Re: DVD to WMV

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From: TW (no_at_way.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 18:58:44 -0400

Hi Mike and Neil,

Thanks for the info.

These aren't commercially produced DVDs, but VHS training videos copied to DVD using a recorder, so
no macrovision stuff.

So far I'm having the best luck with yasasoft DVD to AVI, et al generating a MPEG 2 with the same
settings the DVD was created with, then encoding with WME. It is a two step process.

I'd really like to get the elecard working -- actually purchased it and it is a nice player, but
there are some incompatibilities in my system (Codecs or ??) that prevent it from working right. I
haven't been able to get it to work with WME, although the WM player seems to pick out the
UNREGISTERED MPEG decoder (I get the little icon in the upper, right corner), even though it is paid
for and registered! It also won't decode the audio stream on my DVDs (CODEC Problem?).

I'll have it figured out in another few days, hopefully.

Regards,
Tom

Mike M. wrote:
> I do that with DVDDecryptor then encode using WME and the Elecard decoder.
>
> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:4099512b.6972195@news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
>>Weird, I always get macrovision 'stripes' on any commercial DVD
>>content I'm trying to archive. The best route I found was to
>>de-macrovision and decss, then convert first to mpeg. As you say, some
>>trial and error involved though.
>>
>>Cheers - Neil
>>
>>On Wed, 5 May 2004 08:12:30 -0700, "jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Encoder will accept a .vob file if you select all files in the file type.
>>>
>>>"TW" <no@way.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1083765729.456932@sj-nntpcache-3...
>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I have some training videos that were originally archived on VHS tape,
>>>
>>>then transfered to DVD using
>>>
>>>>a DVD recorder. Now I'd like to convert these DVDs to WMV for
>
> archiving
>
>>>on a harddrive, then burn
>>>
>>>>distribution copies to CD-ROM as needed.
>>>>
>>>>So far, I've managed to extract MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 from the DVDs (using
>
> a
>
>>>ripping tool) and re-encode
>>>
>>>>to WMV ver9 with fair results. It takes a lot of trial and error to
>>>
>>>optimize the settings. The
>>>
>>>>results are a little degraded, but take a fraction of the space. An
>>>
>>>original 2 hour DVD can easily
>>>
>>>>be fit onto a 650MB CD for distribution.
>>>>
>>>>So here are my questions.
>>>>
>>>>1. Is it possible to use a MWV codec with a DVD ripping tool
>>>
>>>(1stDVDripper, DVD2MPG,... I've found
>>>
>>>>about a half dozen choices). This would save a step in the process.
>
> BTW:
>
>>>Any recommendation on the
>>>
>>>>best ripping tool?
>>>>
>>>>2. Is there a way to feed the DVD stream from the ripper or a Software
>>>
>>>player, etc. directly to WM
>>>
>>>>encoder?
>>>>
>>>>3. Is MPEG1 or 2 or some other format best for feeding into WM encoder?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for any help.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Tom
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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