Problem ripping "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"

[AGJ]

Why you create ISO and burn to DVD when you already have the VIDEO TS folder. Also DVDFab compresses the movie to fit a 4.7GB DVD+R and if your first DVD you burned using DVDFab had excellent video quality then it not a DVDFab issue but rather one of the other programs you used. Also DVDFab can create ISO and then all you need is ImgBurn to burn that to DVD or just use DVDFab no reason to use the other 2 programs especially since ImgBurn is the burn engine used for DVD Decryptor as the same author created them both

[maineman]

Hi again,

Let's simplify this a bit.
You said you bought the retail package DVD to DVD?
BTW, the trial version has full functionality, it simply reverts to the freeware app after 30 days.

Why are you using 4 different software products and over-complicating this with 4 steps or more?
Don't get me wrong, I love shrink and dvd decrypter...they are old friends and they are still with me even on my new Win7 build.
But, they ARE OLD. Development ceased for both in 2005...a lifetime for software.

Fab will do it all, do it well and much more simply.
First off, download and install Img. It's author is none other than LIGHTNING UK! of the legendary dvd decrypter...
or if you prefer just use the default burn engine VSO which is installed with Fab

Here's a link to a great video tutorial for Img and Fab and it has a download link as well:



Select DVD5 on Fab's opening screen (shown on the second screenshot near the bottom of the app). This will ensure that the file is compressed to fit on a DVD5.
Quality_% displays the amount of compression. Most of us don't compress much beyond 80%, but this is strictly according to the user's preference.
You can also select just the main title and preferred audio track to save on compression.
There are a variety of choices including customize as you will see.

Click on the little green circle with the white checkmark (upper right of opening Fab screen) and enter Common Settings.
Select Img as your default burn engine.
See screenshot:



Now close and then open Fab to save your configuration changes.
Put the disc in your read drive (Source)and a blank in your burner (Target) and burn it.

If you really want an .ISO file (I'm wondering why, but that's your call), just select the .ISO icon as Target.

See screenshot:



Recommend that you spend a few minutes with the Fab tutorial.
Just click on the ? mark icon (upper right).

[maineman]

Hi AGJ...took me a while to load this post.
Great minds think alike, eh?...errh, maybe it's old minds...

[AGJ]

Hi AGJ...took me a while to load this post.
Great minds think alike, eh?...errh, maybe it's old minds...

Welll I'm not too old so have to stick with Great minds think alike

[maineman]

Welll I'm not too old so have to stick with Great minds think alike

Yeah, I guess that's right...not everyone of the mods is an old geezer...

[sageraziel]

I make it into an ISO because I only have one DVD Drive on my laptop. So I can't copy from one drive and burn at the same time. What about my quality issues? I was thinking possibly it was because DVD Fab shrank it then I ran it through DVD Shrink which may have shrunk it again? Thus the quality was low??? Anyway the quality sucked major. My previous method for copying DVD's was to Rip with DVD Shrink and burn with DVD Decryptor. So I suppose I won't be needing those programs anymore if we can fix the quality problems with DVD Fab. Any ideas?

[AGJ]

Use just DVDFab to do what you was doing then see if quality is same or better than the DVD Shrink output. Until you just use DVDFab we do not know if it a DVDFab issue or not. I have no issue with picture quality using DVDFab and watching the DVDs on a 46inch TV as they look just as good as the original DVD

[sageraziel]

Ok, I'll copy a DVD right now with it and post my results ASAP. It should be between 20-40 Minutes. Also is this normal copy speed? What was MaineMan talking about making an ISO. Should I not make an ISO and than burn that to a disc? I only have one DVD Drive so how do I copy straight from the disc to another disc like he was saying?

[maineman]

Ok, you only have 1 drive.
Just put the dvd in and click next on Fab. It'll rip the flick and when the rip process is complete, it'll prompt you for blank media, click again.
It'll burn.
You're all done

[sageraziel]

So am doing it right by making the DVD into an ISO then burning? Great. I'm copying Open Season now I'll let you guys know if the quality is poor again. I hope it was the fact that I ran the files though three programs.

[maineman]

To make an .ISO, you need to follow the instructions I posted previously.
Why do you want an .ISO file?
It is simply a container that holds the same .vob, .bup and .ifo files that are contained in a VIDEO_TS FOLDER ?

There's absolutely nothing different in terms of quality.

[sageraziel]

I don't know how to copy any other way. I've always used ISO lol. Here are what I want though :
Best Quality
Fastest Speed
Easiest Method

If there is a way to copy DVD's that meets all three of those other than ISO please tell me. Also is 30-40 Minutes a normal copy speed. Someone told me it was slow and that they copy DVD's in 4-7 Minutes. How is that even possible?

[sageraziel]

Ok, the DVD is finished it's been ripped to an ISO using DVD Fab and burned to a 4.7GB DVD+R disc by ImageBurn. I put the disc into my Xbox360 Elite to see if the quality is any good this time around. It makes funny noises and eventually says, "Open Tray" after a few minutes of attempting to read the disc. I put it in my PS2 and it read for about ten minutes and then said "Disc Read Error". I put it in my DVD Players and it read for a few seconds and said "Disc Error: Disc May Not Support Playback Feature", so in a last attempt I put it in my other DVD player which gave the same error.

[sageraziel]

I think I figured it out. Oddly enough after DVD Fab finished it prompted for a blank disc, so I put one in. Then Image Burn came up for about ten minutes and did it's thing. Though I think the disc is still blank. I put it back in and my PC said it was indeed blank...lmao! I'm manually burning the ISO with Image Burn as I type this......I'll get back to you guys with the image quality as soon as I test it. X_x

[sageraziel]

Dang...This is my 4th post in a row...Anyway, I'm here with the quality report:
The picture is perfect, that is until a scene changes. It's a very minor problem, bit the picture quality get's all blocky and low resolution as the screen fades dark for the transition to the next scene. I'm picky, I know. But I want my copy to be as close to the original as possible. I'll log back on tomorrow to see what you guys have said. Talk to you then.