ripping dvds; compression settings

I mainly use DVDtoOGM to convert my dvd's to ogm format. I use XVID to compress it, but, I often get crappy rips out of it.
Basically, I was wondering what type of settings some of you guys use when converting files, I usually go with a resolution of roughtly 608*320, then 2 passes for XVID (2 pass - 1st pass, 2 pass- 2nd pass int), using the Lanczos Resizefilter.
I also set motion search precision to 6 (i heard that this makes the comptuer work harder when compressing, resulting in scenes getting an appropriate bitrate), and H.263 for quantization type.
I set quantization to min of 2 and max of 17.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get a better quality movie when all is done?

 

hi chris
sorry i aint never used that software

but i notice you are having a couple of problems lately with ripping etc

ive learnt everything i know from here its a wicked site with great tutorials etc and a really good help forum(i think you need to register to browse though) might help you out
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/ifoedit-dvdauthor.htm