DVD-R movie backup has been pioneered!

[covert1]

Take a look at it here: http://www.geocities.com/covert1.geo/dvd-r/dvd_r.htm

If you like what you see, please post in this thread. Also, since I doubt geocities will let it last very long, let me know if any of you would like to host the guide.

Abstract: It's what I labored on, all last weekend. Yes, provided your movie is less than 120 minutes, then it will record onto DVD-R, given the method I've outlined. There is no time consuming DVD<-->AVI conversions, no stripping of audio, etc. All the elements of the movie remain, all audio tracks, video screen size, subtitles, etc. Movies have been confirmed to play from DVD-RW on computers with capable drives, and have been confirmed to play on DVD-R media on computers. So far, my first test of this failed on an old Toshiba player, but has worked just yesterday on a Sony S360 home player.

Happy ripping

[wavex]

anyother place we can get this ?

thankx

[covert1]

Okay, that was fast... Anyhow, the guide will be located here temporarily.

[Kdiddy]

The guide itself is pretty good, I came up with about the same method, just using Smartripper instead. Good work!

[|SPLAT|]

The guide is now permanantly located at the following address

http://dvd.edgeic.com

[Thurbs]

Why back-up a $15-$20 movie on a $15-$20 disk?
Why not buy 2 copies of the same movie?

[ericsante]

because he can... and disk prices will drop.....

[thxkid]

why spend $15-20 on a DVD-R when the original cost $9.99 new of $9.99 used at blockbuster, plus no backup is gonna have the cool artwork or DVD disc holder the original will have, can't buy a cover like the ones for Final Fantasy or a Knights tale or shrek, plus you can not fit everything on Disc.1 from shrek on a DVD-R, its not dual layered so you can't fit 4 hours and 20 min. on one yet and yes all the extra is super important to me, shrek would be worth nothing with out it.

[OnErr0r]

DVD-R blanks are $5 each (4.7 megs) and probably around $4 in quantity. http://www.pricewatch.com/1/47/1886-1.htm

And disks are getting cheaper daily. Remember, you don't really need to encode at 7.5mbps for excellent quality. Many DVD's are encoded at much lower bitrates. 2.0-2.6 SVCD quality looks really good.

[covert1]

ericsante is somewhat right. In fact, disc prices HAVE dropped, and so has the cost of the burners. If you do not know how to find a DVD-R for under $500 US and don't know where to buy blank media for $5 a piece, then you shouldn't concern yourself with DVD-R-anything. In fact, it costs less than $5 to rent a DVD movie. What does that tell the populous???

Sure, no "backup" is gonna have any artwork... but how important is that, really, in the whole scheme of things? Are you going to have people wanting to come over to your house to watch just the "extras" or are you gonna have people wanting to come over to watch the movie..?? I'll suspect the latter