On May 30, 2010, at 11:25 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
I avoid DLs for movies if I can get it on a 4.7 without too much
compression but some movies have to be compressed to much to be
viewable on a 4.7 so I will fight the DL problem.
Most movies and almost all TV programs are on DVD9s.
Making a duplicate is made a LOT easier by using MDRP's "rip as
image" mode, and also checking "burn after rip", which will usually
require a DVD9.
Some DVDs are so strongly protected that none of the ripping tools
will work, except for MDRP's "rip as image". Examples of Draconian
protection include disks which are 70 GB of data (most of it fake),
but less than 8 GB of real data. Only a few applications can handle
such media, and "rip as image" is really the only available option,
until the various applications are updated for the latest batch of
mal-authored titles.
As for quality, it is entirely subjective, but I generally get good
results compressing a 2 hr (120 minutes) or 2 hr 20 min (140 minutes)
movie down to a DVD5.
TOAST's burning options include a "select main feature only" option,
and this usually results in the best use of the media, and the
highest quality available on a DVD5, but not necessarily the fastest
overall burning time, as the source may have to be demultiplexed.
If the ripping application includes a "select main feature only"
option, then that and TOAST's normal burning option may give the
fastest overall burning time.
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