dvd-rw questions

[FenDers]

well, I have done a little reading on the subject of dvd-rw recording using the pioneer internal model, I live in Canada so it sells for about 1000.00 bucks here which is alot of coin. well I have never seen a dvd-rw disc nor the drive so here's my few questions:

#1 what is the average price of dvd-r disc's
#2 If you to rip the movie .vobs on to your HD (as in the first step of making a (s) vcd) could you simply burn them back on to the dvd-r disc, then play it in a dvd player
#3(the stupid one) Did the movie companies not realalize the potential for loss when this device was brought out, I mean first it was Napster now most papers have run stories of Movies being the next big thing to pirate..I know this sounds silly but it seems almost possible that ripping and burning dvd quality movies will become as easy as taping songs from a L.P...

Thanks in advance

FenDers

[aldus4]

Alot of your questions - if not all, can be found on the great site http://www.dvddemystified.com/ - read especially their Q&A pages!!!

1.) I've seen them going as low as $US13

2.) To a DVD there is a lot more than VOB's - you get ifo's and a few other things. If it is possible to clone the DVD I doubt as currently all DVD's used in commercial instances (apart from a few porn DVD's) are DVD9 meaning dual layered i.e. 9.4GB capacity unlike the 4.6GB capacity of DVD-R's. Due to the dual layer nature the ifo's (bascially the index files for the whole DVD) would have to be re-authored. That's why you could (this is all hypothetically!!!) rip the VOB's and using DVD authorising software compile a new DVD.

3.)That's why they came out first with macrovision and are trying to plan something else now. But in general if you buy a drive costing US$900 and need 2 US$13.00 DVD-R's - when do you reach the break even point, when it's cheaper not to purchase a second copy of your favourite movie?

P.S. A word of caution not all DVD-R's will play in your standalone DVD Player. That's why now DVD+R has been developed.

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[Greg12]

I have heard it is best to wait for "DVD+RW."

It is possible to rip a DVD movie and make it into a DIVX file that can be downloaded on a cable modem in about 2 hours to a day.

These DIVX files are almost DVD quality and r based on the MPEG4 format.

Currently, you can only play DIVX movies on a Computer outfitted with the DIVX codec.

It is possible to transcode into VCD or SVCD standard.

Also, some movies come ready to burn in MPEG 1 or MPEG 2

I hope that helps.


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Greg12 on 2001-08-03 19:21:50 ]</font>