On 9/4/07, Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What would happen if you copied the DVD onto a blank dvd disk and used the
> > original as the reference copy? Then if you damage the copy you are out a
> > buck or so? Just wondering.
>
> I do this with ALL of my dvds. Burn a copy, play the copy, when/if it
> gets scratched, burn another copy. I'm sure the MPAA would like to
> think I've stolen billions of dollars from it by doing so.
>
> As for the original question, I'm pretty sure there's not a
> straightforward way to do it. For one thing, most menus aren't
> straightforward video streams, so transcoding them would result in
> nothing usable.
>
> --
> "Tak does not require that we think of Him, only that we think."
> --Grag Bashfullsson
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
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So basically every DVD::rip is a hack of a DVD. I mean, if one isn't
preserving all of the content, it's a hack. I guess I don't
understand what a DVD menu really is. I thought it was something like
a .mov that has functional targets that result in playing another
video sequence. I thought MPEG2 did this. I guess I'm totally wrong.
In fact, I was under the impression that MPEG4 went one step further
to offer better quality and the same functionality.
I would even be fine with a hybrid, such as the menu in MPEG2 and the
rest of the sequences (longer ones) in MPEG4 or another sexy
compression scheme. However, you're saying it's not even a
transcoding issue. I guess there are some other factors in there
besides audiovisual tracks. I still find it hard to believe this is
impossible or someone hasn't already devised something.
/mario
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