With my dvd service, I actually burn all of my dvds at 6x. Reason being, that 2 dvd burners are always going at the same time. If I try anything higher, and both burners try reading from the same HD, then the buffer'll get sucked dry fast. The end result? 40 min or so per disc. _________________
Whatever the price may be on the unit or on the media.... When HDTV becomes a more common place, that'll drive display resolutions much higher than the 720x480 or around that number. That'll increase your raw DVD file sizes quite a bit. Because I archive my RAWs (in this case, TV captures un-edited), I will definitely need the dual-layer technology.
As for computer data... Even when storing a dozen episodes in compressed form on a 4.xGB DVDR, I'm still somewhat worried... I call it the "put all your eggs in one basket" fear. So when you're looking at storing 9.xGB on a single disc, that would increase my fears two-fold. As a result, I'd only utilize the dual-layer technology when a single data file cannot fit a single-layer DVDR. Otherwise, even if the dual-layer media gets around the $1-$2 range, I'd still prefer to buy the single-layer media just for sake of scattering my data across multiple discs to be on the safe side. If a disc is ever scratched, cracked or even physically lost, losing 4.xGB is better than losing 9.xGB. That's just me!
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:58 am Post subject:
Ever since media prices on DVD-R's have started to drop, I've gone to burning two copies for good series. =) _________________
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:20 am Post subject:
I don't see the point in burning dual layer disks now, I mean why would you want to burn a DVD9 disk when the price is so high? if it's to copy a dvd movie, I'd rather buy the original dvd.
of course when DVD9 disks drop in price, read: $2-3 then it would become interesting. call me cheap, even for $5 the risk is too high - hello coasters? for everything else, for data/movies n stuff singlelayers will do fine for now. as for 8X dual layer burners = I doubt cheaper media can do 8 speed right away, so once again you have to go for the higherpriced disks, so it will take some time before 8X dual layer becomes the common speed. I wouldn't be surprised if it took at least a year from now.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject: Apple/MacIntosh Thread
hello everyone, i have a question regarding playing downloaded torrents on my macintosh. the files i downloaded are .avi format. i know for avi movies you have to use quicktime. however, when i try and play the movies using quicktime it says that i am missing certain compressors to play the movie. the only thing i know is that i have the latest quicktime player. if anyone has any suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
I'm not a mac user, but I'm pretty sure I know what you need to do.
From the sound of it, I'd conclude that you don't have the DivX or XviD plugin installed. (I think that's the right term in the mac world....) You can go to divx.com to download the plugin you need for DivX, but for Xvid I'm not quite sure.
I think there's an extra step too, but that was when I was trying to get divx 4.x to run on my previous roommates mac. He had one of those tissue box macs which I thought was just plan neat.
Groink'll be able to help you out more when he gets to it. _________________
I'm not a mac user, but I'm pretty sure I know what you need to do.
From the sound of it, I'd conclude that you don't have the DivX or XviD plugin installed. (I think that's the right term in the mac world....) You can go to divx.com to download the plugin you need for DivX, but for Xvid I'm not quite sure.
I think there's an extra step too, but that was when I was trying to get divx 4.x to run on my previous roommates mac. He had one of those tissue box macs which I thought was just plan neat.
Groink'll be able to help you out more when he gets to it.
hmm, thanks...i had previously had the divx codec...i am not sure why, but some of the videos randomly started working...strange
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Mac Tech Help
kazuichikun wrote:
the files i downloaded are .avi format. i know for avi movies you have to use quicktime.
Well, technically you can. However, the QuickTime player will only play video files that were ripped using codecs that your particular Mac OS X installation has installed. In a stock Mac OS X system, it supports MPEG-1, QuickTime, and MPEG-4. However, most people aren't aware that the MPEG-4 codec included in QuickTime 6.5 does not support DivX or XviD. Technically, DivX/XviD supports MPEG-4, but it doesn't seem to be the MPEG-4 implementation that Apple supports.
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however, when i try and play the movies using quicktime it says that i am missing certain compressors to play the movie. the only thing i know is that i have the latest quicktime player. if anyone has any suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
Yeah, that's because your AVI file contains video encoded in DivX/XviD, which, like I mentioned earlier, isn't supported by QuickTime. When I used to give video workshops on this stuff in Hawaii, I even treated MPEG-4 and DivX/XviD as two totally different entities, to save the people from frustration like what you're going through.
There are two solutions to this.
One, you can install 3ivx Delta 4 video codec. This does, however, cost money:
This codec package will allow you to play those AVI files using Movie Player. The advantage to using this solution is that you can also encode videos using this codec package, using any application that supports QuickTime, such as the Movie Player, Adobe products, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc.
The second solution is to use VideoLAN (VLC). This solution is absolutely free, though you're only limited to viewing DivX/XviD/MPEG-2 videos in the VLC player. If all you want to do is view files, and don't care about encoding video, this is the way I'd go.
What model of the TOSHIBA dynabook do you have? The latest ones are shipped with Windows XP Home.
Just off the top of my head, you'll need to purchase the English version of Windows XP Home or Pro, wipe your entire system's hard drive, then install the new operating system from scratch. Unless there are extreme circumstances, I would highly NOT recommend performing a migration or upgrade. Because the Japanese and English OS's are quite different, migration/upgrade will give you a lot of long-term stability problems.
One other thing... Doing stuff like this will totally void any warranties you have on that laptop.
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:24 am Post subject:
Hmm... I wonder if the Multilingual User Interface works the other way. I know I can get English Windows to display Japanese menus, etc. If so, there may be a way to get the Japanese OS to display English. And you can always install English software.
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Really hate it when a drama series is 4.55 gigs. Aarrggghhh! 
for everything else, for data/movies n stuff singlelayers will do fine for now. 
as for 8X dual layer burners = I doubt cheaper media can do 8 speed right away, so once again you have to go for the higherpriced disks, so it will take some time before 8X dual layer becomes the common speed. I wouldn't be surprised if it took at least a year from now. 
