IfoEdit and Godfather I

[rauly31]

I have been searching the forums high and low but can't seem to find anyone who has encountered the same problem I am having with the Godfather I. I am trying to do a 1:1 backup of my DVD. When I try to rebuild my VOB's after encoding using ReMpeg, IfoEdit just hangs a 77% when it gets to VOB5. I'm a newbie at this, but I have done about 30 different backups since I've started 2 months ago. Here is what I did:

Ripped using DVDecrypter
Stripped all the subtitles, etc using Ifoedit.
Encoded the moving using ReMpeg with a .M2V file (11 long hours
:eek: )
Tried to Rebuild VOB using IfoEdit.

The program reconstructed the first 4 completely fine. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?

[rauly31]

Anybody back-up Godfather using IfoEdit? Anyone? Anyone? Buller? lol....

[oddyseus]

I did but used CCE for reencoding. It is quite straightforward this way. Apparently Rempeg ruined vob's structure somehow.

[carthoris]

This problem occurs when the HD is full. Rempeg need`s extra room to work. All three godfather titles will work with rempeg.
I use smartripper and infoedit 0.95.

I hope this helps

carthoris

[templeofdoom]

Used IFOEdit / REMPEG2 on all three Godfathers with no problems.

Watch for your free disk space.

Good luck...

[rauly31]

Thanks for the reply. I wipped out my entire harddrive and reloaded windows XP to original settings. The computer is running 10X faster and IfoEdit is working without a problem. I cleaned the hard drive and was able to burn the movie w/o fail. Thanks again. Sincerely appreciated.

[dumb13]

@rauly31,

If you were using IFOEdit plus REMPEG2 for 1:1 back-up, you might want to try Pinnacle's InstantCopy 7 - you will see the difference in quality, as comparing to REMPEG2!

I did Godfather I. using IC without any problem, and you hardly can tell the difference between the back-up and the original, even on a projected screen.

My settings were: menu at 100% (really not a big deal), movie at 59.80%, (IC shows red at 4,89 GB, but you press "F5" ;) than "OK" ) resulting a beautiful 4,37 GB image! The whole process took about three hours on a P4/2GHz.

Regards
dumb

PS.:the demo would do fine!

[rauly31]

dumb13,

Is the Pinnacle software a free shareware? Where can I get a demo copy? Thanks for the advice.

[dumb13]

@rauly31,

Unfortunatelly, PIC7 is not freeware, neither shareware :(

However, they have a demo version, that actually has full functionality, as long as you use it for DVD 1:1 copy. It has though limitations on AC3 audio, when converting DVD to SVCD for example. Also, the trial expires after - I think - two weeks.

(Here is the pointer http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=261197#post261197)

I would suggest to use the trial for really testing the software with different DVD-s - actually, lots of threads in doom9 discussing it from quality, speed and other points of view, many debates, pros and cons - but really, you need to find it for yourself, it you wanna use it, and in case buy it.

All I can say is that I am maximally satisfied with IC, done some 25 DVD-s already and only minor problems occured - apart from some known bugs and limitations, also discussed in details on the forum.

And, some little comments on the three most popular DVD back-up softwares, that might help you - at least as I see them :) (excerpt from one of my posts elsewhere):

[...

People are trying to compare those DVD copy (here talking about rather DVD9 to DVD5 copy) tools came out most recently, and it sounds like someone wanted to compare an apple to a pear.


I would really consider the following, when deciding for one particular tool:


1. DVD2One: for those, who want an extreemly fast tool (only ~30 min. for two hours DVD!), to make a "movie-only" copy, leaving out menus and extras, and not very much concerned about the ultimate quality of the back-up, comparing to the original. Need to mention though, that (1) DVD2One will not recompress the movie, if it otherwise fits the DVD5, and (2) the back-up really looks ugly, if the original movie was about ~6GB (so to say, but really depends on the content, too)


2. InstantCopy: for those, who would like to keep the menus and other extras on the copy, with the same structure as in the original, want to have it as a one-disc-only back-up, and don't mind the 2...3 hours processing time. The quality is visibly better, than DVD2One's, though.


3. DVDXCopy: for those, who are really concerned about quality, and ready to "waste" 2 DVD5-s for one DVD9 backup, for the sake of having everything copied "as-it-is" on the original. Speed is acceptable, though, but needs user interaction in at about half time (when inserting second DVD-R, if needed)


So I would rather have all three mentioned above, and decide case-by-case, with each DVD9 to back-up.

...]

Have fun
regards
dumb

PS.: I have to tell, that one of the most impressive and useful software I ever used is IFOEDIT, really great tool, and real fun when working with it. Derrow, fantastic job!