On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Henti Smith <he...@geekware.co.za> wrote: > >> Last year I moved a process from a P4 1.7ghz to a 2.0 amd 64 running >> 64bit linux. it seemed slower and someone suggested: you are >> reading/writing 2x as much data, but the app may only be using the >> lower 1/2, so you are moving the same data and a bunch of 0's. if 50% >> of what the app does is read/write data, expect it to be slower. >> >> My advice: don't buy hardware for this. if you own a few different >> systems, do some tests. >> >> I would rip DVDs as you need them. Don't bother compressing them. by >> the time you need disk space for the last 1/2 of your collection, the >> cost of the disk space will be lower. >> >> > > I have to agree, > > storage is plenty and cheap, rip the video and audio and subtitles you > want
rip the whole thing. more than once I have had to dig up the disk and re-rip because I picked the wrong audio track, or wanted to hear the original actors voices instead of the translations. > and create MKV containers. > > It take 20 minutes to create a mkv file for a 2 hour movie. why not the native dvd format? dir full of .vob... -- Carl K
