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To: limtex who wrote (21474)	1/19/2002 4:32:36 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Limtex, I don't have a personal need to copy DVD's. I have read about software that allows you to copy data, such as photos, using a standard blank CD in a DVD format. The problem being the DVD player also needs to support that formatting. I think that the offer you posted is similar in nature. Right now we rent DVD's when we want to see a movie on the weekend, but I don't know why you would want to copy a DVD movie. Aus

To: limtex who wrote (21474)	1/19/2002 8:40:17 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Aus - DVD burner for $19.00????? What do you think of this? copydvd.net; I wouldn't touch it with a 11 foot pole because it sounds to good to be true. The biggest problem I see is VHS tapes are in analog format and DVD disks are in digital format. You need some pretty sophisticated hardware to convert a VHS analog tape signal into a digital stream that can recorded on a CD-RW disk. Software by itself wont do the job.

To: limtex who wrote (21474)	1/21/2002 8:14:14 AM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 60323

copying dvds into cd's - probably one of the divx;) formats (mpeg4 variants). The video quality moves to sub-vhs if you look at any moving any decent 80min+ dvd movie into one CD. Any video < 1Mbit/s will be sub-vhs with existing technology (don't believe all the mpeg4 hype). otoh: copying dvds into dvd-r - waste of good money and blatant piracy. 1. rip the entire dvd into a folder on your HD (must be single layer only). 2. burn it into something like the pioneer DVR- A03. Not worth the effort, and it's stealing. Many dvds today are dual layer = 9GB. Just buy the legit dvds. Converting (your own) VHS/8mm->DVD. Take a card such as an ATI All In Wonder radeon/128pro and capture RT mpeg2. Use DVD authoring program to design menus and write to DVD-R. Converting home DV->DVD. Takes lots of time. Unlike vhs, dv is high quality and quality loss with real time software encoders are very obvious. Use overnight encoders. Then author etc as above. The real fun is sending your kids videos to their grandparents to play on their dvd players. SbH