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wnyseek April 16th, 2008 11:06 PM

Method for preserving
 
Does anybody have a good method for preserving movies that stretch over one CD?? I need to know so I can backup my files. Please help!

thegent April 17th, 2008 02:57 AM

Easy
 
Use a programme like VSO divxtoDVD & put many hours of movie onto One or more DVD's - or buy an external hardrive

Name-Hunter April 17th, 2008 09:25 PM

Almost any burning program can be set to make a "data DVD".
[Nero is a popular burning program on PC's, Toast is popular on Macs]

This is nothing more than a 4.2 GB disk of data, and will give you the desired result.
[As opposed to ripping a commercial DVD to a DVD, which is an entirely different subject]

You will need a optical drive capable of writing DVD's in addition to CD's.
This optical drive might already be a part of your computer system, but if not you can buy an "external" model that connects via USB or Firewire.

Here is a link to the popular brand Lite-On that may give you more information:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106098

wnyseek April 28th, 2008 03:57 AM

Is there a way to .zip or .rar videos that span more than one data cd?? I remember back in the day you could winzip a file over several floppy discs. Can you do that with current technology???

cascade April 28th, 2008 05:05 PM

burn them onto DVDs which hold about 5 gigabytes

gordian_knot April 29th, 2008 01:47 PM

I agree about burning them to DVD. But get good quality blanks. It's a false economy to buy cheap ones because when you want to copy or watch the film months or years later you'll find that half of them won't play. As I've found out from bitter experience!

wnyseek April 30th, 2008 11:17 PM

k
 
I recopy my stuff every two years. I didn't know that 5 GB CDs existed. I'll have to get a few of those

Quote:

Originally Posted by gordian_knot (Post 252474)
I agree about burning them to DVD. But get good quality blanks. It's a false economy to buy cheap ones because when you want to copy or watch the film months or years later you'll find that half of them won't play. As I've found out from bitter experience!


Name-Hunter May 1st, 2008 07:27 PM

1. No 5 GB CD's exist
2. DVD disks can hold 4.2GB
Here is info from my post above
Quote:

Originally Posted by Name-Hunter (Post 242924)
Almost any burning program can be set to make a "data DVD".
[Nero is a popular burning program on PC's, Toast is popular on Macs]

This is nothing more than a 4.2 GB disk of data, and will give you the desired result.
[As opposed to ripping a commercial DVD to a DVD, which is an entirely different subject]

You will need a optical drive capable of writing DVD's in addition to CD's.
This optical drive might already be a part of your computer system, but if not you can buy an "external" model that connects via USB or Firewire.

Here is a link to the popular brand Lite-On that may give you more information:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106098


wnyseek May 4th, 2008 09:32 PM

How big are DATA CDs?

Name-Hunter May 6th, 2008 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wnyseek (Post 257044)
How big are DATA CDs?

700MB

I am not trying to be a smart as* here.
I am trying to dis-spell myths.
While a DVD disk looks just like a CD disk they are different animals.
And DVD disks require a different optical drive technology than do CD disks.

Just like the new Blu-Ray disks [25GB capacity] require another type of optical drive technology.


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