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A Big Question!
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Hphelper
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16. January 2009 @ 01:00 |
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How come most of these posts.. contain somthing like:
Dvdfab 5230 > fixvts > dvd shrink > imgburn.
First off. why do you need anything else then dvdfab???
Cause i had no trouble burning anything with dvdfab 5.2.3.0??
Why after dvdfab u need Fixvts? then dvdshrink?
doesnt dvdfab do the samething as dvd shrink but better? and i dont even know howt o use fixvts.. and isnt imgburn what dvdfab uses to burn the movie after it analizes and saves the imgs in a temp drive on yoru computer so you can start ripping it?
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16. January 2009 @ 01:12 |
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Hi,
dvdfab (as in platinum or gold) is a 1 button back up program. While dvdfab rips a disc to the hard drive, the rip is not always the cleanest (navigational pointers in the dvd structure may be misdirected and need to be corrected). Fixvts helps in this area (vob blanker, a more powerful tool, may be more useful to many)
So ripping the dvd to the hard drive first leaves the ability to utilize fixvts or vob blanker. Now with the data on the HDD, a meythod of transcoding is needed, so dvd shrink comes into play. Finally a burning engine is necessary, so the finest burning engine is employed, Imgburn.
A completely free method is employed in the following which follows the origional algorithm
From 1bonehead
1) decrypt to HDD with dvdfab HD (free version) Or use paid for version
2) process files (all) with fixvts
3) shrink files with dvd shrink, output as iso/image to HDD
4) burn iso/image file with IMgburn
all programs are free
Imgburn, free from
http://www.imgburn.com
fixvts, free from
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...ools/fixvts.cfm
dvdfabHD free from
http://www.dvdfab.com
dvd shrink 3.2.0.15
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_.../dvd_shrink.cfm
and a guide to use all the programs
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/494836
Jo (endo helped)
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Hphelper
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16. January 2009 @ 01:15 |
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Originally posted by bryston:
Hi,
dvdfab (as in platinum or gold) is a 1 button back up program. While dvdfab rips a disc to the hard drive, the rip is not always the cleanest (navigational pointers in the dvd structure may be misdirected and need to be corrected). Fixvts helps in this area (vob blanker, a more powerful tool, may be more useful to many)
So ripping the dvd to the hard drive first leaves the ability to utilize fixvts or vob blanker. Now with the data on the HDD, a meythod of transcoding is needed, so dvd shrink comes into play. Finally a burning engine is necessary, so the finest burning engine is employed, Imgburn.
A completely free method is employed in the following which follows the origional algorithm
From 1bonehead
1) decrypt to HDD with dvdfab HD (free version) Or use paid for version
2) process files (all) with fixvts
3) shrink files with dvd shrink, output as iso/image to HDD
4) burn iso/image file with IMgburn
all programs are free
Imgburn, free from
http://www.imgburn.com
fixvts, free from
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...ools/fixvts.cfm
dvdfabHD free from
http://www.dvdfab.com
dvd shrink 3.2.0.15
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_.../dvd_shrink.cfm
and a guide to use all the programs
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/494836
Jo (endo helped)
Do i need dvdfab HDD?
or can i just use dvdfab platinum?
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16. January 2009 @ 01:16 |
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Dvdfab does not always give the cleanest rips, so we tend to use a few more steps.
Also, you can never go wrong with trying to get the best looking copy of your disk.
Fixvts is a tool that can 'tweak' the results a bit from dvdfab.
Dvd shrink may be old, but it's still one of the best transcoders out there. Others use dvd rebuilder, which does an even better job as it rebuilds the results from the ground up.
Dvdfab does have its own vso burn engine, but it's not the same as imgburn, which is one of the best burning engines out there, besides being free.
The only way to use all of dvdfab's abilities is either the trial verson or the full version. Some use the free version of dvdfab, so they cannot compress or burn their results.
You beat my reply Jo, only because I was on my mobile and not on my desktop or laptop!!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. January 2009 @ 01:23
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Senior Member
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16. January 2009 @ 01:26 |
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Dvdfab does not use imgburn, but does allow the option to use either imgburn or nero besides its vso engine.
Also, you can never have too many steps in trying to get the best results you can get.
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16. January 2009 @ 01:30 |
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Originally posted by rtm27:
You beat my reply Jo, only because I was on my mobile and not on my desktop or laptop! |
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17. January 2009 @ 13:21 |
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