RE: DVD Storage

["Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>]

I've used dvdxcopy with good results to transfer to DVD-R.

If I want to store the DVD on hard drive for playback via a PC I use
dvd-decrypter  http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ to rip
the DVD to a single
ISO image. This contains an exact image of the DVD including all menus
and extras but removes the Region settings,

I then use daemon tools http://www.daemon-tools.com to mount
the iso
image as a virtual DVD drive on any PC I want to play back on. No
messing with DVD file structures or anything nasty like that. The iso
image just looks like a mounted DVD. You can even copy the iso image to
dvd-R using dvdxcopy!!

Rather cool!

Of course, these are only used to back up bona-fide DVDs personally
owned by me and for archival purposes, yadayada......

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Stratton [mailto:egroups@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 December 2002 23:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] DVD Storage
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Mouser
> >
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> > rob@xxxxxxx <mailto:rob@xxxxxxx>
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