Can I make SVCD using ALL the .IFO's ?

[Grover]

I have a technical/instructional related DVD we use at work (Boat Building).

I need to distribute copies to 40-50 other people in the company located around the country. Most don't have DVD players in thier PC's and anyway, I don't have a DVD burner available to make copies even if we wanted to.

I want to use DVD2SVCD to make an SVCD that they can play in thier office PC's or home stand-alone DVD's.

I have used DVD2SVCD many times to make coipes of DVD movies and I love it. So simple.

My current problem is that when I rip the DVD it has 40 different .IFO files (and all thier related partners). Normally we just pick the biggest (movie) and away we go (knowing that all the rest are just "extra features" and "directors ramblings etc...").

BUT - on this work DVD I need to encode EVERYTHING as it is all relevant.

DVD2SVCD wants to use .IFO file 23 (the largest) but I'm trying to find a way to encode ALL the .IFO's in the order 1 thru 40.

I would greatfully appreciate any ideas and suggestions.

Tim...

[Master Ki Adi Mundi]

If the format of each clip is exactly the same, you might be ok. Take a look here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24317)

[markrb]

Manually rip each one and then either encode them seperately and combine them laster using VCDEasy or even Nero or Rip each seperately and do them as one encode.
You will find out how to do it this way in the Q+A. Just expand then Encode 2 discs/sides as one encode question to your needs. Keep in mind that sometimes this way can cause A/V sync issues so be sure to check it thoroughly after it's done.

Mark

[Grover]

Thanks ppl for the starting point.

I tried re-naming all the .vobs (all 80 of them !!!) in sequence so I had -

VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
right up to
VTS_01_79.VOB

It encoded them (after 17 hours) all as if they were the one +4 hour movie...

BUT - sure enough there is a 2-3 second delay in the audio compared to the video. This occurs right from the start.

(I am watching it on my PC thru PowerDVD XP. Does it make a difference on a stand-alone DVD player. (I don't have one to test it on)

Back to the drawing board ? I read somewhere here that a theory for the a/v sync issue might be the different "standards" of the actual movie compared to the extras (deleted scenes etc).

My movie is all the same from start to finish. The only file I am suspicious about is the very first one, the "into" movie segment (with the FBI warning etc), the one you can't fast forward thru). Maybe this is a different format to the rest of the "movie" and it's throwing it out of whack. I will try to somehow "skip" this file from the encoding.

OR maybe it has something to do with the MOVIE OFFSET SECONDS setting in the bbMPEG tab on DVD2SVCD ? I had it set to 4 seconds (and a 10 second overlap). I've used these settings before when doing normal movies.

Would it matter (fix it) if I set this to "zero" seconds ? (I know - try it and I'll find out. I am trying it now, but just though someone might know already (to save me another days worth of computer time).

Thanks again,

Tim...

[markrb]

The A/V sync issue I was talking about happens at the point of transition from one set of VOB's to the other, not usually from the very begining. This is because the video type might be different from each one and DVD2AVI does not take this into account.

Try changing the offset to 2 seconds and the overlap to no more then 5 or 6.
PowerDVD is usually pretty good. I have never had an issue with it. Windows Media Player on the other hand is bad.

If the sync issue is consistant then worse case is you play with the BBmpeg delay settings. It can be rather a pain, but you should be able to get sync back as long as the delay stays the same throughout.

Mark