Watching dvds on the EnV
Ok, I have gone through every posting there is on this site and I still can't get a full dvd onto my card. When I put a dvd movie on the card, it is in chapters, which last about 10 mins each, so I can't just watch the whole movie from beginning to end. Also, for some reason the audio is in Spanish. Is there anyone out there that has successfully uploaded a full dvd movie onto their EnV that could actually provide me with instructions on how they did it??
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Ive downloaded several from Kazaa and used "Super C" and converted them, then stored them on my SD card, here is the link to the program
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/vid ... »
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/vid ... »
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Thanks for the responses. I am using Super to convert the movies, and I am also using a dvd decrypter, but like I said, when the conversion is finished, I am left with about 10 different files which I can't turn into one that will continuously play. Anybody know a way around this? And also, why would the sound be in Spanish?
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I use DVD X-Clone to rip the DVD to Divx. Then from there I use Super to convert the single file to a 3gp2 at 30fps at 320x200 at 12 bit color.
The big thing I discovered is that you must encode bit color at less than 18 bit. But even at 18 bit, I would still get pixalated and snow effects. When I reduce the color bit to 12, while it mutes the colors slightly the fps is much cleaner and crisper.
Also, DVD X-cloner is no longer on the market but it can still be found on the newsgroups. This DVD ripper is nice because it allows you to strip out menu features, select the language and select the output format. It supports Divx, Mpeg4, avi and mov.
Any of those formats will work but I have found Divx format supports the best compres...
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The big thing I discovered is that you must encode bit color at less than 18 bit. But even at 18 bit, I would still get pixalated and snow effects. When I reduce the color bit to 12, while it mutes the colors slightly the fps is much cleaner and crisper.
Also, DVD X-cloner is no longer on the market but it can still be found on the newsgroups. This DVD ripper is nice because it allows you to strip out menu features, select the language and select the output format. It supports Divx, Mpeg4, avi and mov.
Any of those formats will work but I have found Divx format supports the best compres...
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THANK YOU!! I think this is what I have been looking for all along...I will try it at 12 bit and see how it goes. Thanks!
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You're welcome.
The thing to keep in mind is that when you convert the vob file (raw dvd format) you must grab all the vob files into a single file such as divx, avi or mpeg4. Also, the Menu file is usually vob1 and the movie files are vob2-vob6 with vob7-10 usually being the extra junk. If you can find an appropriate converter you can also rip on a per vob basis. To discover which vobs are the movie just "Explore" the DVD. Look in the TS_Video folder. The TS_Audio is usually empty. Original DVD's had the audio encoded seperately but since the acceptance of AC97 as the defacto standard with JIT tools that up-convert to Surround.
Also QuickTime Pro will rip DVD's to mov format with the appropriate "tweaks".
The thing to keep in mind is that when you convert the vob file (raw dvd format) you must grab all the vob files into a single file such as divx, avi or mpeg4. Also, the Menu file is usually vob1 and the movie files are vob2-vob6 with vob7-10 usually being the extra junk. If you can find an appropriate converter you can also rip on a per vob basis. To discover which vobs are the movie just "Explore" the DVD. Look in the TS_Video folder. The TS_Audio is usually empty. Original DVD's had the audio encoded seperately but since the acceptance of AC97 as the defacto standard with JIT tools that up-convert to Surround.
Also QuickTime Pro will rip DVD's to mov format with the appropriate "tweaks".
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"The thing to keep in mind is that when you convert the vob file (raw dvd format) you must grab all the vob files into a single file such as divx, avi or mpeg4."
This is what I can't figure out how to do. All the conversions work fine, but I don't know how to get all the vob files into one avi divx, avi, or mpeg4 file...can you help me??
This is what I can't figure out how to do. All the conversions work fine, but I don't know how to get all the vob files into one avi divx, avi, or mpeg4 file...can you help me??
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