2 DVD's -> 3 CD's

[VirusVDW]

Hi!

I've got a problem I don't know how to handle.
I've got this movie that's split over 2 DVD's,
and I'd like to get it on 3 CD's.

I'd like to have one mega movie file (of about 2100MB) at some point,
so I can split it into three cd's.
I can't get it done though.

I've tried just ripping each DVD to a movie file of about 1050 MB,
and then joining them. But when I try to join the two movie files,
Nandub complains that they are differen sampling rates :s ...
I don't know how to handle that.

I've also tried adding the VOB files of both DVD's in DVD2AVI.
This worked, I eventually got a movie file of 2100 MB, but
the sampling rate issue seems to have caused problems again:
Starting from the point where the second DVD starts in the movie,
the audio/video synchronisation gets lost :s ....
That sucks :(

Any idea's/suggestions on how to do this? I think it all comes
down to that sampling rate difference. Is there any way I can
enforce a certain sampling rate on both parts?
(As you probably can tell, I'm no genuis at that stuff.
I'm sorry if I'm asking silly stuff :) )

Tnx!

[jggimi]

Hello VirusVDW, welcome to Doom9's forum.

Your question has been discussed multiple times here in the forum, particularly for the Lord of the Rings extended editions. I recommend searching for "Lord of The Rings" or "Extended Edition" or "FOTR:EE." Or "TTT:EE." Similar keywords based on those films should work.

In a nutshell, there are several reasons why the audo of the 2nd half may desync if using DVD2AVI to join the two VOB streams. One school of thought is that the "seam" where the two join may not be a complete Group-of-Pictures (GOP) and additional frames magically appear there. Another school of thought has to do with the different delays that are used for the audio tracks. In either case, one can either join them in DVD2AVI and then edit them in AviSynth, or one can create separate .d2v projects and then join them in AviSynth. The latter may be easier to edit, but will require transcoding audio to WAV and include audio tracks in the editing script.