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Old 13th February 2015, 13:47   #3  |  Link
Darksoul71
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Hmmm...I can see no reason why you have to merge the VOBs prior encoding.
Simply ensure that you have the same settings for both encodes and do each DVD separately to your target format of choice.
Then simply merge the two resulting files with AVIDemux or VirtualDub in stream copy. Usually you do not see any visual distortion at the merge point. I have also merged a lot of two CD DivX from the days back then to a single file like this and never had issues.

Edit:
Another more simplistic approach might be simply merging all VOBs from both DVDs binary ("copy /B" under DOS) and then feed the video to AutoGK.

In regard to the format I agree with Ghitulescu: XVid is not up to date anymore. If possible I would rather use h264 which is more suitable for older movies and keeps more details. If I was in your position I would go for Handbrake and use at least some medium denoiser.

Just my 2 cents,
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