Re: DVD Storage

["Sean Stratton" <egroups@xxxxxxx>]

I was wondering the very same thing this evening. Don't forget you can
turn
down the res on the DVD to reduce the file size or try DiVx for some
better
compression. I take it you are hooking a PC up to a TV? I had been
searching
the Net for a free software based DVD player(anyone know of one?) when
I
came across http://www.videolan.org/
which looks quite cool but I have not
had a chance to play with it yet.

Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DVD Storage


> >Time for some basic questions (Sorry!).
>
> hey, you gotta ask :)
>
> >My mind has been wandering on the idea of ripping some DVD's to
hard
> >drive. Is there a format that is relatively lossless?
>
> well, consider that DVDs are already in MPEG, a lossy format, but I
know
> what you mean. You can simply rip the DVD to hard drive, and perform
no
> further action. Some players can play from a folder containing the
ripped
> DVD.
>
> >What size is a DVD movie (Without all the extra bits.)?
>
> Varies. Starship Troopers was 5.2Gb, Heathers came in at 4.2Gb, LOTR
SE
was
> a rather chunky 6.5Gb Average is about 5Gb
>
> >Can you then replay picture via PC but audio as digi out to the AV
Amp?
>
> Down to your soundcard, and the playback software you use. Short
answer,
> yes, but it's a little flakey.
>
> Ian.
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> Many thanks
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> Rob Mouser
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