Rip DVDs without a DVD ROM?
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yup there is a way. Unfortunately it only tends to exist in what people are reading, but nobody has shown the method lol.
hmmmmmmmmm, could it be 'cause it doesn't really work?
Who knows since nobody seems to have the proof of this working (just like someone saying you can turn your cdrom drive into a dvd rom drive *well you can, if you get the parts used to make a dvd rom drive lol, but better off just buying one).
hmmmmmmmmm, could it be 'cause it doesn't really work?
Who knows since nobody seems to have the proof of this working (just like someone saying you can turn your cdrom drive into a dvd rom drive *well you can, if you get the parts used to make a dvd rom drive lol, but better off just buying one).
He said you can't watch the DVDs but you can rip them to mpg or whatever. He's a bit of a twat so I don't put much faith in it but, all the same, if anyone finds anything out.
<p>Alternatively, anyone reccommend a good combo CD-R/RW/DVD player (not DVD burner) for the PC? My old crap is dying.
<p>.tangy
<p>Alternatively, anyone reccommend a good combo CD-R/RW/DVD player (not DVD burner) for the PC? My old crap is dying.
<p>.tangy
A DVD can ONLY be read in a DVD player/reader (or burner). But yes they then can be copied to you HD and converted to mpg's and burnt out onto normal CDR's. Thats really what this forum is all about.
Then again it may all be done with mirrors.
Then again it may all be done with mirrors.
i wonder if he means feeding it into the puter via a tv card or video capture card / graphics card with composite input !?
other than that NO WAY in hell as they are high density quote the word DENSITY there prolly dense in the head !? thats like saying look at this disk i burnt in my floppy drive !? NOT!! LOL
other than that NO WAY in hell as they are high density quote the word DENSITY there prolly dense in the head !? thats like saying look at this disk i burnt in my floppy drive !? NOT!! LOL
you just need something that allows for TV in (digital or the 3 RCA color types). There are quite a few cards out there, or just get an add-on card for such things.
The only issues you might face, are macrovision disabling you getting a display on your PC.
I don't know why anyone would want to do this though, as just having a DVD-ROM drive would eliminate the use of it.
What would be the purpose for this tangy?
The only issues you might face, are macrovision disabling you getting a display on your PC.
I don't know why anyone would want to do this though, as just having a DVD-ROM drive would eliminate the use of it.
What would be the purpose for this tangy?
A 16x LiteOn DVD 163D unit for the PC is $70 Aust (about $35 US), you can watch or rip DVD's then directly on your PC, a card with TV or Composite IN with cost you double that.
I already have a DVD player and really only want one for the PC so I can watch/ play with the DVD ROM features and do some screen grabs. With a 15" monitor and an average soundcard and speaker system I don't think there is much point watching DVDs on my PC, and it's not time for an upgrade yet (ie. I can't afford it).
<p>The LiteOn DVD players seem to be a fairly popular unit so it looks like I might have to invest in one of those.
<p>Thanks to everyone for helping me brainstorm.
<p>.tangy
<p>The LiteOn DVD players seem to be a fairly popular unit so it looks like I might have to invest in one of those.
<p>Thanks to everyone for helping me brainstorm.
<p>.tangy
@ "tangy" i have an ATI RAGE PRO 128 VIVO THEATER 32 meg graphics card which has composite input and composite output i can feed any composite input straight into my graphics card !! which includes a dvd source / a vcr or a video camera which have composite out put i just plug in a composite cable and capature !!!
capturing sound is a case of feeding a line in from the line our of whatever into the line in of the puter !
i have a dvd drive btw !! so best of both worlds !
which includes a dvd source / a vcr or a video camera which have composite out put i just plug in a composite cable and capature !!!capturing sound is a case of feeding a line in from the line our of whatever into the line in of the puter !
i have a dvd drive btw !! so best of both worlds !
aNAREXIA
get me the name of the program & a place to try it, then I'll believe it!
get me the name of the program & a place to try it, then I'll believe it!
f.y.i "dvdoncd" is a way of distributing upto 1 hr of low quality dvd on normal cdr for normal cdr drives ! searches on dvdoncd in google finds lots of links !
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aNAREXIA...reading a DVD on a standard CD-ROM is impossible. Its physics mate!
As was pointed out by VIPER_1069, DVD's have a far greater density of digital information. Standard CD's are 650megabytes and at most 700mb for standard pressed CD's.
DVD's on the other hand have 4.7 Gigabytes per side of digital information.
The reason a DVD can put that much more information (ie, density) is that it uses a UNIQUE red laser that uses a thinner beam with a shorter wavelength that can accurately read the
more densely packed information. So you know, this "unique" red laser is very near the blue light spectrum.
Regular CD's on the other hand, use a standard red laser. Now any first year Physics student knows that the light ray measurement (its measured in nanometers, BTW ) of a blue light ray is much smaller than a red one.
Thus it is impossible for a CD-ROMs red laser to read the much higher density info of a DVD. It would be analogous of trying to listen to a vinyl record with a ballpoint pen instead of a stylis needle. The ballpoint pen is just to big.
Plus, since the 3rd generation DVD players, the lasers are unique because of a new DVD technology... doubled-layered disc.
These disks use a two-layer process. This entails an efficient method of constructing a double-layered disc where the laser would read the first layer, then pass through a semi-transparent gold layer to read the second...which is positioned less than 1/2 the width of a human hair below it. This also upps the storage capacity to 8.5 gigabytes on a single side.
With me so far, right?!...good
Now, you may ask how is a DVD-ROM backward compatable with a CD. It does it with a dual-focus hologram lens that splits the beam of the laser so that it can read two different levels at the same time...a depth of 0.6mm for DVD discs and 1.2mm for CDs. This eliminates the need for 2 separate laser systems and ensures full compatibility with your existing CD and CD-ROMs.
CD-ROMs do not use these kind of lasers because or the costs involved. And if they did...why wouldn't you advertise it as such?!
Hope this answers some questions.
As was pointed out by VIPER_1069, DVD's have a far greater density of digital information. Standard CD's are 650megabytes and at most 700mb for standard pressed CD's.
DVD's on the other hand have 4.7 Gigabytes per side of digital information.
The reason a DVD can put that much more information (ie, density) is that it uses a UNIQUE red laser that uses a thinner beam with a shorter wavelength that can accurately read the
more densely packed information. So you know, this "unique" red laser is very near the blue light spectrum.
Regular CD's on the other hand, use a standard red laser. Now any first year Physics student knows that the light ray measurement (its measured in nanometers, BTW
) of a blue light ray is much smaller than a red one. Thus it is impossible for a CD-ROMs red laser to read the much higher density info of a DVD. It would be analogous of trying to listen to a vinyl record with a ballpoint pen instead of a stylis needle. The ballpoint pen is just to big.
Plus, since the 3rd generation DVD players, the lasers are unique because of a new DVD technology... doubled-layered disc.
These disks use a two-layer process. This entails an efficient method of constructing a double-layered disc where the laser would read the first layer, then pass through a semi-transparent gold layer to read the second...which is positioned less than 1/2 the width of a human hair below it. This also upps the storage capacity to 8.5 gigabytes on a single side.
With me so far, right?!...good
Now, you may ask how is a DVD-ROM backward compatable with a CD. It does it with a dual-focus hologram lens that splits the beam of the laser so that it can read two different levels at the same time...a depth of 0.6mm for DVD discs and 1.2mm for CDs. This eliminates the need for 2 separate laser systems and ensures full compatibility with your existing CD and CD-ROMs.
CD-ROMs do not use these kind of lasers because or the costs involved. And if they did...why wouldn't you advertise it as such?!
Hope this answers some questions.