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How
to rip DVD To SVCD using DVDx
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This guide will show you how to encode
your DVDs to SVCD. SVCD uses MPEG2, the same compression like
DVD and can offer very good picture quality, not as great as
the DVD, but much better than the MPEG1 - based VCD. In the
other hand this good quality needs a lot of space so you will
usually need 3-4 CDs to write a SVCD movie in.
Please follow the instructions exactly as shown here. A small
change at the settings can have a big effect at your video.
Always use the programs you can download from here, as different
versions may not work right. |
This is DVDx 2.2, a very nice and free program. First click
at the highlighted icon to select the source of the video wo
want to encode. |
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Now we select the VIDEO_TS folder
of the DVD we want to rip. Sometimes DVDx does this automatically
for us so we proceed to next step. |
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Here you have to select the Title
which has the BIGGEST length. In our situation it is Title01.
Highlight it and then click select. Don't worry about the other
ones, they are just intros, extras or ads of the movie. |
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After we select the right Title this
window comes up. Make sure Angle is set to 1. Check Use ASPI
and DeMacrovision. At Key Search once must be OK, if you encounter
problems you can try Each VOB ID or Each VOB/CELL ID. At subtitle
select none for no subtitle or select the language your want.
At Audio select Doldy Surround and select the track you want.
At Output Frame Rate select the right values for PAL and NTSC.
Also check Forse 24Hz if your DVD is NTSC. At Misc select the
Audio / Video synchronisation and select Shutdown the computer
when job is done if you want the computer to automatically shoutdown
after the encoding. In iDCT use SSE2 if you have a P4, otherwise
use FPU. At Save your DVD drive select a big value at the Size,
as the ripping takes long and that's not good for your DVD.
If you have 512MB of RAM select 256MB at the RAM. If You have
256, 128MB at the RAM. If you have even less select 256MB at
the Hard disk. At Deinterlace filter leave None and then click
OK. |
This is how DVDx should look afterwards. Now click at the icon
that is highlighted.
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In this one just fill in all the values as you
see them here. At Calculation and DCT/iDCT use the SSE2 options
only if you have a P4, otherwise select Normal at Calculation
and FPU at DCT/iDCT. At resize select Bilinear SEE2 for P4 or
BiCubic SSE/3DNow. Be sure to click at Whole button and to set
the biggest size of your files at 80Min or 74Min CDs so that
DVDx cuts your files at the right size. Click apply and proceed. |
Now select the highlighted button to select the target file.
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Here click Browse and select the folder and the
filename of your file and then OK. |
The end! Just click the rec button and wait for 4-12 hours depending
on the movie's length and your PC's speed. Then you can burn
your MPEG files with any buring program that supports VCD/SVCD
options such as Nero Buring ROM. |
