Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

sweaky wrote:7.7 GB DVD

hmmmm? if it is a normal dvd, then it isnt 7.7 gigs

bmwracer wrote:
Correction: it's all Geek to you... :hehe: :beaten: :hehe:

I'm an engineer too, so me calling someone else a geek would be akin to the pot calling the kettle black as it were. :bonk: :beaten:

Don't get me wrong, I salute the pursuit and mastery of knowledge, skills and abilities. :woot:
-PCM

It's probably a DVD-9 disc: 9GB, dual-layer....

pcmodem wrote:I'm an engineer too, so me calling someone else a geek would be akin to the pot calling the kettle black as it were. :bonk: :beaten:

So am I, but a joke is a joke. :hehe:

sweaky wrote:I have the same question, but for my Macintosh. I got a 7.7 GB DVD that I want to make a backup copy of into two DVD-Rs. How do I divide those Video_TS files correctly?

Hmmm, maybe try DVD shrink? I think it has the capability to create 2 folders for burning on 2 DVDs. But you'll have to find a mac compatible version. That's always the downfall of macs :hehe: :hehe:

Check dvdrhelp to make sure ;)

groink wrote:
You're correct, racer-dude. WMP does have that option, but unfortunately it doesn't correct the pixel ratio. Even if the frame size is correct, the ratio is still majorly distorted when played under Windows. On my XP machine, using WMP, a 480x480 MPEG-2/SVCD with a 4:3 ratio is displayed where the video is much taller than the width (visually, it should be the other way around). And, videos ripped with a 1:1 ratio, running under WMP, make everyone in the video look like midgets. Even with version 10, WMP still does this. Some people say it's the MPEG-2 codec that does this, some say it's WMP that's flawed, and others say Windows is flawed. Whatever the cause is, it's definitely not the capturer/ripper that's at fault, unless he chose something REALLY odd like PAL instead of NTSC. Video player software should be able to look at the configuration of the video file, and the configuration of the Windows environment, then make the adjustments automatically.

BSPlayer actually has the exact same problem as WMP, but at least there's algorithms in the software that'll allow the user to correct it on-the-fly. And under Mac OS X running these same kinds of files, I've never had these ratio issues.

I couldn't get BSplayer to play it any better.

BTW...what is 720x480? Is that standard 4:3? It's a 1.5:1 ratio (not 1.33) but if you take the .9 pixel aspect ratio into account it'd be 648x480 which is basically 4:3 - 640x480 is a true 4:3.

bmwracer wrote:It's probably a DVD-9 disc: 9GB, dual-layer....

cant you just buy that disc and copy it?
sorry for my arrogance lol

jax wrote:

cant you just buy that disc and copy it?
sorry for my arrogance lol

Yea but you need a dual layer burning in order to burn on a dual layer DVD

gregsan wrote:BTW...what is 720x480? Is that standard 4:3? It's a 1.5:1 ratio (not 1.33) but if you take the .9 pixel aspect ratio into account it'd be 648x480 which is basically 4:3 - 640x480 is a true 4:3.

I'll let the following Doom9 article answer those questions:

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/aspectratios.htm

eltinator wrote:Yea but you need a dual layer burning in order to burn on a dual layer DVD

Right on.


Or use DVD-Shrink. :D

gregsan wrote:I couldn't get BSplayer to play it any better.

BTW...what is 720x480? Is that standard 4:3? It's a 1.5:1 ratio (not 1.33) but if you take the .9 pixel aspect ratio into account it'd be 648x480 which is basically 4:3 - 640x480 is a true 4:3.

Time to visit videohelp.com and search or submit a question to the forum... :)

groink wrote:
I'll let the following Doom9 article answer those questions:

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/aspectratios.htm

Thanks. As I suspected...

Post all of your technical talk about recording, encoding, and whatnot here.

eightysix wrote:Post all of your technical talk about recording, encoding, and whatnot here.

Thanks!

eltinator wrote:

Yea but you need a dual layer burning in order to burn on a dual layer DVD

so a normal dvd reader can read dual layer dvd's? but a normal dvd burner cannot?

bmwracer wrote:
Correction: it's all Geek to you... :hehe: :beaten: :hehe:

:hehe: :rofl:

jax wrote:

so a normal dvd reader can read dual layer dvd's? but a normal dvd burner cannot?

No it can read data on dual layer discs. You need a dual layer (DL) burner to write the data onto the DL discs.

dochira wrote:No it can read data on dual layer discs. You need a dual layer (DL) burner to write the data onto the DL discs.

Right on.

Or use DVD Shrink. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Right on.

Or use DVD Shrink. :hehe:

Thanks guys. I figured it out.... in the Mac world use Mactheripper and DVD2one.

I think this one would be better off in general :D