Right, so thanks to you guys on here I found some links for DVD Shrink which is a wicked programme! I can rip DVD's now, compress em and burn em (using Nero)

But! What about non-DVD type films? Ages ago Smit gave me a bit of software called AVIconverter which means I can convert loads of different video files to other types, including DVD file types so I can burn as a DVD film.

Only problem is I can't edit the film to be in "chapters" like on a DVD.

IE: I Just downloaded "The Butterfly Effect" in AVI format. It's one "track" all the way thru, and when converted to the DVD-format it is still one track all the way thru.

So here come the questions;

What can I use to split this up?

And once I have cut the AVI film into say, 20 sections, how do I go about converting it all to DVD format but still keep it all in the correct sequence etc.....

I get a bit lost with this lol.....

 

Lol, nevermind...... Just realised, if you go into the ADVANCED section of the conversion settings you can select to "mark" (or split) it at certain points (governed in seconds - I set it to mark at every 600 seconds - 10 mins)

 

on more or less on the same note bought mates wife the lost series

from a seller in the uk from ebay .....

5 week later they turn up THE COCK ENDS A MIDDLE MAN

they where sent from the states ..so wont work on her player

ive got nero 6 will that convert them

theres about 6 dvds each with about 4 episodes

 

I don't really know about converting them with Nero- I never managed to get it to work for me anyway......

I use this to copy DVD's tho - got it from a link in this forum - superb programme!

http://www.dvdshrink.org/

Rip em and compress em to fit on DVD-R's using that programme, then just copy em to a DVD-R using Nero...... Bout an hour to rip a disc, and about 14/15mins to burn...

 

Thrush
WINavi does it automatically and its simple to use and pretty fast to convert.....ive got it and its brill...theres no option to set chapters yourself but once its burnt you can fast forward rewind skip forwards and back.
DVD shrink is ace for copying dvds

 

Thrush CHEERS FOR THE LINK WILL TRY IT LATER

 

Yeah, I did a test conversion using an AVI version of "The Butterfly Effect" and looked around in the ADVANCED tabs and you can set a time marker to be put in every xxx seconds. So I set it to 600 so a marker was put in every ten mins. Not complete control, but it's better than no markers at all!

 

thrush YOUR A FUCKING STAR

DOWNLOADED dvd shrink ..

already had nero 6 installed in the pc ..

started ripping down lost dvd 1 region 1.... 4 episodes

WORKED LIKE A DREAM FROM THE PRESS OF ONE BUTTON

AND BURNT IT AS WELL TO ALL REGIONS ..

thought there would have been a lots of messing around converting

how wrong i was


very happy me CHEERS EARS

 

No worries bud - I got the link to it from a thread in this forum anyway, and it has worked a treat for me also! Gonna cost me loads of money now in DVD discs and stuff I can't stop copying stuff

 

ALL DONE ..took about 25 mins for each disk ...

rang mates wife she happy as a pig in shit

thanks again for the heads up

 

www.play.com

or blockbuster rental comes to mind

 

How long did it take to "rip" them? I guess you do it the same as me - rip em to a folder on the HDD, then burn the files from that folder to a DVD disc?

Cos I found that ripping DVD's takes about a hour or so, then the burn is only about 15mins per disc - it's just the ripping takes time...

When I rent a DVD out, and it turned out to be a good film worth watching again I used ot copy the DVD onto a video - trouble was the quality always suffered from converting digital video and sound into analogue - and to get round the SCMS data-encryption thingy you hadt to run seperate vieo and audio cables (couldn't use a scart or anything) so generally they were a bit poo.

But it's cool now as I can just rip and burn em off in about the same time it would take to do a full length video "dubbing"

 

The ripping depends on the speed of your pc, the speed of your dvd drive, and if you preview it or not. I ripped Transformers The Movie in about 25 mins

 

Yeah I stopped using the preview window cos it helped it not take aslong. I dunno bout speed of pc : I got a 2.8 P4 + 1.5gb of RAM.... Seems to be raping the CPU when its doing tho - the mouse goes all slow

 

they only took 25 mins each disc to burn

and i only pressed one button after that the whole process was

automatic ..i does leave a file on your harddrive ..but when i burnt the

next disk it deleted that and started again

i suppose there would be a option to save it onto hd if you wanted

 

25mins to RIP or to burn?

Yeah it does leave the files on your HDD as you are ripping the content from the DVD to your HDD, then burning it to a DVD - you can't make direct copies of DVD's cos of the SCMS data-encryption and also cos shop bought DVD's are bigger in filesize than writable discs