From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 9 03:42:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B1116A418 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 03:42:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.214.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260CF13C442 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 03:42:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FAAvsWkd5LZsT/2dsb2JhbACBWg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.23,273,1194183000"; d="scan'208";a="2713157" Received: from ppp121-45-155-19.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO alpha.home) ([121.45.155.19]) by ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 09 Dec 2007 13:57:06 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay Organization: at home To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:56:55 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20071208210331.GA1241@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071208210331.GA1241@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712091356.55929.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: Gary Kline Subject: Re: copying DVD material :: somewhat OT. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:42:16 -0000 On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:33 am, Gary Kline wrote: > > Folks, > > IFF k3b works, and I think it might, I'll put up a howto > on my bsd virtual site. Make this domain more useful. > The help from this group has been outstanding, but getting things > CD and DVD actually working has been a study in persseverancce. > I don't use k3b so what capability it has is not known to me. > That said, first,if there is a website for total dweebs, please > post it; or send it privately. I just bought some "Memorex > DVD+RW" ; I want to record a 117 minute commercial DVD. > On the back on the DVDs is says these are only good for 60 minutes > in great qualty; it is good up to 120 minutes, and so on. The nominal capacity of the single sided DVD is 120 minutes but some 32 different definitions are recognised including: EP -- extended play - 360 minutes LP -- long play - 240 minutes SP -- standard play - 120 minutes FINE - 60 minutes But how are you getting your source? What definition is it in? > Nutshell: how good will k3b and my Pioneer burner do on dubbing > this professioally recorded disc? As I've already said I know little of k3b but you'll probably need some sort of authoring/editing software and possibly another package for compression/definition conversion. > Also, Does thw "RW" mean tthat > I can re-tape over this with another edu DVD? Yes, it means that the total disk can be rewritten -- but the ability to edit without rewriting all can be quite limited. And RW disks can have a rather limited rewrite life -- some 10s of times. > > gary > > PS: I much prefer analogue cassettes; I've been taping stuff > since I taped "American Bandstand" off the TV :-) EP or LP modes with 6 or 4 hour capacity would probably both cater for a better quality than your analogue cassettes. > > > > Malcolm