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methodtim · 04-27-2003, 04:35 AM

You can't burn DVD to CDRW on the fly simply because DVD's typically have 2-4 GB packed on to them per movie (not counting all the extra shit and language tracks). The newest dual layered DVD's can store up to 9 GB of data. A typical CDR/CDRW will give you a measely 750 MB.

What you can do is rip a DVD movie to either MPEG-4 or Divx, which will compress the movie enough to fit on a CD-R. You then burn the movie to disc and you'll be able to watch it on CD-ROM drives.

If you want to watch a CD-R on a standard DVD player, you'll have to make a VCD, most standard DVD players can't read MPEG-4 or Divx. Let me warn you though, VCD's look about as good as my grandmother, and she's dead.

I dabbled with this a bit about a year ago and promptly said fuck it, so I'm sorry I don't have any specific resources I can point you towards. IMO, video ripping is a way too much trouble to be worth it. I seem to remember Tom's Hardware having some pretty in depth articles about the subject. It was a while ago though, so you'll have to sift through the archives.

Good luck.

04-27-2003, 04:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
methodtim Tilted Location: Lake Forest, CA aka Middle of God Damn Nowhere	You can't burn DVD to CDRW on the fly simply because DVD's typically have 2-4 GB packed on to them per movie (not counting all the extra shit and language tracks). The newest dual layered DVD's can store up to 9 GB of data. A typical CDR/CDRW will give you a measely 750 MB. What you can do is rip a DVD movie to either MPEG-4 or Divx, which will compress the movie enough to fit on a CD-R. You then burn the movie to disc and you'll be able to watch it on CD-ROM drives. If you want to watch a CD-R on a standard DVD player, you'll have to make a VCD, most standard DVD players can't read MPEG-4 or Divx. Let me warn you though, VCD's look about as good as my grandmother, and she's dead. I dabbled with this a bit about a year ago and promptly said fuck it, so I'm sorry I don't have any specific resources I can point you towards. IMO, video ripping is a way too much trouble to be worth it. I seem to remember Tom's Hardware having some pretty in depth articles about the subject. It was a while ago though, so you'll have to sift through the archives. Good luck. __________________ We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance Well they're are no friends of mine I say, we can go where we want to a place where they will never find And we can act like we come from out of this world Leave the real one far behind and we can dance.