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Least Expensive Way to Record DVD's...
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Madison, CT
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I've got a G4 MP450 as well as a TiVo. I would like the least expensive way to archive video which can be playable on a standard home dvd player.
I'm sure this has been asked many times, but prices drop and things change. Is it best to get a Formac Studio and then record on a future purchased SuperDrive?
Any reply's appreciated
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Formac Studio + a SuperDrive is pretty much the way to do it.
But, you can find a less expensive DV converter from www.justedit.com ... a Canopus product.
Formac Studio is nice, but the other product saves you $100 - $130.
UNLESS, you have a friend with a digital camcorder that has analog-in -> DV conversion abilities. Than you don't have to buy a converter at all, just borrow your friends camcorder for a while. 
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Originally posted by Woody:
<STRONG>I've got a G4 MP450 as well as a TiVo. I would like the least expensive way to archive video which can be playable on a standard home dvd player.</STRONG>
The absolute cheapest way to produce optical discs which would be playable on standard home DVD players would be to produce VideoCDs. They're MPEG-1 compressed videos on standard CDs. Toast Titanium includes a QuickTime MPEG-1 component, and the ability to burn VCDs.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Originally posted by King Chung Huang:
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The absolute cheapest way to produce optical discs which would be playable on standard home DVD players would be to produce VideoCDs. They're MPEG-1 compressed videos on standard CDs. Toast Titanium includes a QuickTime MPEG-1 component, and the ability to burn VCDs.</STRONG>
Thank you for all the replys. Assuming I purchased a Formac Studio and an internal super-d or external Firwire-
Can I rip a consumer dvd and copy it?
Editing my own VHS tapes - I undestand that iDVD is limited to 1 hour. Is the program of choice Final Edit or DVDPro?
Thank you in advance...
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Utica,NY
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Originally posted by Woody:
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Thank you for all the replys. Assuming I purchased a Formac Studio and an internal super-d or external Firwire-
Can I rip a consumer dvd and copy it?
Editing my own VHS tapes - I undestand that iDVD is limited to 1 hour. Is the program of choice Final Edit or DVDPro?
Thank you in advance...</STRONG>
Consumer DVD's are encrypted with CSS code. Copyright protection. I have read on the net that it is illegal to copy them. But there is software out there that will allow you to do that. It is a very complicated operation and you need hours and hours to encode the DVD. Also the consumer DVD's do not hold as much data as the commericial DVD's. You would need to put the ripped movie on two consumer discs. The commercial are multilayered. I do not really know that much about this subject , just what I have read.
VCD's are a great alternative though..........Jay Bee
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