Ripping concerns

[synchron]

Hi, i've read the FAQ's/guides and do not experience the synch problems associated with Smartripper. I notice that when using DVD2SVCD's internal ripper, when you select a chapter towards the beginning of a VOB, it rips the entire VOB wasting some time. If the chapter is towards the end of the VOB (or combination of 2 VOB's) it goes faster since it knows within the VOB where to start ripping.

Using Smartripper, I don't experience this 'entire VOB(s)' rip just for one chapter. But the drawback is that the video is very interlaced. The FAQs say that even on your TV screen you won't notice a deinterlaced picture. I have a 55" HDTV capable set but the DVD player is not progressive scan and slightly notice the interlace/horizontal lines. So if I use Smartripper in this scenario, I use the Smart Deinterlace feature and everything is fine but in CCE, without smartdeinterlace, I get around 1.5 X speed and with it checked, it slows down to about 1.1.

Tradeoffs, tradeoffs, ..... any suggestion on what I can do or will future versions of DVD2SVCD provide a "smarter" internal ripper?? BTW, I have a 2.4Ghz P4 512 MB FSB 256 DDR RAM running under WinXPPro with builtin Intel 845G graphics controller (16MB memory). I'm not really a games nut but if I ever buy a better graphics card with more memory (i.e. ATI Radeon), will I get even a bigger speed improvement then I get right now (1.5X speed under normal encoding conditions)??

TIA, synchron. :D

[ux-3]

1. Read rules carefully - had you done so, you'd already know that part of your post just doesn't belong here. Smartripper is not recommended or supported.

2. You need to read up on interlaced. Should not have to do with your ripper at all - you might just set things wrong based on your current understanding.

3. There is little if anything wrong with the internal routines. Use them if they work.

[synchron]

OK I'll rephrase the question: Why does the internal ripper rip the entire IFO when requesting just a chapter only???

Is that better?
Synchron :)

[UltimateDBZ]

What difference does it make?

It works, that's all that matters.

[GreenDrazi]

synchron,

Both DVD2SVCD v.1.1.0 b.1c Internal routines and SmartRipper v2.41 rip the entire (or the same) .ifo file to your hard drive. The time it takes to rip the entire .ifo file is insignificant. They will also rip the same .vob file as needed for a chapter or title to your hard drive. Smartripper actually rips more stuff to your hard drive because it also includes .idx, .lst, and a .d2v files.

What is different about the two, and what you probably wanted to say, (forgive me if I'm wrong) is that DVD2SVCD Internal routines doesn't rip the entire vob to your hard drive, it appears to "process" or read thru the entire vob for a title if you rip just one chapter. SmartRipper doesn't do this. But is the time that DVD2SVCD takes to do this really significant to you? If it is, then just use SmartRipper to rip the title/chapter first and then use DVD2SVCD Internal routines on the ripped vob sitting on your hard drive. This will give you better support in DVD2SVCD for chapters and reduces the chances for synch problems reported by others. Although, I've never had a synch problem using SmartRipper.

[synchron]

GreenDazi: thanx for your response. With my machine, the time is not that significant, it's a matter of principle. As I said earlier, if it's an entire movie then the internal ripping is fine. But if I want a 1 minute clip from a 18 minute VOB with the chapter provided, the process should not have to scan the entire VOB.

I only use Smartripper when I have to. I prefer DVD2SVCD method and use it like 95% of the time. I'm bringing this up in hopes that the authors possibly consider looking into this for the future to make it even better.

Synchron :)