Hey Ineedashrink, (
don't we all?!
)
I see that Kwag and others have already set you on the right path, but I just thought I would comment on something you said, so that hopefully other newbies who see this don't make the same error (btw, "newbie" is a group in which I fall into also
...but am making good strides to escape from!
)
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Ineedashrink
...Followed Red-ms Guide to the letter...
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This would be a mistake (at least if you want to do it exactly like "
the big boys" are doing it
). And I certainly mean no offense to Red-M in saying that, because his guide
is certainly valuable, especially for the screenshots (if you can get them to load properly in your browser), but
only as a rough reference in my opinion (for the moment anyways...if/when he updates it, this may change). You shouldn't follow that guide "to the letter", because it's a bit outdated (that happens really fast here as you'll learn!) and it doesn't make use of the most recent methodologies that give the best "cutting-edge" results that guys like Kwag, Sansgrip, Black Prince & many others here achieve on a daily basis (more like
hourly basis!...or
by-the-minute-basis at times!
). Also, throughout my own trials and tribulations (and thanks to some help from others), I've noticed a few errors here and there in regards to Red-M's recommended settings and such, that hopefully he will update sometime. It's still a good starting point, but you've got to remember that it's a _starting_point...so you shouldn't expect exactly the same results as Kwag & Co. (but if it's good enough for you, then cool!).
However, I would say that most people (or
many at least) see Kwag's samples and are so impressed that they're more interested in getting great quality encodes onto 1 disc, or at least experimenting with duplicating his results. Since Red-M's guide is dealing with 2-disc encodes of fullscreen PAL source material which isn't 23.97-frames-per-second, it possibly isn't the absolute greatest example of what most kvcd-curious people are looking for. But that's just my opinion, based on my recent kvcd-learning experiences...I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means!...more of a
slightly-informed-newbie at best.
. But who knows, maybe I'll be able to write a dvd2kvcd "how-to" guide of my own someday. (watch for flying pigs and you'll know when!).
So, as one newbie to another, I'd suggest doing
LOTS of reading in the forums to get up-to-date, and don't be affraid to ask some questions if you can't find the answers through a forum-search first. This is a really great forum and there's lots of helpful people who will kindly offer to hold us newbies by the hand when necessary (you all know who you are!..thanks again guys!). If you familiarize yourself with Black Prince's Guide, Red-M's guide, AND do some reading on top of that and combine it all, you'll be at it in no time! (heck, I'm currently doing some of my very first test encodes right now, trying to determine what "tricks" might work to make my dvd-player work with more of the templates...and once I know which templates my player will handle, then the fun
really begins!
:yippie: ). Enjoy...and good luck!
-d&c
