MediaSlayer - CD and DVD HD ripping tool (2 Viewers)

[joz]

You're comparing an MPEG4 format to MPEG2.
Look better, you'll see compression in MPEG4. MPEG2 is also specifically designed to look better on analog screens.

So yes there are most certainly differences in quality.
IMGBURN just makes a 1:1 copy to the HD (so quality is exact same as original). MEncoder re-encodes the entire movie.
Therefore IMGBurn is faster too cause it doesn't have to re-encode stuff

 

[asagala]

I have tried Imgburn with this plugin but it doesn decrypt dvd so its not good for me. Also tried DVDFab but the integration is not up to par(ie: doesnt start by itself, doenst set the right path to burn files to, etc...). Is there any other software I could run with this plugin to be able to rip DVD?

 

[-Manfred-]

It says in the first page that with ImgBurn also online decrypter is needed.

For DVDFab question I don't have any idea what you are trying to accomplish. This plugin does not support burning.

 

[asagala]

It says in the first page that with ImgBurn also online decrypter is needed.

For DVDFab question I don't have any idea what you are trying to accomplish. This plugin does not support burning.

Ok ill try to make this clearer. By burn I meant rip. I am running latest version of DVDFab platinum. I have configured the plugin to output iso file in a directory called d:\test. When i run MediaSlayer in MP it starts up DVDFab (dont have the MP always on top flag so I can see what it going on in DVDFab). Once started DVDFab just sits there and waits. I then have to change the output directory in DVDFab and then click start. To me this should be done automatically by MediaSlayer. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[-Manfred-]

I just tried the last version of it and seems to be DVDFab problem now. They have broken the command line interface. It is behaving just like you said. I have also 5.0.9.0 version and it is working fine.

 

[asagala]

Got everything to work with ImgBurn but I do have a comment. What would be nice is to be able to output the ripped ISO file to its own directory that corresponds to the movie name (or something similar). For example, an Ocean Thirtheen rip would be [Root folder]\[Movie Name folder]\Movie Name.iso. This way it would keep everything organised.

Toughts?

 

[svcguy]

Just tried the new IMGBURN support and it seems to be working great. THANKS! It's leaps and bounds above DVDFab. Question, though (not really related to the plugin). I don't really want to see the IMGBURN window, but I can't check Keep Mediaportal On Top because it won't let PowerDVD on top when I'm viewing a video. Does anyone know if there's a way to run IMGBURN minimized or hidden? If no, then I guess I'd have a possible MP feature request: The ability for MP to realize that it's OK for an external player to stay on top, but not OK for anything else (ie IMGBURN).

Andy

 

[mlburgoon]

I asked that question on the imgburn forum, and the answer is basically no. there are ways to do it, but it requires launching it via the "start" command from a command prompt. But that would still leave a command window open.

 

[joz]

Open yes, but there are ways to minimize a command window when it starts so it won't bother people sitting in the middle of the screen. I believe it's an argument when running a batch file (have to look this up, not really sure anymore)

 

[svcguy]

I asked that question on the imgburn forum, and the answer is basically no. there are ways to do it, but it requires launching it via the "start" command from a command prompt. But that would still leave a command window open.

I came up with a little workaround for hiding ImgBurn while ripping. I wrote a little AHK script that looks like this:

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

SetTitleMatchMode, 2

Loop
{
	ErrorLevel = 1

	WinWait, ImgBurn
	if ErrorLevel != 1
	{
		IfWinExist, MediaPortal
		{	
			Sleep, 500
			WinMinimize, ImgBurn
			WinActivate, MediaPortal
		}
	}
}

AHK is short for AutoHotKey and it's a sweet little scripting tool that lets you do a lot with keyboard input and window management. You can get it here. If you have AVG Free, disable Resident Protection if you intend to compile a script to an exe or else it won't. This script (and I'm sure someone else can do better) just waits for ImgBurn to open it and if Mediaportal is open just automatically minimizes ImgBurn. You'll see the ImgBurn splash screen and then a flash of the window and that's it; it'll be minimized and MediaPortal will be on top.

Andy