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| 179183 | 2003-09-30 04:29:00 | I am considering buying a dvd copier for the PC and have seen software that can copy dvd using a normal dvd player instead of a dvd writer. Has anyone tried this using programs such as DVD Copy Gold and does it really only need blank CDR'S. Is the quality the same and what brand of dvd player is recommened. I already have a CD writer and CD rom on a Pentium 166. |
muki (2786) | ||
| 179184 | 2003-09-30 04:56:00 | There is no way you can get a P133 to play DVD's, however, this may help: http://www.dvdshrink.org/ |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 179185 | 2003-09-30 05:02:00 | I don't really want to play the DVD on the PC but just to copy it. I have a separate DVD player which plugs to the TV. |
muki (2786) | ||
| 179186 | 2003-09-30 05:12:00 | To copy it, you'll need a DVD-Writer which can sustain a transfer rate from your PC at the equivalent of 8x for CD-R/W media (1200kbps) which is 1x Write on a DVD Burner. For that, you will need around a 450Mhz PC, depending on the amount of RAM you have. You may get away with slightly lower for burning if you use Buffer Under-run protection, however it isnt advisable. You can use DVD Shrink on any PC to Rip from the DVD to your HDD, but you wont be able to burn the files on your current 133Mhz sadly. I hope this helps Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 179187 | 2003-09-30 05:14:00 | Just a few other things 166Mhz.. sorry.. got mixed up with 133, but its still not high enough to burn sadly. I would advise you go for a DVD-R/W burner, and you can pick one up from QMB.co.nz for a good price. And no, you do need DVD Media, not CD-R/W, although it can write to those also, just not DVDs to it :-) Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 179188 | 2003-09-30 07:04:00 | I've got a CDRW in a P166. It handles 4X writing (using Linux cdrecord). The programme refuses to go any faster, though it seems to be keeping up very well -- the pipe and buffer stay full most of the time. I'd think that Windows might be slower. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 179189 | 2003-09-30 07:08:00 | I think that what Muki is asking about (possibly without knowing the true story) is playing a DVD on a DVD player and converting the data to a lower quality format compatible with CDR. Probably needs two or three CDs to cope with the amount of data though. This was discussed on PF1 several weeks/months ago I think. A search may turn it up. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 179190 | 2003-09-30 07:09:00 | it only copies the movie it doesnt copy the xtras what it does is rip the vob files off the dvd onto your hard drive so make sure you have lots of room at least 5 gig next it converts the vob files to mpeg or avi depending on the program specs then you can use nero to make a svcd or a vcd with your cd writer most movies need to be split up and half of the movie goes on each cd |
phylip (1886) | ||
| 179191 | 2003-09-30 07:11:00 | hmmmmm... A program called dvd2vcd copies the dvd,then formats it into vcd cd images. dead easy. |
metla (154) | ||
| 179192 | 2003-09-30 07:11:00 | y dont u just rip the dvd to avi, saves space, and always accesible for future use. | vk_dre (195) | ||
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