1kyle Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Using DVD ripping software (freely available all over the Net) the 1GB minidiscs are great for storing even 3 hour movies -- convert / squeeze to DIVX first. If your computer is fast with USB2 connection you can play the movie from the minidisc --otherwise just copy to your HD withy Windows explorer and enjoy. That saves having to carry a load of DVD's when I travel now. You'll need to get the DIV4X codec (free) and a DVD descrambler (the standard one is Smartripper 2.41) or DVDencrypter3.5. Removes macrovision so the TV Out and digital out and / or SPIF on your video / sound card will work and also removes region encoding. There's info all over the net on how to compress and copy DVD's -- the point of my post was to say that the data can now be stored on HI-MD minidiscs and it works fine. When compressing the DVD you can use any sound compression (or none) you like so audio quality is up to you. Divx4 is also remarkably good unless you have one of those real size cinema screens at home. For a Laptop on the move quality is great. (You can also use the older minidiscs but you'll usually need 2 to copy a movie.) Happy Xmas everybody. -K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averroes Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Yep, I tried that with 'Pirates of the Carribean', and as in DivX 5 it's just over 500Mb, I even had space left for the soundtrack CD... :happy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latexxx Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 If your computer is fast with USB2 connection you can play the movie from the minidisc --otherwise just copy to your HD withy Windows explorer and enjoy.USB2 doesn't help you because hi-md only supports usb1. And another thing. Xvid gives you better quality that divx at the same bitrate or similar quality at a lower bitrate so I would use xvid instead of divx. Also I would recommend you to use autogk to automate the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kyle Posted December 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Thanks Latexxx great idea --I'm still new to DVD "ripping" etc --but I knew how to do it in DIVX. It still played BTW from the USB so I assume if your computer is fast enough the USB 1.1 won't be a problem. I'll certainly look into Xvid. It's nice to know anyway at least that you can get at least one and maybe in some cases 2 movies onto a 1GB disc --saves carrying DVD's (or region probs) as I do a lot of travelling. Happy Xmas --am waiting for my Dinner which is why I've got time on Xmas day to be on the forum !!!. Cheers -K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackBone Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 u can always use xvid to code ur video, i once coded a 700mb divx video into 170mb xvid video(though there was some quality lost, the video is still pretty watchable) so i suggest using xvid codec. heh and then u can watch it even on usb1.0 hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeroxide Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 sounds pretty cool, but since I've got the mznh700, I don't want to connect the usb port all the time. That protective cover looks like it will snap off with even normal use! has anyone had this happen to them with any recorder? and i don't mean because you ripped it off either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 does anyone know of a way to make Windows Media Player 9 play back XviD movies without having access to install the codec into windows? (i.e. at work or school on a 'secure' network) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latexxx Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Media player classic can load direct show filters without installing them. The is a thread about creating autorun cds using this method somewhere at hydrogenaudio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 If you download one of the installer versions of the XVID codec they include the directshow filter and will be usable by WiMP after installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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