Carl Karsten wrote: > 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...
If you use tccat, it will put the main title with all the audio and subs into a nice mpg file ;^) If you put it into an mkv you risk creating a vfr monster. Yeeecch. The vob/mpg container does the right thing with vfr, flagging the transitions properly. People here *do* know that dvd's support and usually have mixed framerate content, right?
