Triangle with exclamation point inside.. Huh?

[bshaf]

I was ripping "Bourne Ultimadum" and noticed something weird. The percent complete bar only took 10 seconds to complete then, instead of the VideoReDo logo i got a triangle with an exclamation point inside it, but no actual textual error message. I thought this was weird. I then went to the location where the file was being saved and noticed it still had .tmp at the end and the file was still growing in size. When it was finally done i got the usually window with all the stats, but the file was only 2.7gigs in size (from my experience it seems movies are typically around 6gigs).

Next, i went to "Quickstream Fix" and saved it as a dvr-ms file (where before i just went to file->save as). This took about 30-45 mins to complete, but was around 6gigs in size (what i would expect).

Can someone explain to me what the triangle with the exclamation point inside means, and also the difference between the two files i created is. Thanks in advance!!

[phd]

What version of VideoReDo are you using?

How were you processing the file? Were you creating a DVD folder?

[bshaf]

I am using version 3.1.4.549.

I not sure how to answer your question. All i did was select file -> Open title from dvd. Then i did a file -> save as, and saved it as a dvr-ms.

[HyperReality]

Please try the latest TVSuite beta: v3.1.4-557.

[bshaf]

Thanks for the tip, ill try that. What is the difference between doing a "save as" and doing a "quickstream fix"??

[phd]

QuickStream Fix is generally used as a pre-processing tool in VideoReDo.
The key purpose of QuickStream Fix is to re-align the time stamps in the output file. Sometimes, video captured from DVB Satellite or sourced from DVD VOB or VRO files may have internal time stamps that are not sequential. When you normally open a file in VideoReDo it will search for these non-sequential time stamps and handle them gracefully. Occasionally it is unable to do so effectively and the QuickStream Fix function will prove useful.

[bshaf]

it sounds like i should just start using the quickstream fix method instead of the file -> save as method, because im assuming i want my timestamps to be alligned.

[bshaf]

it looks like i should always use the quickstream fix method versus doing a file -> save as. Are there any downsides? or difference in file size?

[phd]

No real difference in size.

Since your source is a DVD, it would probably be beneficial.

[brinkmanship]

Last week I backed up some of my recent purchased movies. I transfer my movies using DVD Decrypt (just out of habit) without any IFO splitting. The file size for the transfer of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was I believe over 7GB. Next I always apply QSF, without opening the file. The slider went all the way to the end and a ! was displayed but the program continued to execute. I let it run it's course and the result was a 6.3GB .mpg which plays fine. Sweeny Todd was of similiar size but the ! did not appear. I do not burn DVDs but instead archive all video on hard disk and play them via media players, such as the D-Link DSM-520, so I cannot attest if the file is valid for burning, but I cannot imagine why it would not. That is the only time I have ever received a ! during the QSF process. Again out of habit, I never open a video file unless it has been processed through QSF, and all of my video processing is and always has been via VideoReDo. Happy viewing.