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RavenChild · 2003-12-30, 01:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by .:Xeno:.

well they say 4.7 but ive only been able to put close to 4.5 gigs on a single disc

DVD's are 4,700,000,000 bytes. that is were they get the 4.7 Gb.

I've had a DVD burner for a little over 2 years and a got one on my new laptop about 6 months ago. DVD's are nice but you have to order DVD's over the internet unless you want to pay ~$10 for each one. I buy 50 for $44(this includes shipping). That's like $0.78 for each one. they're even dark purple backs and have blank labels.

xfordained · 2003-12-30, 01:28

some nobbish questions :

1.can you durn videos that are not dvd format onto the dvd cdr

2.can dvd players play these dvdr's

3.can u convert non dvd format video files into dvd format

Forse · 2003-12-30, 02:05

1.can you durn videos that are not dvd format onto the dvd cdr
You mean like DivX and stuff? Well yes you can

2.can dvd players play these dvdr's
Well if your DVD player plays DivX/XviD then it will mostly likely be able to play it

3.can u convert non dvd format video files into dvd format
Yes you can. DVD format is mpeg2 stream. You can convert Avi/ogg/mkv to mpeg2 and then use program like nero to create DVDr. But make sure your DVD-player supports dvdr discs, coz many don't

xfordained · 2003-12-30, 03:54

hrm i bought a dvd player then i got a ps2 though i wont need to player anymore so i gave it away do u know if the dvd player in ps2 works

cause if it does i might just upgrade my service of intenet and get 60gig per month then buy dvd burner and start making a collection of my favorite anime like so many others instead of spending 174cdn for a certain box set

FinFangFoom · 2003-12-30, 04:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by xfordained

hrm i bought a dvd player then i got a ps2 though i wont need to player anymore so i gave it away do u know if the dvd player in ps2 works

cause if it does i might just upgrade my service of intenet and get 60gig per month then buy dvd burner and start making a collection of my favorite anime like so many others instead of spending 174cdn for a certain box set

Unfortunatly from my experiance, the ps2 will play DVD's fine but not burned DVDs (although I bought my PS2 about 3 months after it's release in the States, maybe the new ones are better). Also i've heard that watching DVDs on your PS2 will shorten it's life for some reason, I only know this from the guy that runs a game store in my city who is always fixing ps2's for people.

Koshiba · 2003-12-30, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by .:Xeno:.

After Christmas i had a buttload of Walmart Gift Cards,on the 26th i went and bought be a 4x Lite-On DVD-R Burner,It kicks so much ass to put likt 23 episodes on one disk instead of 3 or 4.I went through my CD wallet and got out over 50 discs(it consisted of 3 complete series),and im almost certain ill beable to fit all f that on 6 dvds and maybe a couple cdrs.

I bought the burner for 100 dollars excluding tax. Got a five pack of DVD+R for 12 dollars,of course i bought 1 more and a friend bought me another 5 pack,but only causes he wanted naruto on 2 dvd instead of all those cdrs.And the great thing is i can fill up a full 4.7gig in about 40 minutes,which in my view is pretty good

If you can see what im getting at if you dont have a dvd burner,get one.Get a lite on,its a walmart brand but it works great.

I also got the 4x Lite-On DVD-R Burner! XD Lol. And yes, it's really great. Maybe now I'll be able to have less disks stacked every where.

Only burned 2 disks so far though.. ^_^;

OFFSPRiNGCo16 · 2003-12-30, 11:40

Yea I love my dvd burner and all, but the only thing I dislike is that blank dvd's are expensive! Its usually around 2 bucks for a dvd. I mean, it's not that bad but compared to cd's thats insane. Oh well, I bought a pack of 50 like a month ago so I will be good for a while.

Go-lytely · 2003-12-30, 12:23

Yeah, thats the only reason I'm not buying a dvd burner yet. The media is too expensive. I have seen some under a $1 but they werent even 4x dvd-r. The only advantage I see with a dvd-r is the capacity. I can still burn cd-r's much faster and more cheaply so I'll stick with them till dvd-r prices go down. People say that cd-rs dont have as long a shelf life but my 3 year old cd-rs still work fine so we'll have to see.

El Diablo · 2003-12-30, 16:14

I ordered my 8x DVD+rw today, with 25 4x dvd+r for £20, which is cheap, considering cd's here are around 50p each, so i'm paying less than 3 times the price of a cd for a blank dvd. Although, i was unable to find any 8x DVD+R disks unfortunately, i haven't seen them for sale yet,

OFFSPRiNGCo16 · 2003-12-30, 17:09

Damn El Diablo, thats an awesome deal. That was a good find. And now I learned something, always by dvd's online because I spent 100bucks for 50 when RavenChild only spent 44...Well, I know better now

Don Eunuch · 2003-12-31, 01:44

Am I the only one who have this annoying problem of a DVD having only enough space to hold 25 episodes? *sigh*

Forse · 2003-12-31, 01:49

I was thinking of buying DVD burner, but I guess I'd rather buy 200gig hdd

Quarkboy · 2003-12-31, 06:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Eunuch

Am I the only one who have this annoying problem of a DVD having only enough space to hold 25 episodes? *sigh*

Yes, it is an annoying coincidence that the 4 eps per CD-rom size (179 MB) fits only 25 eps on a 4.7 GB DVD-rom. That's why some far-seeing fansub groups release at 175 MB per ep instead, so that a whole 26 episode season fits onto one DVD.

If I were you and really wanted to fit the series onto one DVD, I'd use virtual dub to crop off endings and/or openings on a few eps, or reencode an episode or two down to a smaller file size (neither is a particularly good option, unfortunately). Another, trickier option is to demux the audio and rencode just the audio to a lower bitrate on a few episodes (which is IMO is perhaps the least noticable modification you can do, but is trickier), or even better rencode it into ogg or some better compression then the mp3 standard which would allow you to keep approximately the same quality and lower file size. But I'm getting a bit complicated here...

Don Eunuch · 2003-12-31, 08:36

I have a last episode dvd for recording all those extras. Still better than keeping loads of cds.

Tritium · 2003-12-31, 08:46

i bought one last year for around 170$ and it burns everything +r/rw -r/rw

except for raw but i don't need that

hhaamu · 2003-12-31, 10:55

I know a previous post already mentioned this, but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by GipFace

The 4.7GB capacity is a lie; a blank DVD holds 4.7GiB or about 4.38 GB.

You're confusing the terms gibibyte (GiB) and gigabyte (GB) with each other. If you swap them around, that quote is true.

the 4,7GB capacity is 100% true. 4,7 GB = 4 700 MB = 4 700 000 kB = 4 700 000 000 bytes. 4 700 000 000 bytes = 4 589 843.75 KiB = 4 482.269 MiB = 4.377 GiB.
-> A regular dvd-r can hold 4,37 GiB, or about 4480 MiB of data.

DjDeluxay · 2003-12-31, 17:16

ok about having only 25 episodes. I think that is a good thing. I mean sure its always better to hold more. But i mean when you buy anime in a store if its not boxed set. YOu usually pay around $15-35 and it has about an average of three episodes on 1 DVD. So to me this is cool.

Question: Can you make subtitles available to turn off and on when you make a DVD?

lionken07 · 2003-12-31, 18:31

where can I get an

external cheap dvd burner online?

|Aion| · 2003-12-31, 19:13

Thats why u get a editing program,to were you can edit out the begining and ending credits out of a few of the eps,If you do this you can cut each file down by 30 MB,say it one of thos files are 175 MB doing this will cut it down to 145MB

EDIT:AHH i see the QuarkBoy said the same thing

lionken07, i dought if you find anyweres that will have a cheap external dvd burner,uinless it a true pos.

acefighter · 2003-12-31, 21:20

my burner kicks all ur asses.

new 8x speed dvd, 40x for cd
for 110. so much more for about the same price

bestbuy and circut city once in a while always sells the for about 80.

2003-12-30, 01:28	Link #22
xfordained you should die Join Date: Nov 2003	some nobbish questions : 1.can you durn videos that are not dvd format onto the dvd cdr 2.can dvd players play these dvdr's 3.can u convert non dvd format video files into dvd format

2003-12-30, 02:05	Link #23
Forse r00t for life Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: /dev/null	1.can you durn videos that are not dvd format onto the dvd cdr You mean like DivX and stuff? Well yes you can 2.can dvd players play these dvdr's Well if your DVD player plays DivX/XviD then it will mostly likely be able to play it 3.can u convert non dvd format video files into dvd format Yes you can. DVD format is mpeg2 stream. You can convert Avi/ogg/mkv to mpeg2 and then use program like nero to create DVDr. But make sure your DVD-player supports dvdr discs, coz many don't

2003-12-30, 03:54	Link #24
xfordained you should die Join Date: Nov 2003	hrm i bought a dvd player then i got a ps2 though i wont need to player anymore so i gave it away do u know if the dvd player in ps2 works cause if it does i might just upgrade my service of intenet and get 60gig per month then buy dvd burner and start making a collection of my favorite anime like so many others instead of spending 174cdn for a certain box set

2003-12-30, 11:40	Link #27
OFFSPRiNGCo16 Godlike Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Long Island New York Age: 37	Yea I love my dvd burner and all, but the only thing I dislike is that blank dvd's are expensive! Its usually around 2 bucks for a dvd. I mean, it's not that bad but compared to cd's thats insane. Oh well, I bought a pack of 50 like a month ago so I will be good for a while.

2003-12-30, 12:23	Link #28
Go-lytely Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Springfield Age: 46	Yeah, thats the only reason I'm not buying a dvd burner yet. The media is too expensive. I have seen some under a $1 but they werent even 4x dvd-r. The only advantage I see with a dvd-r is the capacity. I can still burn cd-r's much faster and more cheaply so I'll stick with them till dvd-r prices go down. People say that cd-rs dont have as long a shelf life but my 3 year old cd-rs still work fine so we'll have to see.

2003-12-30, 16:14	Link #29
El Diablo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 36	I ordered my 8x DVD+rw today, with 25 4x dvd+r for £20, which is cheap, considering cd's here are around 50p each, so i'm paying less than 3 times the price of a cd for a blank dvd. Although, i was unable to find any 8x DVD+R disks unfortunately, i haven't seen them for sale yet,

2003-12-30, 17:09	Link #30
OFFSPRiNGCo16 Godlike Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Long Island New York Age: 37	Damn El Diablo, thats an awesome deal. That was a good find. And now I learned something, always by dvd's online because I spent 100bucks for 50 when RavenChild only spent 44...Well, I know better now

2003-12-31, 01:44	Link #31
Don Eunuch Lin Er Join Date: May 2003	Am I the only one who have this annoying problem of a DVD having only enough space to hold 25 episodes? sigh

2003-12-31, 01:49	Link #32
Forse r00t for life Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: /dev/null	I was thinking of buying DVD burner, but I guess I'd rather buy 200gig hdd

2003-12-31, 08:36	Link #34
Don Eunuch Lin Er Join Date: May 2003	I have a last episode dvd for recording all those extras. Still better than keeping loads of cds.

2003-12-31, 08:46	Link #35
Tritium doaho... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The netherlands Age: 36	i bought one last year for around 170$ and it burns everything +r/rw -r/rw except for raw but i don't need that

2003-12-31, 17:16	Link #37
DjDeluxay マイクスズカゼ、ウェチノ Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: SEattle,WA	ok about having only 25 episodes. I think that is a good thing. I mean sure its always better to hold more. But i mean when you buy anime in a store if its not boxed set. YOu usually pay around $15-35 and it has about an average of three episodes on 1 DVD. So to me this is cool. Question: Can you make subtitles available to turn off and on when you make a DVD?

2003-12-31, 18:31	Link #38
lionken07 Well Armed Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NY	where can I get an external cheap dvd burner online?

2003-12-31, 19:13	Link #39
\|Aion\| Hajime Join Date: Jul 2003 Age: 40	Thats why u get a editing program,to were you can edit out the begining and ending credits out of a few of the eps,If you do this you can cut each file down by 30 MB,say it one of thos files are 175 MB doing this will cut it down to 145MB EDIT:AHH i see the QuarkBoy said the same thing lionken07, i dought if you find anyweres that will have a cheap external dvd burner,uinless it a true pos.

2003-12-31, 21:20	Link #40
acefighter Banned Join Date: Dec 2003	my burner kicks all ur asses. new 8x speed dvd, 40x for cd for 110. so much more for about the same price bestbuy and circut city once in a while always sells the for about 80.