AWJ72(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 23rd August 2001, 19:47
Anyone else seen the disc that`s being offered on QXL, it claims to let you compress a DVD onto a CDR, losing no quality in the process, at £9 it sounds a bit of a bargain, (for backup purposes only you understand!!!)
RE: " backing up" DVD`s onto CDR
fruitybones(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 23rd August 2001, 20:12
I haven`t had a look at qxl but nine pounds sounds like a complete ripoff as it will just be freeware apps which are available all over the web for nowt. Don`t get conned.
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Mike G(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 23rd August 2001, 23:53
It`s most likely the DeCSS app along with DivX :-) compression and related utilities. These are widely available on the net for free, so asking 9 quid is a bit much.
In any case, the resulting CD-R will not be anywhere near the quality of the original DVD, though it should at least be better than bog-standard AVI or MPEG1. You`ll also have to play it on your PC as no standalone player will support this file format.
Think about it - if it was possible to squeeze a full DVD-quality movie onto a CD, do you think they`d have gone to the trouble of inventing DVD? :-)
