Strangely Large Ripped Video Issue

Aguro49 · Post by **Aguro49** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:34 pm

So, I've been starting out my adventures in DVD ripping, and I ripped the vob files off of Samurai X (each is about one gig). I then made a d2v file, an avs file, and then ran it through Virtual Dub. I split the entire DVD into about 4 equal sections.

I turned off the audio when I used VDub, and started to convert them to AVIs. They all came out in the quality I wanted, but my main problem is that [b]each is 9 gigabites or larger[/b]. This is from using 5 vob files that are each 1 gig. A usual DVD holds 4.7 gigs, but now I have 40 gigs worth of video from this DVD. It doesn't really add up.

In conclusion, [b]is there something I'm doing wrong with my avs file, d2v file, or VDub?[/b]

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:44 pm

Well, if you are converting to HuffYUV or uncompressed AVI, then there is nothing wrong. It's quite normal for the .vob files to give much larger AVI files.

Quick answer: nothing's wrong. It's working exactly as would be expected, although you could save as YUV instead of RGB (or RGBA) to save some space.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:29 pm

The only thing you're doing wrong is that you're converting everything you have to .AVI; you should be converting only the clips you need.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:33 pm

Scintilla wrote:The only thing you're doing wrong is that you're converting everything you have to .AVI; you should be converting only the clips you need.

Scintilla, that's more of a style of working thing. Some people like having everything at their fingertips in HuffYUV.

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:54 pm

Kalium wrote:
Scintilla wrote:The only thing you're doing wrong is that you're converting everything you have to .AVI; you should be converting only the clips you need.
Scintilla, that's more of a style of working thing. Some people like having everything at their fingertips in HuffYUV.

like me..... my poor hd -_-

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:12 pm

aznfs wrote:
Kalium wrote:
Scintilla wrote:The only thing you're doing wrong is that you're converting everything you have to .AVI; you should be converting only the clips you need.
Scintilla, that's more of a style of working thing. Some people like having everything at their fingertips in HuffYUV.
like me..... my poor hd -_-

If hard drive space is an issue, then get a standard VOB editer ( like I use ) and
mix and match things directly in MPEG-2! . The program is free
and should be listed in the guides.. The learning level will make your
nose bleed, but it does save a lot of space on the old hard drive

Aguro49 · Post by **Aguro49** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:24 pm

Well, I prefer to have everything at my fingertips for later usage, so I guess I will just bear with the huge AVIs. Maybe for my next ripping excapade I'll use Scintilla's idea of only getting certain clips. Thanks for your help.