Rip and Compress at the same time ?

[TheDrop]

I want to rip a DVD, and the main score is 8 GB .VODs.

I want it in one piece, but if I rip it I have to have 8 GB space on my drive, plus space for when I convert it.

Isn't it possible to rip and compress in one go, to get one large divx file (for instance 800 MB) in one go ?

Thank you for answering,

TD

[Enchanter]

Provided the DVD isn't protected (which is not always the case a lot of time), you can do the encoding straight from the DVD drive. However, you'll end up ruining the drive (imagine it running continuously for hours of the encoding).

[Enchanter]

Have a look at this too.

http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/smallhdd.html

[TheDrop]

Juuuust, perfect, thank you for a quick answer, Enchanter !

I still hoped someone would answer, "just use this xyz software, and you can do all in one go".

Is it really hard on the DVD drive ?

Wouldn't it cache, and leave the drive equally worked out as if I ripped the files first ?

Oh, well, now I know what to do - this, or buy an extra hard drive !

Thanx

[Enchanter]

The cache is small and won't be able to cover the gigabytes of data on the DVD disc.

It's of course a good idea to buy a new HD, given the low price of these devices nowadays, rather than destroying your DVD drive.

[TheDrop]

DivX to VCD/SVCD ?

I have some DivX files, one about 600 MB. If I want to see this on my DVD, I suppose it must be converted to something the DVD supports - I guess DivX is not one of the codecs it can use.

Apart from DVD and various sound formats, the manual says my DVD can play VCD and SVCD.

How can I change the 600MB DivX file to either VCD or SVCD, and can I expect it to be one small enough in size to be on one CD, or must it be split into two ?

Thank you,

TD

[Enchanter]

Nero 5.5 can do the automatic conversion of avi into VCD format. TMPGEnc offers more advanced controls for conversion to MPEG files though.

I don't think you can fit the whole movie onto 1 CD only. Generally, you will need 2 CDs or more. Splitting the movie into chunks that will fit onto 1 VCD (Can't remember the exact length) is the way to go.

[TheDrop]

Enchanter,

Are you online often, or am I just lucky that you answer right away ?

Where in the world are you - I am in Sweden ...

Thank you for helping me out here, really appreciated.

TD

[Enchanter]

I'm found in Australia, as can be seen below my nick.

I'm online pretty often anyway.