Question about backing up DVD into avi/xvid...

[Matt_C]

Right, firstly I know how to use DVD Shrink etc to back up DVD's as I have done a fair few of my discs...

What I had a problem with yesterday was transcoding a DVD into an AVI. I ripped my Monsters Inc disc to DVD files, then reauthored it in DVD Shrink to strip the menus's extra's and audiotracks (except the DTS) from it.

After that I loaded it into AutoGK and set it to transcode into XviD AVI format....

End result was a 1.36gb avi file - which when played gives out lots of lovely DTS - but with a completely blank video screen

This is odd, cos I did the exact same procedure with The Transporter SE (DTS) last week, and that turned out fine - 1.36gb AVI, great picture, only the 5.1 DTS audiotrack...

Any idea's? Don't wanna leave it encoding for the next 3+hrs to find it's done the same thing again

 

[Bully9]

Sorry i don't know the answer to this. But if you use virtualdub mpeg to convert the VOB, you can at least abort at anytime (using a single pass) and check the output is OK.

 

[nburg01]

Load up the file using virtualdub (this is automatically installed when you install autogk) and see if it plays OK.

If you still get a blank screen then this could possibly be a graphics driver issue as there's obviously a problem with the video overlay. Try upgrading the drivers to the latest version and see if that rectifies it, or rollback to a previous version.

 

[Matt_C]

Ok, interesting!

Opening it into VirtualDubMod shows the two screens, both saying "WARNING: NOTHING TO OUTPUT - BFRAME DECODER LAG"

Press play however, it then plays fine

 

[Matt_C]

Okay, even more random now....

Just tried to open it in MediaPlayerClassic, and it played...

Cos I tried VLC again (which is what I normally use, and what I used last time I tried to play it (before making this thread, so about an and hour and a quarter ago) and this time it played fine!