Re: Any Archos user here?

["gwh12001" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

PGC.NET rips the DVD so that you end up with 1 file of the whole
film. AVI.NET then uses this file to convert to an avi file.

Quite possibly, avi.net may be able to use your existing ripped VOB
files.

Have a look at http://home.btconnect.com/aquatide/clonead/
where you
can download the programs and also the user guides.

Geoff

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Geoff.
>
> A couple more questions if I may....
>
> Where can I get the aforementioned tools from? - I had a quick
search on
> Doom9 but haven't turned up downloads for them yet...
>
> What format does PGC.NET render the ripped DVD's in? - or more
> pertinently I suspect, what format(s) is AVI.NET happy with?
>
> I ask because I already have pretty much all my DVDs ripped onto
my MCE
> machine. These have all been ripped with DVDDecrypter, and have
> macrovision & region coding etc. removed. Initially I used to rip
to
> .ISO format, so I have a number that I can mount as virtual DVD's
that I
> imagine any software that works with a physical DVD should be quite
> happy with. Laterly however, I switched to ripping to .VOB format
in a
> VIDEO_TS folder. The majority (75%+) of my DVD's are ripped like
this.
>
> I *really* don't want to have to re-rip from physical DVD's again
(many
> of them are inaccessible now, - either boxed in the loft, or, in
the
> case of many of them taken off-site and left either at the M-I-L's
house
> or our holiday villa in Spain), so I ideally want a solution that
I can
> just point at a VIDEO_TS folder, press a button, and have a
suitable
> .AVI file come out the other end...
>
> I'm pretty new at this video conversion stuff, so I either need a
very
> simple tool that works pretty much like a sausage machine, or I
need a
> complete end-to-end walkthrough guide that leads me through the
whole
> process, - any ideas if/where such a thing might exist?
>
> Cheers matey.
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> 	From: Geoff H [mailto:yahoo@...]
> 	Sent: 26 June 2006 08:04
> 	To: Paul Gordon
> 	Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Any Archos user here?
>
>
> 	Might be of interest to you.
>
>
> 	There is a yahoo group dedicated to all things archos
> 	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archos_hardware/
>
>
> 	Lots of questions about encoding and such get posted there
> 	as well as a lot of moans about reliability. The AV500 series
> 	seems to be better made than some of the AV400 series.
>
>
> 	There should be no reason why you cannot upgrade the 60GB
> 	disk to a bigger one. The Archos unit has a hidden feature
that
> 	allows you to reformat the disk should it become corrupt. You
> can find
> 	out how to do this in the troubleshooting section of the
manual.
>
>
> 	I have the AV5100 and I have no complaints. I find that
standard
> 	DivX AVI files usually play ok on the Archos. I currently use
> 	PGC.NET to rip from a DVD and then AVI.NET to convert into
> 	a movie.
>
>
> 	HTH
>
>
> 	Geoff
>
>
>
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