|  | Posted by Alpha on 11/06/05 21:20 
"Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:436e5446$0$29341$b9f67a60@news.newsdemon.com...
 >
 > "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote in message
 > news:11mqf3ki18dmi49@corp.supernews.com...
 >>
 >> "Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
 >> news:XsydnfdWAIVetfDeRVnyjw@brightview.com...
 >> > Alpha wrote:
 >> >> "Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
 >> >> news:pe6dnboKMYCU6fHeRVnygw@brightview.com...
 >> >>> marks542004@yahoo.com wrote:
 >> >>>> My understanding is that a single layer DVD will contain 2 hours of
 >> >>>> video. Depending on what else is being stuck on the disk that figure
 >> >>>> might vary a few minutes.
 >> >>>>
 >> >>>> try www.govideo.com for technical support.
 >> >>>
 >> >>> That should read, your misunderstanding. DVDs contain data which may
 >> >>> or may
 >> >>> not be video, which, if the data rate is low enough could be up to
 >> >>> six hours.
 >> >>>
 >> >>>
 >> >>
 >> >> What?  If it is a DVD video it must contain video.  If it is DVD
 >> >> data, then are you talking about raw Mpeg files?
 >> >
 >> > Data is data, it makes no difference whether it's video or otherwise.
 > The
 >> > only important thing as far as DVD Video is concerned is the file
 >> > structure
 >> > of the disc.
 >>
 >> I suggest you read DVD Demystified.  To say data is data is true...but
 > your
 >> extrapolation is, well, stupid.
 >>
 >>
 >
 > Alpha ... you're way off base here. I doubt that anyone here is actually
 > stupid, just ignorant. Ignorance can be cured by education but there is no
 > cure for stupidity. Here's a little education for you.
 >
 > DVD's hold a binary representation of something ... it doesn't care what,
 > just a buncha one's and zeroes. This can be a few minutes of raw
 > uncompressed video, a 3 hour compressed movie, 4.5 gigs of wareZ or your
 > granny's recipes. Neither the disc nor the recorder care one way or the
 > other.
 
 All obvious.  However the player DOES care, and there are significant
 differences in TOC and overhead elements between raw data formats and video
 discs.  That is all I am saying.  Data is data - how brilliant a tautology.
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