Posted by Ryton on 03/17/07 16:17

G'Day All, I just created my first XviD conversion and have questions/
issues. Therefore, any help on the following would be most
appreciated!

1. DVD ripped to internal HDD using DVD Decrypter (Ver 3.5.4.0) on 2.8
GHz XP machine. Resulting VOB playback is perfect.

2. Converted VOB to XviD (avi) on internal HDD using AutoGk (Ver 2.4).
This took about 8 Hrs. Is there a faster method?

2.1 Six main VOB files resulted in 6 AVI files. Is there a way to end-
up with a single avi file?

2.2 The VOB files had three audio streams available and I used the
default first one. Is there a way to know what each of these actually
are before you convert (i.e. 5.1, 2 ch, etc.)?

2.3 Selected 75% quality conversion and was surprised to discover that
some of the AVI files were actually bigger than their corresponding
VOB files. Should I have used the 2 CD (1.4 GB) option instead? Is
there another better method that can produce greater compression?

3. Transferred AVI files to external USB2 HDD and connected it to my
RJTeck 1800 DVD player USB port. The AVI playback appears to have the
same bandwidth problem (occasional a/v stutters) that VOB has when
playing through this interface. RJTech tech support has confirmed that
the 1800's port is only USB 1. Is it possible to reduce the AVI
requirement to comply with this bottleneck? In addition, the AVI
playback has about a 1 sec. delayed audio sync problem which VOB does
not have. Does anyone know what the required bandwidths are for
various types of A/V streaming (i.e. VCD, SVCD, AVI, VOC, etc.)?

As always, thanks in advance...

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