VSO DivX (and others) to DVD ~~0.5.0 last free version~~

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LTR12101B

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http://www.vso-software.fr/download.htm

http://www.vso-software.fr/products_english.htm - a little info

Not tested it, but it sounds like it may be usable as a free DVD encoder - Downloading it now, so I'll se just what the deal is....

Tested....
Converted an AVI to VOB - no loss in quality from the AVI, and better than realtime speed on this rather weak system - not quite a fair test, as the AVI was low frame rate and not full resolution, but it stall had to upsample it to full DVD spec.

No watermark!

This tool may be worth testing in greater detail for encode/re-encode tasks.

The output seems to be a "ready to burn" VIDEO_TS folder, but no menus etc. - perhaps the experts can figure out a powerful combination with other tools.

Initial verdict - flaming good for free!
 
VIPER_1069

VIPER_1069

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had a go myself on a test 30mb AVI i have kickin about and it worked well :)

will test others later seems to process at about the same speed as NEO-DVD/XOOM xvid/avi to dvd program as said with no menus :(

altho VOBS can be used in DVD LAB to make those :)

but for free it aint bad :)
 
zver

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I tryed this-vso app and tfm and dvd2svcd and both with cce as encoder were better.I tryed with cce2.50 sp :)
Its something like dvdsanta...but its free,so not bad i guess since for dvdsanta you have to pay :D
 
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Its quick, nearly as quick as WinAvi, but better quality.
Only thing I found was the sound was `just` out of sync. (on the xvid sample file that I used)
TFM with cce, better quality (2pass) sound spot on :)
 
Laz

Laz

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I've only ever had one bad conversion with this and that was an mpeg 1 files so quite rare spottydog. I have been well impressed overall how it deals with XviD -> DVD conversions and lipsync. Very, very close between this and dvdSanta IMO, bear in mind though only the "Preview" versions will be FREE and Vso have said that there will be a lot more options in the final pay version too.

Of course at the end of the day as zver points out CCE will always win hands down but both of the above progs are still very good for what they are and if you want a quick disc. :)
 
zver

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Laz said:
I've only ever had one bad conversion with this and that was an mpeg 1 files so quite rare spottydog. I have been well impressed overall how it deals with XviD -> DVD conversions and lipsync. Very, very close between this and dvdSanta IMO, bear in mind though only the "Preview" versions will be FREE and Vso have said that there will be a lot more options in the final pay version too.

Of course at the end of the day as zver points out CCE will always win hands down but both of the above progs are still very good for what they are and if you want a quick disc. :)
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I started to use dvdsanta quite a lot couse its simple and fast :)
Whats better in your opinion..vso thing or dvdsanta?
 
Laz

Laz

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zver said:
I started to use dvdsanta quite a lot couse its simple and fast :)
Whats better in your opinion..vso thing or dvdsanta?
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There's a question, hmm ... very close between the two I think m8, maybe even too close to call. I must admit I still use dvdSanta for doing TV ep conversions and maybe would slightly favour that but only because I've been using it so long. I think when the new Vso prog goes final with many options, especially more control on output file size then it should be better than dvdSanta purely because it has far too few options.

I just hope they don't mess it about too much though like CopyToDVD with sooo many updates. :(
 
spottydog

spottydog

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Laz said:
I've only ever had one bad conversion with this and that was an mpeg 1 files so quite rare spottydog. I have been well impressed overall how it deals with XviD -> DVD conversions and lipsync. Very, very close between this and dvdSanta IMO, bear in mind though only the "Preview" versions will be FREE and Vso have said that there will be a lot more options in the final pay version too.

Of course at the end of the day as zver points out CCE will always win hands down but both of the above progs are still very good for what they are and if you want a quick disc. :)
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Yes, I agree QUICK sometimes is good. :)
I was being very critical on the lipsync issue. But for me, if its a fraction out, I notice it straight away, and it bugs the hell out of me.
BUT as is rightly pointed out, free = good :)
I suppose it depends on what options are provided and how much the `final` version will be :)
 
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LTR12101B

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Beginning to wonder if this is actually just a basic interface to the backend DLLs used in other free stuff....

AVFORMAT and AVCODEC .DLL - I have a suspicion they may be libavformat and libavcodec, as used in FFMPEG, whic can decode an encode an eclectic mix of formats

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-doc.html

Heavy going, but section 5 gives you an idea of the power of this!
 
zver

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LTR12101B said:
Beginning to wonder if this is actually just a basic interface to the backend DLLs used in other free stuff....

AVFORMAT and AVCODEC .DLL - I have a suspicion they may be libavformat and libavcodec, as used in FFMPEG, whic can decode an encode an eclectic mix of formats

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-doc.html

Heavy going, but section 5 gives you an idea of the power of this!
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Who cares if that use some open source software,i dont mind about that..
If it works good then i dont complain :)
 
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LTR12101B

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But other interfaces to the same backend may deliver even more capabilities, though at the momement, not the same ease of use.

Ease of use is where this scores, at the moment - AVI file in, burnable VIDEO_TS content out ... just add burnatonce plus PRODVD for a quick and dirty DVD authoring pack.

If this really is the same AVCODEC, I really am impressed by the speed - it would seem it has some conditional optimizations (eg. choice of IDCT including MMX, default automatic), but no tuning for SSE or 3Dnow.

Sure, CCE blows it away for quality, and more versatile demux/remux solutions allow correction of audio sync, but it's nice to have an alternative that doesnt require you to beg, buy, borrow or steal a copy of CCE - the trial of CCE, of course, has an irritating watermark, which completely negates the "quality" of that solution in trial mode.
 
zver

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you are rihht bud,but dvdsanta can;
make dvd of avi-actually it burns too :)
not just avi,all kinds like avi(all codecs)windows media files,mpeg..whatever even if its few of them :)
make those popular photoslideshows
it can shrink double layer to 1 4.7gb-mpeg2 encoder includer-not transcoder which means quality is good :)
can make iso and burn images or video folder straight to dvd :)
capture output from your camera and make a dvd of it :)
I just like the damn thing..who needs cce..lol :)
 
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Perfectly legal to use libavcodec and libavformat as dll's. That is why Nic switched to using dll's instead of statically linked libs with QuEnc before it went open source. Problem with libavcodec is the rate control though.
 
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It now has its own info page there
http://www.vso-software.fr/divxtodvd/divxtodvd.htm

Currently up to version 0.3.0

Remember, this is a free "pre-release" version - when it's all pretty and clever, and does menus and everything, it won't be free.

There is an update check, (picked up by my firewall), so when the non-free one arrives, it MAY suspend the free version, so I suggest using your firewall (if it has outgoing control), to prevent this accessing the site for an update check - I would also recommend keeping copies of each minor version, so you have one to revert to if it goes timed trial, watermarked or otherwise crippled.
 
Laz

Laz

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Yep this is a good prog now, have to say though that there is now very little to choose between this dvdSanta and the new v6.0 of WinAVI which has much improved quality (but still the quick encode option which means you can encode a 40 min TV ep from DivX to DVD in under 15 mins! :D ).
 
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LTR12101B

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Now at 0.4.x - looks like it's still the same deal..

A "trial" of a not yet finished, but still useful program.

Current status?
Watermark: NO
Trial period: N/A
Spyware: NO (as far as we know - has update capability, though it can be turned off)
Beta kill date: Not known if it has one

Still a good solution for quick & dirty "video to DVD" - so far, it's taken AVI, MPEG and WMV without complaint. Not bad if you can live without tuning it, though the audio sync could sometimes be better.
 
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