can't see in/out picture at VirtualDubMod...!

[ahmada]

why i can't see in/out picture at VirtualDubMod.during ripping and incoding the dvd using autoGK knowing that the display in/out are checked!!!!!!

[manono]

Hi-

Because the video isn't visible when using Fast Recompress, as AutoGK does. If you're used to seeing the video as it encodes, then you've been using Full Processing in VDubMod. Fast Recompress is faster and produces better quality.

[ukb007]

Hi manono.

These are the small points that crop up in the mind of mere mortals (including your truly). Inclusion of such tidbits in your tremendous tutorial will enrich it.

Other such tidbits are:

1. Hidden options in AGK and how to use them, including the explanation of Greyscale that you had given to me.
2. Some explanation of the procedure that AGK uses to IVTC/deinterlace.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of bitmap subtitles that AGK generates.
4. GK uses DVD2AVI and AGK uses DVD2AVIdg to generate the .d2v file. What's the real difference?

etc etc.

Regards.

[manono]

Hi ukb007-

You have to remember that the guide was written mainly for the benefit of beginners. They don't need to know the finer points, and in many cases, until they've learned the basics, they don't even want to know the finer points. They just want it to work.

But a lot of what I just wrote is a copout to avoid saying that I don't understand a lot of it myself. However:
1. I haven't the foggiest notion myself of how to set them up without the aid of therealjoeblow's tool. But a lot of people that were trying before he developed his utility got stuck when they couldn't create a file with no name (.credits file).
2. The procedure is the same as when you do it with GKnot-Decomb for IVTC and KernelDeint for deinterlacing. It's how AutoGK decides which to use, and at what settings, and if they are needed at all, that's so good and revolutionary. It scans the video looking for progressive and interlaced frames, and the percentage of each, and then makes an educated guess as to what to use.
3. I don't usually use the VobSubs myself, and prefer to OCR them. But I guess you can consider the fact that they use the original fonts, colors, size and positioning an advantage. For me, the overriding disadvantage if you want external subs is that the file size is big.
4. Questions 2 and 11 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59272) of the DVD2AVI FAQ.

[ukb007]

Back in college days, I used to read excellent textbooks that had regular material in ordinary typeface, and 'advanced' material in smaller fonts. If you leaf through 'for Dummies' series of computer books (written for dummies like me) - even they have fairly advanced info (at least those not intended for the first reading) in special typeface and position.

I'd say, to a layman (make no mistake, I am one - inspite of having no difficulty in creating a .credits file) - your AGK tutorial is of exceptional quality. In my opinion (you made the tutorial for the likes of me, okay?), inclusion of the tidbits will excite the 'newbie' to learn more.

AGK has a strong disincentive to learn the works because it's so automatized. GK, on the contrary, is a challenge to use almost every time. Your tutorial, I think, can really bridge the gap between using AGK in a trance (with nothing really registering) and making sense of the clicks and whirrs.

It's my opinion as a non-professional (I don't prefer the term 'newbie') tinkerer with video, for whatever it's worth.

Regards.