News

DVD Rebuilder Pro Updates to Version 1.26.2 Posted by: jmet, 03:28, July 10, 2007             Viewed: 1138 Times Categories: Software News, DVD Authoring, Recording

Over the course of the past couple of years DVD back up techniques have changed dramatically. Newer "one click" programs have made backing up a DVD a fairly simple process... but there is a significant trade-off. The quality that can be attained by even the best of these programs is poor in comparison to original techniques that used Cinemacraft Encoder, TMPEGENC, or other top-notch encoders. The reason is simple. When using one of these encoders the picture is rebuilt from scratch and optimized for the resulting bitrate. One-touch transcoders usually drop DCT coefficients or change quantization info in order to lower the bitrate. This can result in pixelation and poor overall picture.

But, man, they sure are convenient.

That's where DVD ReBuilder (DVD-RB) comes in. This program was built to bridge the gap between the incredibly easy but limited "one-click" solutions and the incredibly complex but high-quality methods of DVD back up.

Another advantage of DVD-RB when compared to older methods is that it doesn't require access to an expensive authoring package. DVD-RB includes its own reauthoring engine that reconstructs the DVD in a way compatible with its original design.

During beta development (software testing associated with this new product) the Pro version is only released to those who contribute to the development through donations of either their time (extensive testing and reporting) or a monetary donation. These "VIPs" receive regular automatic updates via e-mail as new versions of DVD-RB Pro are released. When DVD-RB Pro is released as a final product (version 1.00), VIPs who have donated at least $10.00 (or equivalent time and effort) will become members of the DVD Rebuilder charter team -- and will receive version updates for the life of the product. Those waiting until official release will be required to pay the $29.95 commercial price (happening very soon).

• Added additional routines to the REDISTRIBUTION code that corrects possible undersizing.Now, when a segment has been redistributed too many sectors(making it larger than the original) the size is adjusted and recovered sectors are reallocated to other segments.
• Turned off HC VBV and scene detection (except for a 100% setting) during REDISTRIBUTION. This appears to have beenslowing down the speed of HC redist on some systems.Also set HC to fast mode during the REDISTRIBUTION passas it gives the same results.
• Updated the REDISTRIBUTION menu options.You can now turn "Redist_All" on or off from the mode menu (formerly hidden).
• Added code to perform REDISTRIBUTION for ProCoder and CCE Basic.HC (if installed) will be used for determining the bitrate redistribution pass.
• Corrected an bug in which CCE SP2 could encode with the incorrect field order on BFF sources.
• Other minor and cosmetic changes.