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post #41 of 53
6/24/03 at 6:04pm
sorry, can't edit...

I meant "blow away all LCDs," not "blow all LCDs"
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post #42 of 53
6/25/03 at 1:47pm
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"Wait a minute, Toshiba's own specs show 4x DVD-R/DVD-RW ??"

That is read speed, not write speed.

But then again, I burned a 1:20 min DVD last night at '1x' and it only took 40 mins.. Call me crazy but that works out to be 2x ????

Rin
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post #43 of 53
6/25/03 at 2:16pm
awesome pics you have up rince
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post #44 of 53
6/25/03 at 3:16pm
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Sorry, but I dont have any place to host the pics I took.

Nice Sarcasm

Ive been very busy with work lately and am actually spending all my laptop time using VMWare - I have Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000 installed on a Windows XP setup.

So far it runs really good, and seems completely compatible with VMWare - good news for developers!


Rin
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post #45 of 53
6/25/03 at 3:17pm
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Originally posted by cromodora
And you know what thoughts I was giving?Buy a cheaper laptop and also buy ps2 or xbox so I can have all gaming I want and still do my work on lappy.Is there anyone who knows is there possible to rip comercial dvd's to blank dvd and what tipe of dvd burner I need if it is possible(I know that this question is not legaly but if anyone have some information about it I would like to hear it).I would use divx but quality is afwull and sound is stereo I NEED DTS or dolby digital or I wastewd my money on my home sound system
From what i understand all DVD bruning software prohibits you from copying commercial DVD because of their built in copy protection...all except one. DVD X-Copy is the only software out there (at least since i last checked) that just disregards the copyright protection all together. I belive it retails for about $50. Anyone out there who can confirm this?
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post #46 of 53
6/25/03 at 3:47pm
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There are numerous free programs that will do the same thing...

DVDDecrypt and DVD Shrink will achieve the same effect, but completely for free and with much more configuration options.

I have backed up over 20 of my DVD's using this method, and it works perfectly - even getting a 8Gig DVD to fit on a 4.7Gig DVD-R is painless.

The most important step in this process is the burning, because it seems different burning programs have different ideas about what is 'standard'. Nero had a nasty bug in versions prior to 5.5.10.17 (I think) that would end up creating non-compatible DVD's - they play fine in PC but not in Standalone player.

ImgTools is a free image maker that works awesome, you can then use Alcohol or Nero to burn the resulting image.

Rin
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post #47 of 53
6/25/03 at 4:05pm
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Originally posted by karatekid3d
From what i understand all DVD bruning software prohibits you from copying commercial DVD because of their built in copy protection...all except one. DVD X-Copy is the only software out there (at least since i last checked) that just disregards the copyright protection all together. I belive it retails for about $50. Anyone out there who can confirm this?
My limited understanding of this is that DVDXCopy from 321 Studios will indeed allow you to make DVD copies of commercial DVDs (for legal considerations, your copy will not be further copiable, at least using DVDXCopy, as you are supposed to be making this copy for personal back up purposes only).

Other issues to consider: most commercial DVDs (movies) are stored on double-layer DVD media with a capacity of 9 GB whereas blank DVD media, both +R and -R, are currently only single-layered, and so are capable of 4.5 GB max - you'll have to discard most of the extra goodies & language features if you want to fit your copy onto one single disk!

There are also quite a few pieces of software out there which are more powerful and versatile than DVDXCopy for this purpose, but they require much more manual intervention and knowledge on the user's part to perform DVDXCopy's essentially "one-click" user interface.
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post #48 of 53
6/25/03 at 4:31pm
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"Other issues to consider: most commercial DVDs (movies) are stored on double-layer DVD media with a capacity of 9 GB whereas blank DVD media, both +R and -R, are currently only single-layered, and so are capable of 4.5 GB max - you'll have to discard most of the extra goodies & language features if you want to fit your copy onto one single disk!"

Not so! Checkout DVD Shrink - it uses the new MPEG Fast Recompress algorithm and is VERY fast.

I recompressed the movie 'Legend', which is just under 8 gigs, to 4.5 Gigs, and it took 30 minutes.

The backup includes ALL the content of the original DVD: menus, extra languages, and commentaries - and the Quality is almost exactly the same as the original.

I love this product, and have now officialy switched from DVD->SVCD to DVD->DVD-R for my backups.

And its *FREEEEEEEE*

Rin
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post #49 of 53
6/25/03 at 4:58pm
I did warn folks that my understanding of this was rather, ummm, "limited" *chuckle*

Hmmm, DVD Shrink sounds really nifty, have to look into this (for research purposes only, of course, since copying of commercial disks isn't officially kosher... )

This new MPEG Fast Recompress algorithm sounds impressive, as I was previously only aware of MPEG4 as being able to compress even more than MPEG2 without taking a significant dive in quality like MPEG1 does!
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post #50 of 53
6/25/03 at 5:21pm
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Pfft! No problem, I didn't know squat about this stuff until a few months ago - then I done learned myself good!! :P

AS for backing up DVD's.. its perfectly legal! Note that I am talking about DVD's you already OWN.. its completely legal to make a backup for the purposes of data retrieval - especially considering the existance of 'DVD-Rot' which the DVD manfs. are finally admitting really does happen....

Basically the method for stamping DVD's has become very cheap - allowing the movie industry to continue to reap massive profits while selling DVD's cheaper than Audio CD's!!! Of course the downside to this is the resultant long-term quality of these 'cheap' DVD discs - and its clear now that there IS a downside ...

'DVD-Rot', while still not fully understood ( at least by me ) appears to manifest itself as a gradual deteriaration of the data substrate on a 'cheap' DVD Movie disc - especially when the disc is played on those DVD players that support DVD-RW ( higher laser strength ). Evidence suggests some movies go 'bad' after 5-6 viewings!! .. usually showing up as bad MPEG decompression artifacts or audio/video skipping. It has been confirmed that this is NOT a sympton of a dirty DVD and microscopic investigation has shown the substrate damage to actually exist.

Then again, this could all be rubbish, and this still does not take away from the fact that you can backup your own DVD movies as long as you do not rent, sell, or peform any public exhibition of said DVD ( ie: dont let your friends watch it! )

Rin
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post #51 of 53
6/25/03 at 6:55pm
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Originally posted by rince0000
Sorry, but I dont have any place to host the pics I took.

Nice Sarcasm

Ive been very busy with work lately and am actually spending all my laptop time using VMWare - I have Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000 installed on a Windows XP setup.

So far it runs really good, and seems completely compatible with VMWare - good news for developers!


Rin
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...icture+hosting

There are a lot of sites with free pictures hosting. Please get them posted.
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post #52 of 53
6/25/03 at 6:57pm
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Originally posted by rince0000
...peform any public exhibition of said DVD ( ie: dont let your friends watch it! )
Wouldn't having friends watch be considered private, not public?
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post #53 of 53
6/25/03 at 7:20pm
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DOH !! I'm an idiot

I just realized my comcast cable service comes with 50 megs of web space...

DUH!!

Lets all collectively give Rin a pat on the back!

Rin
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