DVD Ripper 1 Pass or 2 Pass

[protrader]

Hi

Could someone please tell me when would i use 1 pass, and when would i use 2 pass? Is there any advantage of using 1 pass over 2 pass, otherwise why not always use 2 pass?

Thanks

[GregiBoy]

In very simplistic terms:-

2 Pass does a full analysis of the title during the first pass and optimises the second pass from this analysis but takes roughly twice as long.

One pass does an on-the-fly analysis whilst encoding but still does a creditable job.

That being said, I personally always use 2 pass as subjectively, I regards the reaults as marginally better and have always subscribed to the theory, "Do it once, do it right"

[protrader]

Thanks for the advice GregiBoy

[themanstan]

Hi.Noticed your comment re the 1 or 2 pass.I'm a complete novice, having bought an archos 7 160gb tablet the other day,second hand.I downloaded the 30 day trial, and after several dozen attempts finally got it to sort out transformers 2 last night by way of dvd ripping it for archos to my pc.The only problem is it took 8 hours to do this !! Having read the tutorial I know that doing the 2 pass takes more time, but what else am I possibly doing wrong to make it take that long ? I've been trying today to do a sinlge pass with another film,but yet again, the programme keeps stopping mid way thro'.Any advice will be greatly appreciated,regards Stan.

[signals]

What settings are you using? It should not take anywhere near that long. What are the specs of your PC?

Re: one-pass vs. two pass, please see this for a different opinion: