Posted by Alpha on 11/06/05 22:51

"Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> 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
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>>>>>>> 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.
>
>

Wow, that was a great response. I will have to remember that....and the
brilliant mind it came from.

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