From JTESTA@longaberger.com Wed, 01 Aug 2001 09:17:46 -0700 From: "JOE TESTA" Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 09:17:46 -0700 Subject: RE: Off Topic - Anybody know how to copy a DVD? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Helping to spend other people's money :)   now you buy the DVD burner (600-700) and the media at like $50/a piece i think. :)   joe   >>> rlsmith@kmg.com 08/01/01 12:56PM >>>Thanks for all the replies.  I download a copy of DVD Decrypter fromwww.flexion.org.  It works great to get acopy of the DVD on your hard drive.  Trouble is, the files are all 6-8 gig.So they can't be put back on a normal CD.  Nice try anyway.  Guess I'll just buy an extra copy next time.Ron-----Original Message-----Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:11 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LThe specs I gave are just that.  Specifications from the DVD MPEG group.Most DVDs pressed today are dual-layered (due to all the extra content andfeatures).  You can usually see the layer switch, unless you have a secondor third generation DVD player (they have large buffers for this).  I canalways tell where it is becuase my receiver drops the audio for a second andthen re-acquires.As for DVD-18 (18gb dual layered dual sided) discs, these are dual-layerdflipper discs.  They are usually the ones with STANDARD pan and scan on oneside and WIDESCREEN on the other,and multiple features on both.  Some willeven put Dolby digital on one side and DTS on the other.  A good example ofa  DVD-18 disc is the early release copies of T2:Terminator 2.  This dischas a ton of extra content, in addition to the extended movie, and wasoriginally put on one disc (two sides dual layered).  They used every inchof space for that one.  However, the demand for sales was way beyond theirexpectations.  And since, at the time, there was only 1 or two plantscapable of pressing dual-layered dual-sided discs, they couldn't meetdemand.  So they shifted to a 2-disc set.  That's what you'll find today.There is a judegment call to be made on cost of 2 discs, packaging andweight versus 1 flipper disc with not as many copies.I haven't seen too many dual-sided dual-layered (DVD-18) discs out lately soI don't know where the trend is headed.  I do see alot of flipper discs(standard / widescreen) but they are usually single-layered.  I think theytry to keep the discs as simple as possible (single-layered) when they canso all players can read them ok.  There are quite a few (Abyss, Matrix amongothers) which can be troublsome in the earlier players (seamless branchingand index features).I could go on an on (I used to work for a company which did DVD), but thisis an Oracle forum, right?  By the way, we used Informix for our databaseneeds.  Hey, at least they beat our Sybase...-----Original Message-----SpenceSent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:17 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LWhat dvd's are you using?  They are generally 4.7Gb per side, and 9.4Gb ifthey are duel layered."Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy ifboth are frozen."Christopher R. SpenceOracle DBAFuelspot-----Original Message-----Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 6:26 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L9gb single side dual layered.18gb dual sided dual layered.-----Original Message-----SpenceSent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:27 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LIt would take approximately 6-10 CD-R to handle the average DVD in fullquality. Although in poor quality they are generally only 1.2Gb from what Ihave seen.DVD can hold 5.7Gb-9Gb."Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy ifboth are frozen."Christopher R. SpenceOracle DBAFuelspot-----Original Message-----Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:49 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LOr you can convert them to VCD format and burn them to a regular CD-R,although it will probably span more that one CD-R.--Michael-----Original Message-----Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:27 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LNo body would show up at your door.  People copy DVD's andvideos(especially) and mostly get away with it:)KK-----Original Message-----RajendraSent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:52 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LYou may be able to copy them but all the copyright or copyleft guys will beat your doorstep by tomorrow. I have heard about and seen a 4 line perlimplementation that decodes the VOBs to hard disk, but then you need largedisk space as well.A DVD RAM drive would help though ....Raj______________________________________________________Rajendra Jamadagni        MIS, ESPN Inc.Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot comAny opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc.QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art !*********************************************************************1This e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the namedrecipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, attorneywork product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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