Dvd Rip Question

[pete3003uk]

If a movie is in a dvd rip format does that mean it can be burnt to cd and play on a dvd without converting to mpeg?

[lynx]

No, it simply means that it was ripped from dvd rather than a cam/tv version. Should be reasonable quality.

[Canadian Eh!]

for you to burn those movies u have to chop them off first... search google for avichop and download it then use it then encode then burn

cheers!

[the flinger]

they are probably in avi format,
but check the file extension first
if they are
u need to convert to mpeg, which sucks a lot, in order to play on your DVD player
if not, burn away!
or, you can burn an avi on a data cd and it will play on your comp, provided you have the rite codecs and stuff

[wiz]

Or you can use nero.
It will convert avi to mpg and then burn it as a vcd all in one go.
here's the sig2dat.

File:Nero v5.5.7.2 with serial.zip
Length:11232128 Bytes,10969KB
UUHash:=uFIN7GpzhYQTHdv5jaEj5nSRNro=

[VB]

Note that the quality that Nero produces is not very good.

[lynx]

You would be better converting to mpeg first (with something like tMPEGEnc), that way you can check the quality of the file before burning. You can also convert just a small portion of the file and check the quality rather than the whole thing.

And for creating a disk image/burning I would recommend vcdeasy (http://www.vcdeasy.com) as it gives you lots more options, eg chaptering which is only availbaly in nero if you split the file into lots of small mpg's.

It's a bit fiddly at first, but if you are going to burn a lot of video cd's it is worth the trouble.