Posted by Bill Vermillion on 12/19/07 16:25

In article <4768ab58$0$8804$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
Jim <jimmy AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:Jt9yv8.8oI@wjv.com...
>> In article
>> <ea952fc5-d01d-44e6-8031-ed4435123828@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>> <nmorson@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>Many thanks people - always rely on deja to come up with an answer!
>>>
>>>I checked out TMPGenc Express yesterday under someones recomendation,
>>>but it wouldn't handle AC3 - obviously I got the wrong trial!
>>>Currently using SimpleDivX which seems to work well, but frequently
>>>crashes under Vista.
>>>
>>>Will give TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 - I like their software as I have an
>>>old copy and it's the only program I've yet found which will rip RAM
>>>format to DVD - very handy if you have a Panasonic DVD recorder
>>>
>>>Bear :-)
>>
>> That is good to know. I've been using isobuster to do that.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> --
>> Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
>
>
>One awesome feature of the TMPGenc Divx authoring program is that you can
>create your divx file with full on Title menus, chapters etc just like a
>DVD. So if someone uses the Divx player to play it, it functions just as so.
>If someone uses another media player however, the menu function is lost and
>the file simply autoplays from the beginning sans menu.
>
>A note tho. TMPGenc does not advertise a 'rip any DVD' kinda feature.
>Although some store bought DVD movies can be ripped using it, some can not.
>They do not claim to be a dvd ripper program.

I've been using the TMPGenc Express for recoding, and TDA 1.6 for
years. I guess it's time to upgrade even though I probably don't
need the Divx portion.

The TMPGenc Express came in quite handy in one instance.

There was a film on cable that I'd wanted and I made a mistake
in my DVR and only got the 1st hour.

A few months later it was replayed and I missed the first part
of the program.

One had been recorded in a 2-hour mode so it was the typical
format. The other got recorded in a 4-hour mode so the actual
frame was 1/2 width and would expand to full frame.

Obviously you can't hook those together. So I took the shorter
of thet two, used TMPGenc Express to change the encing, and then
used TDA to cut on a scene change.

The interesting part of that was that the transmission had
come from two different prints.

There were slight framing differences between the prints - minor -
but noticeable when looking for a cut point - but the difference
was subtle. A slight difference in color timing, but if you
didn't know what to look for you'd never notice.

I use the TMPxxxx programs, and VideoRedo almost exclusively.

I'm glad to know that the current program will read the DVD-RAM
from my Pansonics [found a 20 at Sams' that was alone on the shelf
with a lot of '15s] and since there was no price, I got a clerk
to check it. It was the last one in stock so they gave me 30%
of and I walked away with it for about $105. It was a good
addtion to the one with the HD when there were two programs
I wanted to record.

Thanks for the update. I found that there is a special at
Pegasys that will allow me to upgrade my 1.6 to the 3.0.
Originally the only upgrade to 3.0 was from 2.x

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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