Some links and guides:

[Duvie]

Originally posted by ThugsRook
im sure my DivX experience will serve me well with SVCDs

me and Duvie spent a good 2 months trying to squeeze ever last bit of quality out of DivX ~ and im pretty sure we succeeded :-)

DivX can be DVD quality IF youre willing to use 3 cds.
limiting myself to 2 cds was the challenge
with dvd-r you are literally DivX unlimited for perfect DVD quality, but it can only be viewed on a computer

im just glad to get all this stuff off my comp and on my TV! :-)
(of course i could always view the s/vcd in my comp too if i wanted)

Ofcourse with DVD-r we can just make a copy of the dvd...Divx was a way to make the dvds fit on cds for playback on pcs and laptops that did not have a dvd-rom player. Then it became about stress testing...I haven't made a movie for actually keeping and watching for over a year now....

[ThugsRook]

i agree...

the DivX thing was fun to learn and at the time my only option.
it also became my main stress tester at one point.

but now it doesnt matter. i can deal with vcds (on my TV!) til i decide to get a dvd-r.

actually the movies are not very important to me ~ its all these downloaded TV shows that im glad to get off my comp and onto my TV :-)

some of them date back to 1997! :eek2:

[SubZero]

I don't know if this has been posted before but this is a good read on transcoding etc...

http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/114/2

[pointreyes]

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showth...311#post677311

I'm very, very, very angry with their attitude on this one. Fine to have the limit if it was posted on their website but to omit it till you become a member is almost like a dishonest thing to me.

[Action169]

I got the DVD DeCrypter & DVD Shrink from the web site AfterDawn.com

Good Stuff for free & works as good as some more expensive Software.

http://www.afterdawn.com/

the other site was CD freaks listed earlier they are both linked.

[Action169]

More info if ya Want it on DVD stuff

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joeman I posted this link on another thread as info for DVD burners, but its got a ton more info for Software apps & other encode/decode stuff. BTW I use DVD decrypt/DVD shrink & use Win DVD as my player with No probs. I link my stuff onto my desk top the same as jojo1971 mentioned & it works great.

These links will tell ya more than you ever wanted to know, but I hope they can be of use.

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/sh...77982#post77982

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[Wild Child]

I have gotten 3 full movies(- extras, just the movies themselves) on a 4.7 gb dvd example....The God Father Trilogy....all 3 on one disk....many others....if anyone needs help in these areas feel free to ask.

WC

[Action169]

Sorry for the link posted earlier? I'll cut & paste the ooriginal post I put up on another thread with multiple links: Sorry for the confusion.

These links will point you straight

DVD Region+CSS Free http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
DVD Genie http://www.inmatrix.com
DVD Region Killer http://www.elby.ch/en/fun/software/

Region Hacks for the DXR2 & DXR3 Hollywood+ cards
http://www.visualdomain.net

Region Hacks for Standalone DVD Players
http://www.videohelp.com/

DVD Ripping Tools
DVD Decrypter http://www.dvddecrypter.com

CD/DVD benchmark
Nero CD-DVD Speed http: //www.cdspeed2000.com/

DVDInfoPro http://www.dvdinfopro.com

Recommended General DVD infos sites
DVD-Recordable http://www.dvd-recordable.org/

DVD writers http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk/

DVDplusRW.org http://www.dvdplusrw.org

OLEG'S site http://dvd.da.ru

DVD Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/

Doom9.org http://www.doom9.org

Recommended Optical Drive Review and Discussion Sites
http://www.cdrlabs.com/
http://www.cdfreaks.com/
http://www.cdrinfo.com/

Another great CD-R news page with an excellent CD-R/DVD media database.
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/
http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php

A great place to start when looking for firmwares and firmware-related things. The firmware collection is massive, and the forums are great resources.

CD Freaks LiteOn Forum - http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44
This is probably the largest and most active LiteOn community on the Internet. There are a lot of LiteOn-related resources here.

LiteOn Tools Collection - http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=83441
This is a useful resource created by Ssseth over at CD Freaks. As the name suggests, it's a collection of LiteOn-related tools.

dhc014's Page - http://dhc014.rpc1.org/
dhc014 maintains a large collection of LiteOn and rebadged LiteOn firmwares. You will also find useful firmware flashing resources here.


digi's Page - http://digi.rpc1.org/
Digi maintains a pretty nice resource page for LiteOn DVD-ROM drives, in addition to resources related to region-freeing and firmware flashing.


Hope these help!

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[corndog]

Just wanted to put in a plug for handbrake here. I discovered handbrake by accident whilst browsing around the videolan.org website, in the x264 area.

Handbrake is a great one-click program to "backup" your purchased DVD moves to H.264 format. Nice and tight, with good playback quality even at 1000b/s. I find I have to do 1800b/s rate to get similar quality with DivX

[blwest]

I use dvddecrypter and nero to put stuff on my appletv and ipod. Good enough for the girls I go with.