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Re: [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
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- Subject: Re: [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
- From: "Quinten Uijldert" <quinten.uijldert@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:22:40 +0100
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Comm Jo wrote:
> I understand that MPEG4 encoding now works well as a
> colleague has managed
> to convert a DVD film to MPEG4 format and then store on
> his hard disk - he
> reckons a 2 hour film takes up about 700MB of Hard disk
> space - and the
> quality is near-DVD.
>
> So if u can pipe the output from your PC to a TV in your
> house and control
> the PC from that room (infra red mouse and keyboard) you
> can set yourself up
> with a DVD jukebox - this is possible in theory - I am
> VERY new to HA and so
> dont have a clue if this is possible in practice - anyone
> tried it ?
>
> With the cost of Hard disks around £2.10 per megabyte -
> cost of storing 1
> MPEG4 movie is around £1.80 - not bad folks ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Umar
I'm sort of doing that. My PC is serving as a VCR, DVD, HiFi
and Playstation.
Only problem is noise (fans & athlon, still working on
that), but other than that, works fine... Expensive hobby
though ;)
Q.
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