get one or more images with all the titles from one dvd? How is this done?

Thanx in advance,
Fireball

[cHiPLorD]

well, i guess searching the forum for answers first pays off.
I had the exact problem that Beerbaron had. Farscape DVD with 2 eps each (both ran about 50:15) and had 11 ifo's and 11 bup's. As he figured out, the key Ifo's were #5 and #10.

anyway, thought i'd add my 2 cents.
:D