PC Usaged During Encoding

[magubbi]

I have 2 questions regarding this matter.

1) Does extensive usage of my computer while I am encoding cause defects in my SVCD? I ask this because last Friday I encoded Legends of the Fall and Mystery, Alaska. Both had defects. I thought it might be because I schedule Norton AntiVirus to do a full check on Friday's and it took too much memory away from encoding. I re-encoded the chapters that messed up (for testing purposes), and they came out fine. So this leads me to believe if you use memory intensive applications while you encode, you will get errors. Odd, because I remember reading that it's ok to use your computer while encoding. Are there steps in DVD2SVCD where it's "ok" to use your computer?

2) This one is probably an easy question. When is DVD2SVCD done with the DVD disc? I assume it's after audio extraction. Basically, I want to know when I can take the DVD out of my drive.

[UltimateDBZ]

First of all, your CPU is being used 100% all the time that video encoding is going on. Whether other applications use part of that is irrelevent. This is not the cause of errors on the disc.

Second, you are correct. The DVD is no longer needed after audio extraction.

[jledhead]

when encoding consumes all of your CPU why would you try to do any other cpu intensive tasks????

[magubbi]

Please read my post again. I did not "try" to do CPU intensive tasks. I merely forgot that I set Norton AntiVirus to run every Friday. Furthermore, I was just wondering to what extent I can use my computer while it is encoding. I might want to surf the web or write some emails. Please do not chime in with unintelligent and useless comments, thank you.

UltimateDBZ, the encoding is using 100% of CPU, but I can still open other programs. If during encoding I decide to open Outlook, the program will open, but my computer will stutter while it opens. I am asking if that stuttering has any effect on the encoding quality.

Also, do you know where I can buy or rent high quality Dragonball Z episodes? I know NetFlix has them, but I am not looking for Funimation versions as they are censored and poorly dubbed in English. I prefer Japanese language with English or Chinese subtitles.

Thanks for your help.

[UltimateDBZ]

No, other tasks you perform will not affect video quality. I browse and send emails all the time while encoding.

And yeh, as a matter of fact you can get a set here: http://dragonballstore.netfirms.com

[magubbi]

Those are Real Player and Divx files right? Do you know where I can get Original VCDs or DVDs? People are selling crappy-ass quality episodes on eBay. I got conned into buying a 190 disc set that was transferred from VHS. It sucked!

[jledhead]

Originally posted by magubbi
Please do not chime in with unintelligent and useless comments, thank you.



touchy touchy. nothing was meant by the comment other then what was said, and nothing was implied other then what was said.

if you use P2P I am sure you could find some on things such as edonkey.


looks like a lot are avi's though and not sure of the quality.

[magubbi]

Originally posted by jledhead


touchy touchy. nothing was meant by the comment other then what was said, and nothing was implied other then what was said.


Ok, sorry.

[UltimateDBZ]

Originally posted by magubbi
Those are Real Player and Divx files right? Do you know where I can get Original VCDs or DVDs? People are selling crappy-ass quality episodes on eBay. I got conned into buying a 190 disc set that was transferred from VHS. It sucked! Not really a topic for this forum, your question has been answered, that's all that really matters.

[Labersack]

1) Usage of your PC while using DVD2SVCD doesn't result in any qualitiy difference, it only takes some longer time. If you want to use your PC without any noticable speed decrease, you can set DVD2SVCD in misc tab to priority 'idle' and you can play an action game or do some 3D-rendering and will get the same quality with a longer duration of encoding.
2) You can check 'eject DVD when ripped' in ripping tab, and DVD2SVCD will eject the DVD as soon it is through with it. Acually this is right after ripping, before starting DVBD2AVI or audio-extraction.