DVD Ram to xvid or Divx ???

ssheehan · 05-31-05, 04:43 AM

Currently using Fairuse Wizard to encode my DVD's to xvid or divx, it works great. Only now I have a DVD RAM disk from a panasonic DVD recorder which has the DVD in a different filestructure ?

\DVD_RTAV
\DVD_RTAV\VR_MANGR.BUP
\DVD_RTAV\VR_MANGR.IFO
\DVD_RTAV\VR_MANGR.VRO

Does anyone know how to convert DVD RAM format disks into Xvid or DivX ??

Fairuse say's "Unable to read AGID"

Thanks in advance

786akrUnregistered · 05-31-05, 06:52 AM

Just a guess,Rip it with DVD shrink to create iso image and then use fair use to encode.

ssheehan · 05-31-05, 07:36 AM

CHeers

Just tried that, DVD shrink is looking for normal DVD filestrucures and files. So that doesn't work

Although it appears that the .VRO is actually an mpg in disguise. I copied the 3gb file over to my hard drive and Media player plays it ok, now I just need to xvid it, Media Encoder 9 does such a crap job, need a better alternative

OddbOd · 06-03-05, 09:16 AM

If you're happy using FairUse then the simplest method is to use either TMPGEnc DVD Author or Nerovision Express to convert the disc to standard DVD-Video format. Personally I'd go for TDA as you can snag a trial version and write the DVD files to hard disk then rip with FairUse as usual.

Copying directly from a DVD-RAM disc is a little dodgy if there are any edits on the disc, but essentially your guess was correct it is just a series of VOB's packed into a different format.