Using - DVD2MPG Squeezer - Direct from DVD |
This program is one of the oldest ones, it can only produce
Video-CD streams using the External Panasonic Encoder Plugin, which gives
it a great quality, but as it is old, you don't have many options to play
with, it does not support subtitles, and can only encode the entire movie
in one go, which means you have to split it later. |
Pre-Step - Before you run this program, make sure you first
use the "Enable Decoder", and when you are done make sure you run
the "Disable Decoder" or you will not be able to playback MPG files
correctly. Step 1a/1b - Press the "File" menu and select the " Change DVD Root..." and then select one of the IFO files, mainly the "VIDEO_TS" |
Step 2a/2b - Press the "File" menu again, and
this time press the "Select Output Files..." and select the location
and the file name for the Video and Audio parts of the movie. (* NOTE:
When this program is done, we will use a program such as TMPGEnc to multiplex
the two files into a standard Video-CD MPG file! *) |
Step 3a/3b - Now press the "Options" menu, and
select "Capture Settings", this is where you setup the program to
the type of movie you are doing. (* NOTE: If you want the movie to take
Full Screen, remove the "Add bands" feature!*) |
Step 4a/4b - Press the "Options" button again
and select the "MPV Settings", here you setup the Panasonic Encoder
itself for the type of movie, make sure you are using the same options
you selected previously in the Capture Settings! |
Step 5a/5b - Press the "Playback" menu and select
the "Initialize Graph and Encoder", this will popup two test screens,
just press on the OK button, and keep going, then you will get the "
Panasonic MPEG1 Encoder" screen, press the OK button again to continue. |
Step 6a/6b - Now press the "Playback" menu again,
and select the "Play" option, this will start playing your DVD Movie
just like a regular DVD Player, select what you want to capture, and when
you are ready, press the "Playback" menu and then "Start/Stop Capturing
". |
Next - Splitting large MPEG files to fit CDR media! or Authoring [Burn! Baby Burn!] |