Help and Information

[eviltwin14]

Hi

I am Che, I need some some information and help.

The first is about the anime Ghost In The Shell, I remember watching a film back in late 1990's (about 96-99) and the only part of the film I remember is a dog getting "cut up" on some stairs, can someone comfirm that it is the anime Ghost In The Shell.

And if i was to start watching Ghost In The Shell, series and movies, which order should I view them in to understand the story plot, and would someone also tell me which order they were released. ( If there is a relevant web adress where I can see this information, please post it)

The other problem is a little harder to deal with. I currently have the complete set of "Gun X Sword", "Berserk" (as well as many others), and I would like to "rip" it onto my computer so I can edit into amv's, and store as a back up incase the Dvd's get damaged.
However I have used a lot of programs and none have worked so far. Some of the freeware programs have limits on how much video they will rip, while others enforce the CopyWrite protection and do not allow me to rip at all.

Some of the programs I have used are:
Dvd Shrink
AMVapp
Dvd decrypter

AMVapp, is a program recommended by this site( animemusicvideos.org), it did rip however it took about 3 attempts. One which left me with a 1gig audio file and no video, another which had alot of vertical lines when ever moment [motion within picture] occured (I think, that I may have caused it when trying to make the resolution to large), it also paused in the playback every five to ten seconds, and the last only recorded half of the footage.

I think I can get AMVapp (Avisynth) to work however I am to inexperienced in using this program, and while I have read and followed the guilds, I need some help for a more experienced user.

If someone can offer me help, or a program that will let me rip the dvd's onto my computer, please post it here.

Also the Dvd series "Gun X Sword" is in the PAL format with 25 Fps, and I think it is also interlaced( not full interlaced though, progressive perhaps) , which I know can cause problems when trying to edit.

[BasharOfTheAges]

AMVapp, is a program recommended by this site( animemusicvideos.org), it did rip however it took about 3 attempts.

No, it's an installer - it's not a ripper - it installs a ripper (dvd decrypter) and many other small apps and files.

[Autraya]

If it's "progresive" but is 25 fps (PAL) then you will need to deinterlace still as it's not really "progressive".

I'd suggest that you Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> to understand how to use the actual AMVapp

but here's a quicky without telling you the settings (those are all in the guide above) and I'm assuming that you actually installed the whole suite of programs included in the amvapp

1.) Rip with DVDdecrytor
2.) run the .vobs through DGIndex
3.) open the .avs file that DGIndex created in Virtualdubbmod and start applying avisynth scripts as needed required (once again read the guide)
4.) encode a lagarith/huffyuv/uncompressed file in vdubb which will be large in size OR open the .avs file directly into your editing program (if you have premiere or vegas) now that you have worked out the script/settings best for your source.
5.) edit
6.) export a huffyuv/lagarith or uncompressed file
7.) compress with virtualdubmod to an xvid (dont forget to compress your audio with bee suite)OR make an mp4 with zarxgui or w/e

That's a high level overview of how it works but there are otherways to go about it.

Note: to deinterlace that source i'd suggest one of the following
Telecide(1)
fielddeinterlace()
Tomsmocomp(1,5,1)

that'll be $20 thanks for the 10 minutes it took to write this and fix my own spelling >.>