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echo: babylon5
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from: Jeffrey Kaplan
date: 2014-07-24 08:12:52
subject: Re: Converting B5 DVDs to Apple m4v videos

Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Richard Tibbetts said:

> It all works well for me, but if anyone has any better suggestions I'd 
> love to hear them.

I have no problems with ripping to the native resolution of the video
file, the playback device upconverts.  I'm using Pavtube Video
Converter Ultimate, commercial software.  One-step process. 

Considering that upconverting my standard definition movie DVDs did not
show any artifacting or stuttering, I'm blaming that all on the B5
disks Warner Bros produced.

I'm now almost done ripping season 4.

Oddity:  Seasons 2 and 4, don't know about 5 yet, the first episode on
each disk is actually the last episode on the disk's filesystem.  And
the disks have the episodes on there twice, once in a all-in-one movie,
and again as individual episodes.  And some of the ones with commentary
are actually on there THREE times, with an additional one with the
commentary.  On top of the fact that the commentary is available on the
secondary audio track of the first found copy of the episode.
Definitely not elegantly mastered.

-- 
Jeffrey Kaplan                                         www.gordol.org
Double ROT13 encoded for your protection

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