DVD to SVCD or VCD freeware ?

[Andy]

Is there any software that will rip DVD to SVCD or VCD in EASY steps. I used
DVD Magic (on the cover of a magazine), and it's great, but one feature they
left out was to give a % complete line so that i know how long it will take.

Please don't say TMGENC (or whatever it is) because i found it too cluttered
and complicated to use.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Dominic]

Is there any software that will rip DVD to SVCD or VCD in EASY steps. I used
DVD Magic (on the cover of a magazine), and it's great, but one feature they
left out was to give a % complete line so that i know how long it will take.

Please don't say TMGENC (or whatever it is) because i found it too cluttered
and complicated to use.

Cheers
Andy

Try VCDEasy. That and other relevant tools can be found at www.vcdhelp.com.

 

[sabresonic]

Is there any software that will rip DVD to SVCD or VCD in EASY steps.
I used DVD Magic (on the cover of a magazine), and it's great, but one
feature they left out was to give a % complete line so that i know how
long it will take.

Please don't say TMGENC (or whatever it is) because i found it too
cluttered and complicated to use.

Cheers
Andy

DvdX 2.2
easy to use, great results

http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/

 

[sabresonic]

http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/

I wasn't aware of the limitation the authour have put on their website, but The
program is still a freeware

"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version."

you can download it for free from here:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1003545444

and many other sites.


free guides:

http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/archive/sefy/encoding1.cfm

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdx.htm

http://divx.technosoft2000.co.uk/method2.htm

 

[M.L.]

Try VCDEasy. That and other relevant tools can be found at www.vcdhelp.com.

VCDEasy doesn't rip the DVD to vob files. Nor does it create an mpeg1
file from them. VCDEasy formats the mpeg1 file to a VCD compliant
directory structure, and can burn the resultant files to a CD-ROM.
TMPGenc is fairly easy to use, you need to give it another try because
it is the best mpeg encoder out there. The resulting video will be the
best-looking by far compared to the others such as DVDx.

Try any of the following freeware solutions (do a www.google.com
alt.comp.freeware newsgroup search to find URLs or try the vcdhelp
address above):

CladDVD to rip the DVD to vob files and automatically create
frameserve files.
TMPGenc to convert the frameserve files to mpeg1.
VCDEasy to do the rest.

or:

SmartRipper to rip the DVD to ifo and vob files.
DVDx to convert the ifo and vob file(s) to mpeg1. Yes, DVDx is
extremely easy to use, but the resulting video is far inferior to that
of TMPGenc's output.
VCDEasy to do the rest.

or:

DVD2SVCD to do everything.
(But you'll have to figure out how to set the multitude of necessary
configuration options to get the right results. DVD2SVCD transparently
uses TMPGenc as the freeware mpeg1 encoder, thank goodness.)

 

[Juo Of C]

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VCDEasy doesn't rip the DVD to vob files. Nor does it create an mpeg1
file from them. VCDEasy formats the mpeg1 file to a VCD compliant
directory structure, and can burn the resultant files to a CD-ROM.
TMPGenc is fairly easy to use, you need to give it another try because
it is the best mpeg encoder out there. The resulting video will be the
best-looking by far compared to the others such as DVDx.

Try any of the following freeware solutions (do a www.google.com
alt.comp.freeware newsgroup search to find URLs or try the vcdhelp
address above):

CladDVD to rip the DVD to vob files and automatically create
frameserve files.
TMPGenc to convert the frameserve files to mpeg1.
VCDEasy to do the rest.

or:

SmartRipper to rip the DVD to ifo and vob files.
DVDx to convert the ifo and vob file(s) to mpeg1. Yes, DVDx is
extremely easy to use, but the resulting video is far inferior to that
of TMPGenc's output.
VCDEasy to do the rest.

or:

DVD2SVCD to do everything.
(But you'll have to figure out how to set the multitude of necessary
configuration options to get the right results. DVD2SVCD transparently
uses TMPGenc as the freeware mpeg1 encoder, thank goodness.)

http://www.dvdripnburn.com/