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Old 05 November 2006, 07:39 PM
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anyone tested recently which is the fastest/best quality converter?
This sort of question needs to be a sticky as im sure changes with each new prog.
Old 05 November 2006, 07:50 PM
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I always use dvd santa, it works a treat, but without the ability to add chapters or fancy titles.... Unless someone tells me how to do it.
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ConvertxtoDVD

This adds chapters and menu and a whole load of other stuff. Very simple to use, and output it great quality.
Old 05 November 2006, 08:44 PM
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I don't think it's the software that determins the speed of the conversion, it's the processor power of the computer.

On my old 1.4 Ghz it took all day (5 or 6 hours) to convert, on my new computer, dual core processor, it takes about 40-60 minutes to convert a 90 minute film.
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Originally Posted by bioforger
ConvertxtoDVD

This adds chapters and menu and a whole load of other stuff. Very simple to use, and output it great quality.
Nice one.

That's what I want.
Old 05 November 2006, 10:12 PM
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i think it does, if software has code for dual core then its going to perform faster than software not enabled for dual core.

Been trying all the big name ones but havent been happy with any of them, a frame pause every so often
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divx to dvd is quite good, dont think it does mpeg though
Old 06 November 2006, 10:32 AM
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another ConvertXtoDVD convert here. excuse the pun
Old 06 November 2006, 09:32 PM
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just tried convertx2dvd, good quality & fast though it still struggles with panning shots, with that tiny yet everso irritating jerk
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ImTOO DVD Creator - AVI to DVD Burning software, Burning WMV to DVD
Old 07 November 2006, 11:41 AM
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What are you converting to watch?

If I were you I'd buy a DVD player that plays DivX AVI. Doing so mens no need to convert (saves a lot of time and fuss). Also means you could burn a lot more to one DVD. Say for example you had some old TV shows you'd downloaded @ 350mb each. That's 12 shows per DVD. converted you'll get about 4 on.
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hi mate try nero software nero6 ultra edtion is what i use all the time and you can crete chapters as well using this software

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ive allways used nero,i just add the file and it does all the leg work.
Old 07 November 2006, 05:21 PM
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must be some problem with the cpu then, locking up for a fraction during processing i dunno. ive tried all the above names and all of them the same. weird.
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SVCD2DVD: Author and burn DVDs: AVI to DVD, DivX to DVD, Xvid to DVD, MPEG to DVD, SVCD to DVD, VCD to DVD, PAL to NTSC conversion, HDTV2DVD, HDTV to DVD


a couple of clicks ,, and does everything for you

real easy to use

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Originally Posted by InvisibleMan
must be some problem with the cpu then, locking up for a fraction during processing i dunno. ive tried all the above names and all of them the same. weird.
It's more likely to a be an issue with the way the source was encoded mate.

For example all the Lost captures from series 2 suffered from this. The current series seems much better, and theres almost no stutter on panning.
Old 09 November 2006, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
It's more likely to a be an issue with the way the source was encoded mate.

For example all the Lost captures from series 2 suffered from this. The current series seems much better, and theres almost no stutter on panning.
I tried to use nero7 for burning dvd's of the lost ep's and could never sort out the sound as it always went out of sync with the pics. my laptop has xp media edition on it so i used the media software to create the dvd and it worked fine. takes forever though.
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SVCD to DVD is good , i get it to conver stuff to mpegs and then use Ulead dvd moviefactory if i wanna make cool dvds wiv menu and chapters, and its idiont proof so am gud!!
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