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philrob2000
15-10-2002, 20:27
Does anyone know a good DVD to VCD converter for download. Pref' free;)
STiMPY
15-10-2002, 21:06
The absolute best (which is also free :D ) is DVD2SVCD which, coincidentally enough will convert from DVD to SVCD in one go. Just stick the DVD in and some hours later you will have the CD images ready to burn.

Check out:

http://forum.doom9.org/ for lots of good advice.

read this thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=21859

and this thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=23668

for good tips.

and here's the homepage: http://dvd2svcd.doom9.net/

If you want to convert to plain old VCD, there's some good guides here:

http://www.dvdripguides.com/
Mr_Sukebe
16-10-2002, 01:42
Will that record to DIVX format?

If not, got any good recommendations for something that will complete a conversion to DIVX? I've seen a few vids from the net in DIVX format, and I was very impressed considering the amount of compression being used.
Dave_S
16-10-2002, 01:57
Chances are they were just ripped directly to AVI (DIVX ;) ) from the DVD using XMPEG (I think thats the name, it's been a while since I've done this and the proggie has been renamed)

Dave
STiMPY
16-10-2002, 07:54
For converting to DivX, you need to use VirtualDub, available (for free!) from http://www.virtualdub.org/
philrob2000
16-10-2002, 08:35
Don't you rate "DVD Ripper" then? I tried it last night but you need about 4 other programs too:eek: .
Nice colour car by the way M8:) (same colour as mine);)
dave_s13
16-10-2002, 09:05
Good place to get movies games etc is

http://www.tus-uk.com/main.htm

Very reliable source for knocked off stuff, don't know how they get away with it really.
STiMPY
16-10-2002, 18:57
Originally posted by philrob2000
Don't you rate "DVD Ripper" then? I tried it last night but you need about 4 other programs too:eek: .

If I'm doing a VCD (which isn't very often these days, seeing as converting to SVCD doesn't take long on my dual cpu machine), I use SmartRipper to rip the DVD, followed by DVD2AVI to convert the audio to wav, followed by BitrateView for VOB info, followed by TMPGEnc for the conversion. Using DVD2SVCD for doing SVCDs is very easy. Just stick the DVD in, start it off, and some hours later, the images are ready to burn.


Nice colour car by the way M8:) (same colour as mine);)

Cheers, I think it's a good colour too :D
philrob2000
17-10-2002, 13:57
Stimpy.
When using DVD2SVCD how do I split the file so that Nero can burn it to 2 discs? Also M8:confused: . Is it posible to change the SVCD to VCD as `S` don't play on my DVD player.
golders
17-10-2002, 14:40
try:

www.flaskmpeg.net
STiMPY
17-10-2002, 23:56
Originally posted by philrob2000
Stimpy.
When using DVD2SVCD how do I split the file so that Nero can burn it to 2 discs? Also M8:confused: . Is it posible to change the SVCD to VCD as `S` don't play on my DVD player.

DVD2SVCD will create the CD images for you, ready to burn with any bin and cue compliant CD writing software. If your DVD player won't play SVCD you might as well just create VCDs in the first place. Just follow the guide @ http://www.dvdripguides.com/ It will tell you exactly what software to use and what settings to use. It will also tell you how to split the final MPEG to burn. You just use TMPGEnc for the conversion and for splitting the MPEG. It's easy. Oh and please DON'T use Nero to burn the MPEGs, use VCDEasy. Download it from here: http://www.vcdeasy.org/ and follow the guide here: http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcdeasyhowto.htm
philrob2000
18-10-2002, 22:27
:confused: . I managed to burn a disk last night and it worked fine. I came to do another today but when I get to the point where you choose the input file in TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 it does not recognise the dv file:( . It does recognise the sound file though.
Why would this be? DVD2AVI seemed to work OK but the end file is not recognised. Any ideas plz:confused: :confused: .
STiMPY
18-10-2002, 22:32
I take it you mean that when you load the DVD2AVI project file into TMPGEnc, it says it doesn't recognise the file format? If so, I've seen this problem before with a previous version of TMPG. Are you using the latest version? Anyway, the way I solved it was to delete the wav and the project file created by DVD2AVI, run DVD2AVI again, and create the project all over again. It was the only way I could get it to work. I haven't seen that one rearing it's head for the last few versions though.
philrob2000
19-10-2002, 09:14
I've now deleted and re done about 9 times now trying other DVD's too but to no avail:( . I'm going to look for the latest version of TMPGnc as you advise. Any idea what Number the latest version is plz M8?
STiMPY
20-10-2002, 01:35
Go to http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html for the latest version of TMPGEnc Plus, or http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html for the latest version of TMPGEnc standard. I haven't had any of the "unrecognised file format" type errors for the last few versions.