Posted by John Williamson on 10/27/07 22:35

raylopez99 wrote:

> Too complicated for me...even though I code for a hobby! Too much
> work--you have to use two different programs--I would need a FAQ to
> avoid spending a day figuring it out. I'll stick to my workaround,
> thanks.
>
Errmm...
I installed TMPGEnc after I downloaded it (under 2 Meg downlaod, IIRC).
No configuration needed. It just unpacks itself into a directory, &
doesn't even put any keys into the registry. Ditto with DVD2SVCD (11.5
Meg or thereabouts), then I told it to look for the VCD.ini file
(Unpacked into the install directory) & load that. It finds TMPGEnc or
any other MPEG encoder you have installed while it installs itself. This
took 5 or 10 minutes on a Celeron 1.2GHz machine. Then I put a DVD into
the drive & told it to rip & convert. A while later (About a fifth of
realtime speed on that machine), I had all the stuff on HD in a
directory I'd specified. .ac3 to .wav or CD conversion is a doddle, as
almost any sound editing program can do it.

If that's too hard....

There's an excellent support forum on Doom9 for this system.

The *only* reason DVD2SVCD doesn't include its own MPEG encoder is that
the encoders aren't freeware under the GPL scheme, & royalties have to
be paid for using MPEG2.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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