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WMV9 post split

Use Windows Media 9 then. I've had the best luck out of that package and it shrinks it down to the size of a standard CD-R, and you get 5.1ch audio with it. This is what I usually use.

Software needed:
WinDVD 4 (or 5) (for audio codec)
SmartRipper 2.41
DVD2AVI 1.76
VFAPICodecV105EN (VFAPI Reader)
Windows Media Encoder 9

0. Audio codec setup
Open REGEDIT, and add key (or change if already exist)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\InterVideo\Common\AudioDec]
"Audio"=dword:00000005

1. Ripping
Open SmartRipper, select the VIDEO and the AUDIO areas. This will take 10-15 minutes. Close it.

2. Converting to AVI and AC3
Start DVD2AVI, go FILE/OPEN and select first ripped M2V file. Select VIDEO/CROP, and find out how much you have to crop from top and bottom (usualy 72 or 80 pixels). Deselect CROP because we will use WME9 for croping, not DVD2AVI. This step is required becuase it`s hard to find out how much croping is needed in WME9(no real time preview in WME9). Go FILE/SAVE_PROJECT to save d2v file to disk. It will take some 20 minutes. You can also press F5 for preview to see if source is interlaced or not (it`s usually not). Close it.
Open VFAPIConv, ADDJOB, select D2V file, and press run. It take some 30 sec to create AVI file. Close it.

3. Converting
Open Windows Media Encoder 9. Close wizard (we wont use it). Go to Properties (from main toolbar).
Tabs:
a) Sources
Set NAME (optional, doesn`t really have any function)
Source from -> set to BOTH DEVICE AND FILE
Select VIDEO, from drop down menu -> BROWSE_FOR_FILE, and select AVI file
Select AUDIO, from drop down menu -> BROWSE_FOR_FILE, and select AC3 file
b) Output
Deselect PULL FROM ENCODER and set ARCHIVE TO FILE, press BROWSE and set final output filename.
c) Compression
Press EDIT.
Select AUDIO, and set AUDIO CODEC to WMA9 Professional, set VBR MODE to BIT RATE VBR
Select VIDEO, and set VIDEO CODEC to WMV9, set VBR MODE to BIT RATE VBR
Deselect CHECK FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH WMP7, and set ALLOW NON-SQUARE PIXEL OUTPUT
Select next tab (282Kbps or similar)
Select AUDIO FORMAT -> 128Kbps, 48KHz, 5.1 Channel, 24 bit VBR
Set VIDEO SIZE to SAME AS INPUT
Set FRAME RATE to 23.976 (for standard FILM rates)
Set KEY FRAME INTERVAL to 4 sec or similar
Set VIDEO BIT RATE to required bitrate (around 700kbps for 2hour movie)
Set DECODER COMPLEXITY to COMPLEX (not sure about this)
Press OK
Press OK
d) Video Size
Set CROP METHOD to CUSTOM, and put TOP and BOTTOM values we found out in DVD2AVI (usually 72 or 80).
Set PIXEL ASPECT RATIO to CUSTOM, and put some values like 17:12 to get OUTPUT ASPECT RATIO of original movie like 2.25:1 or similar (see DVD box)
e) Attributes
Set NAME and other stuff here (optional)

Press APPLY and close Properties.
Press START ENCODING.
OPTIONAL:
Close AUDIO and VIDEO panel (you may get some encoding speed increase... maybe).
Go to sleep.
After around 10-20 hours, close WME9.