Another philosophy..

Encoding a dvd to a cd-r usually goes this way: single pass audio insert audio filesize in gknot to calculate video size two pass video encoding How bout we try this for a change... suppose the audiofile should be about 120 MB (for a 700 MB cd) do a single pass video encoding with the bitrate set so the video size will be around 580 MB.... suppose the outcome is 604 MB now we do a 2pass audio encoding job so the audio file size is exactly 96 MB (or 91MB is u include muxing overhead) This should be much faster, and we still have an exact 700 MB avi.. :)

What about: rip AC3 audio (384-448kbit) in 1-2 minutes, two-pass encode the video, then mux (and most probably split). 5.1 channel Dolby Pro Logic sound just gives a really professional feeling to your rips, I swear! :)

@theReal Yes, i've used AC3 too in my divx/xvid movies. But i think a 'lame' setting like --alt-preset standard gives perfect audio quality. Ok, u still have only two channels, but that doesn't make my rip less professional, i think.

Dolby Pro Logic is not 5.1, it is 4 channels. Dolby Pro Logic II is much closer to Dolby Digital 5.1