Posted by Adrian on 11/06/05 21:29

Alpha wrote:
> "Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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>>>> 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.

Hint, when you're in a hole, don't keep digging.

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