well, sort of. I'm doing what we've all done before, trying to rip the movie main title only so it fits on a dvd-5 without compression, menus, and other BS.I understand that, but you said in another post that you were using some batch file afterward.
There are too many variables here. I don't mind trying to help Shrink users creating a normal, standard dvd backup, but you're not doing that.
When you choose just the main title, 99.9% of the time it's not going to re-encode... because the main movies on most standard dvd's have usually been around 4gb.I also don't know if you're making proper selections for the main movie within Shrink; I have no idea if the "split into 1 gb files option" works fine with all dvds; I have also no idea what "transcoder" it is that you're using (Shrink is a transcoder) and whether that process isn't creating a problem.
Let me eliminate the variables. Because while it sounds complicated, it's really not.There are just too many variables for me to troubleshoot, and it's not Slysoft's responsibility to be troubleshooting Third Party software problems. I don't work for Slysoft, but if you were using Clonedvd mobile's .vob passthrough and complaining that it didn't work, you would in my opinion have every right to ask Slysoft for help. I don't use Clonedvd mobile, so I'm not going to be very helpful, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to try the free 21 day trial period. If it doesn't work, then shoot an email off to Slysoft asking for help.
1 - Place disk in drive. My ANYDVD parameters automatically launch Shrink after it scans...
2 - Set shrink to Re-Author, and pull the main movie. If there are more than one, choose the preview option to make sure I'm getting the wide screen version.
3 - uncheck the "split into 1gb files" option
4 - Rip to a folder.
The next step does sound complicated too, but it's not. The batch file does some pre and post processing (not on the vob itself, but to get media-info data, create an XML file for my media server, etc.) and runs this :
Code:
start "Converting with VLC.EXE" /BelowNormal /b /wait %VLCPath% -vvv "%~1" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mpgv,vb=7413,scale=1,width=720,height=400,fps=29.97,paddtop=40,paddbottom=40,acodec=mpga,ab=192,samplerate=48000,channels=2,equalizer-preamp=20}":standard{url="%~dpn1.DVD.mpeg"} --aspect-ratio=4:3 --sout-ffmpeg-keyint=16 --sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc vlc:quit
That creates an output file that can be played on my Replay TV media server.
I certainly sympathize that your media server requires a single large. vob file, but if people can create full disc backups with Shrink and also create main movie backups with Shrink, and if Shrink is nicely isolating the main movie, etc., then Anydvd is handling the disc properly.
I honestly can't see this as being an Anydvd issue. If you feel otherwise, contact Slysoft (but explain that you're trying to create a huge .vob file for your media server).
I would try it, but my media server feeds the content to Replay TV units in my home. As you can see from that command line, some very specific bitrates and such are ultimately involved, so unless I can use clonedvd mobile to do that, it's not going to get me any closer...
I've tried to note that one key difference that I'm seeing lately is that the VOBS (some of them) do not contain the same media headers. What I mean is that a VOB is really just a renamed MPG file, and so should have valid MPG media info on it so media info tells us (on each split vob...) ALL of the following info...:
Code:
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 84.1 MiB
Duration : 29s 920ms
Overall bit rate : 23.6 Mbps
Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Standard
Duration : 29s 596ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 21.8 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.772
Code:
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Standard
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 7 500 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 7 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : 2:3 Pulldown
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.724
And this is most likely where the problem lies....(IMHO). Just a leap of logic for me, since I'm not a programmer and don't pretend to be one...
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