Vob blanking functionality

nydog · Messages: 982 Registration: 06.07.2001

I guess that's not out of the question.

SteelBlueXI · Messages: 271 Registration: 08.25.2003

Sounds like a good feature. I know I would use it atleast.

Want2race · Messages: 740 Registration: 10.19.2002

Im glad a few members agree!! Maybe something to look into before v1.0. :) Since were talking about blanking VTS then a menu edit tool could also be included. Makes sense to be able to take off extras and any access links to them. THis will definitely make DVD-RB the number one one-click dvd backup...not that it isnt already. Thanks.

Blade929 · Messages: 253 Registration: 01.23.2003

@mrslacker Cant size be controlled using TargetSectors=xxx where xxx is the sector size? This is put into the ini file. I use 2263500 and it always fits onto a DVD-R. If that doesnt answer your question, sorry, thats how I understood it to be. cheers

alexd · Messages: 6,051 Registration: 08.10.2001

The number, 2260448, that I came to was arbitrarily reduced by 7000 sectors. I did that for two reasons: 1. to have a little safety buffer and 2. to save space for any JACKET_P or interactive windows stuff. Trace through my post in the referenced thread and try applying the same process to one of your discs (use the default sectors). You may get different numbers and you might feel more comfortable with a smaller safety buffer.

hyperion500 · Messages: 252 Registration: 01.27.2002

Hehe, yeah well, you may have a point there! :) But why is it that the number is not consistent across all movies? Of course the size of the source disc vary from movie to movie, but I thought the TargetSectors parameter sets an exact output size (the files untouched by DVD-RB (menus, small VOBs etc.) + the calculated size of the reencoded files)?

DBinMV · Messages: 87 Registration: 10.03.2003

The target size in sectors is used to calculate the bitrate that is passed to the encoder. But sometimes the encoder misses the target slightly in one direction or another. Also the overhead has an impact. You'll find that discs that hae a lot of small VTSs have a tendency to be slightly larger after calculation. One of these days I'll get back to that algorithm and maybe improve it a little.

chuck90m3 · Messages: 750 Registration: 04.04.2003

I too have experiemented with the size and since I burn Taiyo Yuden (TY) DVD+R disks on my Plextor burner, I finally have come up with 2261000 that sofar has been good in all my encodes. I believe the +R is also a few MBytes less in capacity than the -R, plus TY blank disks have an excellent error ratio. I used to burn Ritek G04 but tried 100 TYs and will not go back to Ritek there is just simply no comparisson. 226100 produces 4.37 while the default produces 4.32