Re: [SLUG] preserving a full DVD w/ compression

From: Pete Theisen (petetheisen@verizon.net)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2007 - 23:31:19 EDT


On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:11, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> 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
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.

Hi Mario!

Have you seen this?

http://dvd-copy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

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