Insert Small Intro at the beginning of a Film`

[sirbender]

Hi I want to get CDs with AutoGK from DVD movies. I know how to do that as I read the guides and did it.

However, is it possible to insert a 10 sec. Film snip (which obviously wasn't there on the DVD) at the beginning of the DVD movie ???

Is it possible to integrate that with AutoGK ? Like I rip the DVD with DVDDecrypter - then copy that Film snip in the Rip directory and than run AutoGK which add the Film snip to the DVD movie during encoding...is this somehow possible ? Or do you suggest another way ?

Cheers,

sb

[killingspree]

well, honestly i don't think doing this directly with autoGK is the ideal solution, there's two way's i'd do it (if i had to use autogk in the process:

1) encode the dvd in autoGK but specify the size by subtracting an approximation of the filmclip to be added upfront (e.g. 10 sec * 1000 kbit / 8 = 1250 kbyte - so i'd probably leave 3-5 MB of free space (you'd hate it if it wouldn#t fit in the end ;))
after encoding the dvd, get the resolution (and the type of audio) autogk used, and encode your clip with the same resolution and use the same audio format (so no ac3 if autogk decided to use mp3) - afterwards join the two clips in virtualdubmod

2) write a simple avisynth script which loads source a (the short clip) and source b (the dvd video) and appends the two together - then feed this to autoGK
this way autogk will do all the calculations for you, but you'll have to do the dgdecode step (creating the d2v file) by hand...

anyway, as i said, i'd rather recommend you to not use autoGK for this job (honestly, i don't even know for sure if it allows avs input!

maybe, you'll want to get into Gordianknot a little - or do the encode totally manual - this way you'll learn a lot about the actual process of dvd ripping and will most likely get the desired results!

hth
steVe

[sirbender]

Thanks...I will try that and also have a look at Gordian Knot.

I hoped to be able to sake the little clip in DVD-Formatt Mpeg2 and Resolution and then add it to the ripped DVD files.
AutoGK was then supposed to treat the film snip as part of the main movie and add it during encoding - out would also come a 700 MB disk.

Is this totally impossible with AutoGK - or even Gordian Knot ?

Cheers,

sb

[killingspree]

well you would have to reauthor the dvd before using (auto)gk on it - which would render the effort pretty much useless as you'll be WAY faster if you do the actual encoding manually!!