DVD Ripper

[easg]

I downloaded yesterday a shareware named A1 DVD Ripper 1.0.05, and before ripping a converting a DVD to VCD, I need to Know when to use the Deinterlaced option, how do I know if a DVD is interlaced?, I would like to know if someone has tried this programs and what are your suggestions about inproving quality.

[RJ]

DVDs that contain movies are not interlaced. At least the content isn't, the DVD could have been encoded interlaced anyway.

VCD used MPEG-1, MPEG-1 doesn't support interlace anyway, and it has only half the resolution, so the video has to be deinterlaced no matter what.

your suggestions about inproving quality.

Spend the $70 for a DVD burner

RJ

[RayH]

These days it may not be worth it to purchase DVD to VCD software. DVD burners are very inexpensive and there is freeware to run them.

But some of us are still on tight budgets. There is excellent freeware for this:

EasyVCD; DVDx 2.2; VCD2SVCD; TMPGEnc (for encoding a splitting files); VCDEasy V.1.15 (for burning; very good and easy).

How many are still free, I don't know. But you may have to search the internet, especially for VCDEasy V.1.15. It's still available but hrd to find.

[easg]

I can´t buy a DVD-RW unit now (in my country the prices are about U$ 200 for the old ones) so I have to do this with my actual hardware, So do I have to use the deinterlace option always because I am converting to VCD? or do I leave it unchecked? I like this program because I need Subtittles without too much complication.

[tigstah]

you can try

link

they have a lot of resourses....and guides.....