Ripping regular DVD footage? (Not animated)

[Dext3r]

Hey,

So I know this question is out of the ordinary, but I don't know who else to ask and I'm not sure how else to approach this.

If I want to rip a regular DVD, not anime (like say, from the television show Dexter) is the process the same?

Can I still use DVDfab to get vob files, use DGindex to turn it into a d2v, and then convert that to avi's for editing?

Is there even a point in having a complicated avisynth script? Can you improve regular footage in the same way? Do you even need to?

If anyone could give me some insight on this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Regards,

Dext3r

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[Dext3r]

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[l33tmeatwad]

Yes, the process is the same.

[Dext3r]

Yes, the process is the same.

Ok so what about things like interlaced and progressive footage? Do I still need to correct that?

Or fixing the resolution from 720x480 to 848x480?

Or fixing things like rainbowing, dot crawl, or noise?

[l33tmeatwad]

Yes, the process is the same.

Ok so what about things like interlaced and progressive footage? Do I still need to correct that?

Or fixing the resolution from 720x480 to 848x480?

Or fixing things like rainbowing, dot crawl, or noise?

Everything should be the same, the actual technology behind video isn't different. The only thing I would AVOID would be spatial smoothers for cleaning footage. Personally I prefer mvtools and mdegrain2 for cleaning footage, but that filter is rather slow unless you are using multi-threaded avisynth.

[Dext3r]

Yes, the process is the same.

Ok so what about things like interlaced and progressive footage? Do I still need to correct that?

Or fixing the resolution from 720x480 to 848x480?

Or fixing things like rainbowing, dot crawl, or noise?

Everything should be the same, the actual technology behind video isn't different. The only thing I would AVOID would be spatial smoothers for cleaning footage. Personally I prefer mvtools and mdegrain2 for cleaning footage, but that filter is rather slow unless you are using multi-threaded avisynth.

I've never used mvtools or mdegrain2, these are the kinds of filters I usually use.

For dot crawl:

Checkmate(48)


For rainbowing:

LutDeRainbow()


For Interlaced footage:

TFM(mode=1,pp=5,slow=2,micmatching=2,clip2=TDeint(mode=2,type=3))
TDecimate()


Etc:

ConvertToYV12()

To fix resolution:

Spline36Resize(848,480)


For noise:

TTempSmooth()


For sharpening:

FastLineDarkenMod()
LSFmod(strength=120)


So should I avoid any of these?

[l33tmeatwad]

I wouldn't use fastlinedarkenmod(), as it's really intended for animation. You may also wan to cut back on the LSFmod strength, but aside from that most of those should be fine to use. Filters are really all about trial and error and learning what "looks good" when you are trying to clean up footage.

[Dext3r]

So another thing I'm having trouble with, is I want to use the audio from the show, which I've rarely done, but the audio is in a separate ac3 file.

When I create the avi file, I'm converting the show from 29.97 fps to 23.976 fps, but the ac3 audio is still set to 29.97. So nothing matches up, if I sync one portion of it, down the line its way off.

Does anyone have a good idea of how to approach this?

[BasharOfTheAges]

There used to be a handy tool that was included with the amvapp called BeSweet that did this sort of thing... AFAIK it wasn't windows 7 compatible and it kinda disappeared. There might be a way to process it in VLC of all things.