getting decent mpeg-2 playback in wmp 9

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yossarian

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13. July 2003 @ 19:30

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for the past few months i've been ripping dvd's using windows media encoder 9. it's an 8-step process that requires about 45 minutes just to prepare a dvd for encoding, and if i want to encoding 5.1 audio i'm out of luck. i'd like to reduce this to a 3-step process that does support 5.1 audio rips:

1) decrypt dvd into a single .vob file
2) change extension from .vob to .mpg
3) encode with windows media encoder 9

the problem is that because of intentionally crappy default mpeg-2 support in encoder and media player, the rips come out looking horrible. the official microsoft faq says this:

"Q. Can Windows Media Encoder 9 Series convert MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files?

A. Yes. But in order to convert MPEG-2 files, you must have a Microsoft DirectShow® decode filter installed on your computer. The DirectShow decode filter is available from third-party software vendors. You can test the source file by playing it using Windows Media Player 9 Series. If the video does not appear correctly, then the file will not be encoded correctly."

so i tried intervideo's dvd xpack and also windvd 5 and powerdvd xp, and although i could watch dvd's straight off the disc through media player, opening the 5gb mpeg-2 file on my hard drive still used that original crappy default mpeg-2 decoder.

if anybody knows how to get wmp9 to properly decode a large .mpg extension mpeg-2 file, i'd sincerely appreciate your help. i feel like i'm so close to dvd ripping nirvana, but my efforts keep getting thwarted at the last minute.

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Discmania

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15. July 2003 @ 07:15

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I'd try something different mate that does the job much easier and as long as you have Win DVD installed there would be no problem in playback. Microsoft are notrious for getting you to buy there own third party stuff for anything to work properly and it seems such a long winded process. The tool is DVD Shrink which will compress and rip the files in one go and at a much faster speed than you have been used to. It also creates Video TS and the VOB files directly without firstly converting them to Mpeg. You can then choose to either playback on PC or burn to disc.

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