Copying DVD's to CDR's? - GoFuckYourself.com

Matt 26z · 05-22-2003, 10:01 AM

"We will show you how to use your CD-R Writer to create backups of your DVDs that will play in your home DVD player. All you need in your computer is a DVD drive that plays DVDs and a CD-R Writer. You can burn movies on CD-R or CD-RW discs"

I get spammed for this all the time. Does it actually work? I didn't know it was possible to fit an entire DVD onto a CDR. Is the end quality exactly the same as the original DVD?

manilaheat · 05-22-2003, 10:03 AM

Yes it works great, you can fit a dvd movie into about 400MB.

The quality is really good also.

You just have to make sure to install the DIVX component.

Jon · 05-22-2003, 10:13 AM

A buddy of mine runs a site that does that. Works great, and he banks off it too!

Matt 26z · 05-22-2003, 10:25 AM

I just don't understand the technology behind this. There's only 700MB and 80 minutes of space on a CDR.

So if only 80 minutes of sound can fit on a CDR, then how can 2 hours of sound and video fit?

And if this is possible, then what's the point in DVD writers?

Jon · 05-22-2003, 10:26 AM

It doesn't go by minutes, it goes by storage space. Obviously if it's a long movie you may be forced to have it on 2 CD's instead of 1.

andi_germany · 05-22-2003, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matt 26z
I just don't understand the technology behind this. There's only 700MB and 80 minutes of space on a CDR.

So if only 80 minutes of sound can fit on a CDR, then how can 2 hours of sound and video fit?

And if this is possible, then what's the point in DVD writers?

One word: Compression. You can fit many more songs on a CD if you compress them to mp3 for example.
It works because the TV player has a lousy resolution and you can compress the shit out of the movie. You also loose the menu's and additional languages and extras.

Betray · 05-22-2003, 01:50 PM

asuna · 05-22-2003, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by andi_germany

One word: Compression. You can fit many more songs on a CD if you compress them to mp3 for example.
It works because the TV player has a lousy resolution and you can compress the shit out of the movie. You also loose the menu's and additional languages and extras.

exactly what I was going to say, but it's gonna be in vcd or mpeg, avi's can't be played off dvd playters.... yet

Jon · 05-22-2003, 01:54 PM

You could always just spring for a DVD-RW...

European Lee · 05-22-2003, 01:54 PM

So ou basically just get the movie itself on the CDR when you copy it across without all the gumption added in?

Do the CDR's auto play on PC's as if it were a software program too?

Regards,

Lee

eroswebmaster · 05-22-2003, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by manilaheat
Yes it works great, you can fit a dvd movie into about 400MB.

The quality is really good also.

You just have to make sure to install the DIVX component.

so if it's divx and your home dvd player (not computer player) plays cdr's you can watch it?

I'm confused...which is nothing new. ;)

Flow · 05-22-2003, 03:36 PM

Don't buy any of the DVD copy programs. You can get it all for free and learn how to use it here:

http://www.afterdawn.com/dvd/

Read some of the forums there and you can learn every thing you need to know about it. A word of warning though, the quality tends to suck, especially on Big Screen TVs and it take many hours to convert the DVD.

Flow

[PG] · 05-22-2003, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by Flow
Don't buy any of the DVD copy programs. You can get it all for free and learn how to use it here:

http://www.afterdawn.com/dvd/

Read some of the forums there and you can learn every thing you need to know about it. A word of warning though, the quality tends to suck, especially on Big Screen TVs and it take many hours to convert the DVD.

Flow

thanks for the link. You fucking rock!

beemk · 05-22-2003, 04:35 PM

save yourself the time and trouble and get a dvd burner for like $200-250. you lose a lot of quality doing it to cd anyways. not to mention blank dvd media is only about $1 or less each.

05-22-2003, 10:01 AM	#1
Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	Copying DVD's to CDR's? "We will show you how to use your CD-R Writer to create backups of your DVDs that will play in your home DVD player. All you need in your computer is a DVD drive that plays DVDs and a CD-R Writer. You can burn movies on CD-R or CD-RW discs" I get spammed for this all the time. Does it actually work? I didn't know it was possible to fit an entire DVD onto a CDR. Is the end quality exactly the same as the original DVD?

05-22-2003, 10:13 AM	#3
Jon Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 2,578	A buddy of mine runs a site that does that. Works great, and he banks off it too! __________________ WickedFire.com - Stay here. We don't need more of you. Not unless you have money, then, fine...

05-22-2003, 10:26 AM	#5
Jon Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 2,578	It doesn't go by minutes, it goes by storage space. Obviously if it's a long movie you may be forced to have it on 2 CD's instead of 1. __________________ WickedFire.com - Stay here. We don't need more of you. Not unless you have money, then, fine...

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European Lee Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Daytona Beach Posts: 7,133	So ou basically just get the movie itself on the CDR when you copy it across without all the gumption added in? Do the CDR's auto play on PC's as if it were a software program too? Regards, Lee __________________ YOUR TRAFFIC IS SAFE WITH US - CONDOM CASH PUTTING THE GAY ADULT INDUSTRY ON YOUR PC!! AFFORDABLE 2257 COMPLIANT GAY + BI CONTENT

05-22-2003, 10:03 AM	#2
manilaheat Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 584	Yes it works great, you can fit a dvd movie into about 400MB. The quality is really good also. You just have to make sure to install the DIVX component.

05-22-2003, 10:25 AM	#4
Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	I just don't understand the technology behind this. There's only 700MB and 80 minutes of space on a CDR. So if only 80 minutes of sound can fit on a CDR, then how can 2 hours of sound and video fit? And if this is possible, then what's the point in DVD writers?

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05-22-2003, 03:36 PM	#12
Flow Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 518	Don't buy any of the DVD copy programs. You can get it all for free and learn how to use it here: http://www.afterdawn.com/dvd/ Read some of the forums there and you can learn every thing you need to know about it. A word of warning though, the quality tends to suck, especially on Big Screen TVs and it take many hours to convert the DVD. Flow

05-22-2003, 04:35 PM	#14
beemk CLICK HERE Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20,829	save yourself the time and trouble and get a dvd burner for like $200-250. you lose a lot of quality doing it to cd anyways. not to mention blank dvd media is only about $1 or less each. __________________ I host with Vacares