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155754 2003-06-28 03:04:00 Is it possible to connect a standalone dvd player to a pc, and use it as a ROM drive?
What I would like to do is copy my daughters DVDs onto CD so I can send a copy to her fathers place rather than both of use buying the same movies for her. The copying part i am able to do it is just working out how to get the DVD movie onto my hard drive to start with.
Thanks
jend (3245)
155755 2003-06-28 03:31:00 i assume you want to rip a dvd movie. with a stand alone player you will need some sort of capture card. it may be cheaper just to get a pc dvd drive. tweak'e (174)
155756 2003-06-28 10:50:00 thanks - I thought that might be the case. jend (3245)
155757 2003-06-28 11:45:00 Hi,
You couldn't tell me how you do that if you do? I am in similar situation and what you describe would be perfect for me as well.

cheers
sam m
sam m (517)
155758 2003-06-28 12:41:00 There is no method to connect a stand-alone DVD player to use as a DVD ROM drive for the transfer of data.

There simply is no "IDE channel" equivalent available onthe stand-alone player for the PC to connect to.

To copy a video stream would require a capture card in a PC, and it would be connected to the composite video output of the DVD player, but quality would suffer a little due to the extra analogue to digital conversions that would occur.
godfather (25)
155759 2003-06-28 12:48:00 You NEED a dvd drive. http://www.vcdhelp.com. This should help you minchjp (3682)
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