Just wondering what all programs are out there that do this conversion???? I just got easyvcd and am trying it out now. And am going to try DVDPro EX 1.5 when done playing with easyvcd. Are there any others out there that are easy to use (basicly no brainers) that do a decent job of it with out butchering it all up??
THanks

All those No Brainer One Button DVD to VCD/SVCD Programs Suck ,Some more than others..The absolute Best way is to learn one of the Few Correct methods of doing it as that Way Produces the only really acceptable Quality..The Smartripper ,DVD2AVI ,Tmpgenc Method is Probably the Easiest and Produces some of the Best Quality VCD"s and the SmartRipper, DVD2AVI ,AVISynth ,CCE Method Produces some of the Best SVCD"s......

i found InterVideo DVDCopy does an excellent job simple to use but i still like DVDProEx

I tried Intervideo DVD Copy last Night and I thought the Quality Was total Crap compared to the SVCD"s that I make My Self, Then again Most Poeple"s Idea of a Quality Image is a Lot different than What I think a Quality image is, I will analize parts of a Movie Frame by Frame looking for Artifacts and Imperfections and if the Movie has the Slightest Hint of Blockyness anywere in the Movie I will start from scratch and re-encode the source File useing Different Filters or Settings to get a Better Picture..

I think DVD2SVCD (http://dvd2svcd.doom9.net) can give excellent results, providing you can find a copy of CCE to use with it. It's not difficult to use, but you will have to read the guide before starting or you'll have problems. I do strongly agree with Lusifer that the simpler to use the conversion program is, the less likely you are to get good results from it, but for most people DVD2SVCD does give excellent results. When I used to be into SVCD I used it quite a bit and it's terrific for low motion DVDs. I have a SVCD I made of an episode of Star Trek and it looks as good as my original DVD. CCE does tend to have problems with fast motion scenes at low bit rates, such as for SVCD, and TMPGenc might be a better solution in those cases as it has some filters that can reduce blocks.

One bit of warning on using CCE with DVD2SVCD. CCE used to lock up when I used DVD2SVCD until I read where a guy suggested running it at Real Time priority under Windows. I would start DVD2SVCD and quickly start the Task Manager and change the priority of CCE to Real Time. Of course, I have a 1 GH CPU, so if you have something newer and more powerful you may not have this problem. Using TMPGenc with DVD2SVCD will not lock your PC, although TMPGenc is a memory hog and I would recommend at least 512 MB of memory for best results.