On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:56:55PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:33 am, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > IFF k3b works, and I think it might, I'll put up a howto > > on my bsd virtual site. Make this domain more useful. > > The help from this group has been outstanding, but getting things > > CD and DVD actually working has been a study in persseverancce. > > > I don't use k3b so what capability it has is not known to me.
So far I've only used it to burn CD's; beyond that ... . > > > That said, first,if there is a website for total dweebs, please > > post it; or send it privately. I just bought some "Memorex > > DVD+RW" ; I want to record a 117 minute commercial DVD. > > On the back on the DVDs is says these are only good for 60 minutes > > in great qualty; it is good up to 120 minutes, and so on. > > The nominal capacity of the single sided DVD is 120 minutes but some 32 > different definitions are recognised including: > EP -- extended play - 360 minutes > LP -- long play - 240 minutes > SP -- standard play - 120 minutes > FINE - 60 minutes > But how are you getting your source? What definition is it in? The back of the disc says: "Aprox 117 minutes"; so evidently it was mastered in SP. If there are *32* defs, man, I miht as well throw in the towel and go back to my Shostakovich. (Unless these definitions are largely air (== "PR stuff, aka hype). > > > Nutshell: how good will k3b and my Pioneer burner do on dubbing > > this professioally recorded disc? > > As I've already said I know little of k3b but you'll probably need some sort > of authoring/editing software and possibly another package for > compression/definition > conversion. > > > Also, Does thw "RW" mean tthat > > I can re-tape over this with another edu DVD? > > Yes, it means that the total disk can be rewritten -- but the ability to > edit without rewriting all can be quite limited. And RW disks can have a > rather limited rewrite life -- some 10s of times. Thanks for your datapoints. The URL that Predrag posted ought to give more pointers. gary > > > > gary > > > > PS: I much prefer analogue cassettes; I've been taping stuff > > since I taped "American Bandstand" off the TV :-) > > EP or LP modes with 6 or 4 hour capacity would probably both cater for a > better quality than your analogue cassettes. > > > > > > > > > > > Malcolm -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"