On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 21:38 -0500, Jason Cooper wrote: > Nick Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 01:31 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:15:21 -0500, Nick Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > im glad someone else brought this up, i have been meaning to for a > > > > > > while. i use Intervideo DVD Copy, and it makes an EXACT copy, with > > > > > > one push of a button. > > > > > > > > > > Most commercial DVDs are dual layer and won't fit on a single layer > > > > > DVD-R. To make an exact copy you need a dual layer burner and > > > > > (expensive) dual layer discs. > > > > > > > > > the program automaticly transcodes the dvd and compresses it perfectly > > > > to fit on a 4.7 (actually 4.4) gig dvd, with the highest possible > > > > quality. > > > > > > OK, so it's not an EXACT copy. If you want to reduce the size of the data > > > to fit 4.7GB (or 4.4 GiB if you prefer :) you have to discard something. > > > You either reduce the quality of everything by a sizeable factor, or you > > > discard some elements of the DVD and reduce the quality of the remainder > > > by less. Programs like 9to5 take the latter approach, although an overall > > > compression of the whole DVD is equally possible. > > > > > care to elaborate on how its possible? and with what? i wouldnt mind > > loosing somethings if when you first put the DVD in the player that it > > "looked" original even if the menu items didnt play.(the movie of > > course) something besides putting in the dvd and it just starts playing. > > dvdunauthor. I would use it to extract the data off of the dvd, then > use the guts of dvd9to5 to resize the movie, then dvdauthor to remaster. > However, dvdunauthor is new and doesn't produce stable results last I > checked. > > okay, dammit. I went and looked at dvdauthor. Latest stable is 0.5.0, > masked is 0.6.10. I'm merging 0.6.10 now. I suppose I'll make an > ebuild for dvd9to5 first, then tackle dvdunauthor... nag, nag, nag :) > sweeeet! ;-) > Not to mention I also looked at when I released 0.1.7, 06Jun2004. It's > about time for an update. ;) > > Cooper. >
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