Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-08-01 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 04:30, Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, Even if you could, a blank DVD costs almost as much as the one you want to copy, no? FYI

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-08-01 Thread Ralph Slooten
Hiya all, Just to let you know, I see this interesting thread on DVD burning in Linux (Gentoo), but for those interested it may be worth a read. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=53190 Ok, Ok, I admit, I'm a traitor, I use Gentoo :P .. and Mandrake. Mandrake on my workstation, Gentoo on

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-08-01 Thread Haywiremac
On 01 Aug 2003 02:29:53 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: FYI to all: Joe Hill == HaywireMac Consider it a public service announcement. You know what Light Xaber, why don't you give up on this grudge. It's getting old, and tired, and, quite frankly, lame. I was trying to

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-08-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 01 August 2003 02:29 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: FYI to all: Joe Hill == HaywireMac Consider it a public service announcement. LX Hmm, guess I don't get out much - who or what is HaywireMac? Thanks! --

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just an observation to this thread. From whats been said, you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, you sure could use Mencoder with very -high- settings to make a darn near perfect

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 11:19 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 8:52 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: My box is pretty full, so I'd have to forego something if I wanted another card in. I'm beginning to think that one computer just isn't enough for all the things I want to do g Time

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread John Richard Smith
Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, Even if you could, a blank DVD costs almost as much as the one you want to copy, no? In UK , currently, I can buy them

RE: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 11:19 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 8:52 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: My box is pretty full, so I'd have to forego something if I wanted another card in. I'm

RE: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Here in England you can get blank DVD's for less than ?1. Re-writeable's are under ?2. -Original Message- From: Ralph Slooten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DVD writing software On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 04:30 am, Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, Even if you could, a blank DVD costs almost as much as the one you want to copy, no?

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:10:18 -0400 James Henry Maiewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Price notwithstanding, why aren't 6G blanks available? How can it be that only companies that record their precious copyrighted material have access to these products? Good point, but it's not

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:04 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this shouldn't be a problem, just don't ask me what software you need to use, or how you can transfer it into DVD format (if that's your

RE: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread Tony S. Sykes
] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DVD writing software On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:04 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this shouldn't be a problem, just don't ask me what software

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:43 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:04 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this shouldn't be a problem, just don't ask me what software you need to use, or

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:43 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:04 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this shouldn't be a problem, just don't ask me what

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 9:23 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I've read somewhere it's possible to convert videotape to DivX. First problem is getting a video stream imput somehow. I should imaging it requires a programme a tvcard with an imput facility. Don't know though. I think you told me

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread Richard Urwin
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 8:52 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: My box is pretty full, so I'd have to forego something if I wanted another card in. I'm beginning to think that one computer just isn't enough for all the things I want to do g Time to look at OpenMOSIX? Unlike Beowulf it gives you n screens

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Just an observation to this thread. From whats been said, you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, you sure could use Mencoder with very -high- settings to make a darn near perfect Divx file, right? I mean, considering that it makes very good quality movies

[newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-28 Thread Geert Stichelmans
Hi everyone, For six months now, I'm 100% M$-free on my home machine, and would like to stay that way. Now, I just bought a Sony DVD RW-U10A, DVD+/-RW and installed it in mandrake 9.1. Reading CDROM, writing CD-R, CD-RW (using k3b), playing video DVD's (using mplayer)..., all works perfect. But

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-28 Thread Pilagá
El Lun 28 Jul 2003 06:34, Geert Stichelmans escribió: Hi everyone, But now I wanna try to copy a DVD. Is there DVD-copy software available for linux? Anyone has experience with copying DVD's under linux? What I'm really looking for is an easy way (gui or command line) to create an image of a

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:34:46 +0200 Geert Stichelmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, For six months now, I'm 100% M$-free on my home machine, and would like to stay that way. Now, I just bought a Sony DVD RW-U10A, DVD+/-RW and installed it in mandrake 9.1. Reading CDROM, writing

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-28 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 7:50 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: I hope this may clear up some facts here. Although you probably should not quote me exactly, what I have written here is fact to a point. Just check yourself. The DVD's you have (blanks) are 4.x Gigs, right. Mount a DVD, and do `df -h` ...