09-02-2002, 09:01 PM
figured I would put my 2 cents in.
dvd as a storage format does not mean that it is using the same codec as a dvd you would buy at a store. Those discs floating around the city are in mpeg-1 (vcd format) that use the dvd media instead of cd. It appears you are confusing media with codec. Hell I could put mpeg-2 movie (dvd codec) on a regular cd if I wanted to (as long as it was under 20 minutes of vide that is). And as far as making the video better.....ahhh no. I will give you an old video saying "dirty in-dirty out" the most you could hope for is blurring the Hell out of the video to hide compression artifacts.
Hey AM, just for the record you can get a pioneer dvr-104 oem for about $250 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.esbuy.com/piondvbardri.html">http://www.esbuy.com/piondvbardri.html</a><!-- m --> This is the most compatible dvd burner on the planet. Its the same one that comes with new macs. IMO worth every penny.
You can also get dvd-r 4.7 general media for about $1.10. not to shabby for a 100% perfect copy of your favorite dvd's. (though you will have to rip just the movie in most cases to fit on a single layer dvd-r) I recomend ifoEdit for stripping the VOB streams of your dvd's. (i love talking in these cool bracket things)
-Flynn
Edited By flynn on Sep. 02 2002 at 5:11
dvd as a storage format does not mean that it is using the same codec as a dvd you would buy at a store. Those discs floating around the city are in mpeg-1 (vcd format) that use the dvd media instead of cd. It appears you are confusing media with codec. Hell I could put mpeg-2 movie (dvd codec) on a regular cd if I wanted to (as long as it was under 20 minutes of vide that is). And as far as making the video better.....ahhh no. I will give you an old video saying "dirty in-dirty out" the most you could hope for is blurring the Hell out of the video to hide compression artifacts.
Hey AM, just for the record you can get a pioneer dvr-104 oem for about $250 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.esbuy.com/piondvbardri.html">http://www.esbuy.com/piondvbardri.html</a><!-- m --> This is the most compatible dvd burner on the planet. Its the same one that comes with new macs. IMO worth every penny.
You can also get dvd-r 4.7 general media for about $1.10. not to shabby for a 100% perfect copy of your favorite dvd's. (though you will have to rip just the movie in most cases to fit on a single layer dvd-r) I recomend ifoEdit for stripping the VOB streams of your dvd's. (i love talking in these cool bracket things)
-Flynn
Edited By flynn on Sep. 02 2002 at 5:11