RV9 GUI's?

[ToiletDuck]

Right now I am using AurtoRV9. I was wondering what else is out there. Also if you have any advice on using AutoRV9 I'd like to hear it. I'd like to know what filters and such people are using to rip with. Also if you have any post processing settings in the RV9 codec. I don't care really on how much computer time it takes to make it. I have a dual 2100+ sysemt that rips fairly fast. So if I have to click all the options to get the best rips then so be it. Right now I am encoding the Band of Brothers. One part on each disk. So about 1 hr of video on a disk. What would be the best settings to get the most out of that? What would be the best settings to get the most out of say a 2 hr movie. I don't know why but I managed to get SPY GAMES onto one disk and it looked GREAT! So if you have any advice for a poor old duck just let me know.
Duck

[karl_lillevold]

I have come across only AutoRV9 and RM9 Gui ( http://less.filetap.com/ ). Also, maybe not what you are looking for, but all the well known video editing tools (Premiere, Vegas) ship with export to RealMedia plugins.

Your example is pretty hard material, but with one hour per CD, the bitrate is high enough to try out anamorphic encoding, which unfortunately is a little hard to use right now, since it currently requires these special instructions (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40572).

[ToiletDuck]

I don't suppose you could tell me what's the best to use to encode a movie could you? I used AutoRV9 on the movie Signs and for some reason I just can't get that good of quality. However on other movies like The Mexican or Spy games I managed to get a full 2 hrs on one cd and they look great... Anything I should try? Also could you give us any hints as to what it is looking like in the future for the Codec?

[polle]

If you want to use the commercial version of Helix Producer you find here a small guide: http://users.pandora.be/DVD2RV9

[Latexxx]

There is a good french guide ( http://www.media-video.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=115 ) made by angel.x who translated the gui to french.

[ToiletDuck]

But Helix Producer doesn't deal with .vob files. And neither does the Windows codec. I tried dvd to avi to change them to .avi form but that still required a codec to do so. How do I change the .vob to .avi or another format that the Helix producer and the Windows Codec can both read?
Duck

[31 Flavas]

You have to use DVD2AVI and then write an AVS file. Real Producer and Helix can then both read the dvd data. Should be the same with windows media.

[karl_lillevold]

If you have MPEG-2 Directshow filters installed, such that you can play .vob files in a DS player, producer can directly read the .vob files. Otherwise you need an .avs file. By the way, I think windows media encoder can not read .avs files, but the Nic's encoder version can.

[ToiletDuck]

but how do I use dvd2avi without using an encoder? And how do I make an .avs file?

[Benholio]

Originally posted by ToiletDuck
But Helix Producer doesn't deal with .vob files. And neither does the Windows codec. I tried dvd to avi to change them to .avi form but that still required a codec to do so. How do I change the .vob to .avi or another format that the Helix producer and the Windows Codec can both read?
Duck


Windows Media Encoder and RV9 will do Vobs. You will just need to find the appropiate DShow filter or use Autorv and DVD2AVI to make a project file for RV9 to use. I beleve that WME9 instructions have been posted several times around here.


Ben

[Benholio]

Originally posted by karl_lillevold
If you have MPEG-2 Directshow filters installed, such that you can play .vob files in a DS player, producer can directly read the .vob files. Otherwise you need an .avs file. By the way, I think windows media encoder can not read .avs files, but the Nic's encoder version can.

The orgional RC client could do avs files. It isn't very well documented or mentioned by MS. When compared to what has been posted about using DShow Filters, it is totally ass backwards to use them though. I would assume the final version can use the same method since MS doesn't usually change or remove things from a RC client.


Ben