Posted by Les on 08/25/07 18:36

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:16:03 -0400, "Captain Midnight"
<Notany@twip.invalid> wrote:

>"Les" <LESnospam@%%mon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:28nvc3tacb732p7d3tsftrjnpj7qvl0v35@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:41:28 -0400, "Captain Midnight"
>> <Notany@twip.invalid> wrote:
>> >digitalfaq.com
>> >
>> >The chapter thing sounds like a good reason to use a PC.
>>
>> I spent years messing around with PCs and video, real hard work. It
>> was a blessing when the standalone DVD recorder came, for simplicity
>> alone and I really don't want to go back.
>
>It is more work, especially figuring out what you need to do but once
>learned you've harnessed powrful tool. Simplicity is good but so is
>flexibility. If your capturing directly to MPG2 your losing quality compared
>to captuing uncompressed then rendering after editing.
>
> I do like the idea of the timer working while powered off. Hopfully
>computer BIOS has/will be capable of this. Plan to build a new PC in the
>near future.
>
>>
>> >Half DVD(352X480) is more than enough resolution for VCR tapes. Put 4 HRS
>on
>> >a SL DVD. That's as much as I could stand to watch at one time :). The
>> >premium to put them on DL isn't that great anymore but even less is known
>> >about them for archival use. nomorecoasters.com brings up a page on
>> >digitalfaq.com that discuses disc quality. I have Memorex SL DVDs, ~
>2years
>> >old, that don't read in my new drive. Need to resurrect the old drive to
>see
>> >if they're totally gone. Other brands I've used are fine, so far, but
>have
>> >switched to Verbatim. Whatever is used keep backups.
>>
>> I never realized that, must check my old DVDs. It makes sense I guess,
>> but having said that I'd have thought Memorex would be good!
>>
>
>Sadlly they are in the do not use catagory. A lot of brands don't make the
>discs so you get the quality of whoever they bought from. Even when the
>brand makes the disc quality can vary by the factory it came from. Read the
>nomorecoasters.com page.
>
>> >Hard drive storage is
>> >cheap enough now to use for backup, or use and the discs for backup. I
>have
>> >a network media player that plays the files from a HDD just like they
>were a
>> >disc(menus) but no handling. Kind of lessens the need for DL too.
>> >YMMV
>>
>> Just out of curiosity what would the current procedure be for putting
>> VHS onto HDD to use, and to archive?
>>
>> Then again with DVDs you only lose 5gb or one film, with HDD you
>> could risk losing the lot so is it that good?
>
>The point is to have it on more than one media so if one goes bad another
>copy can be made from that other media. Your much less likely to lose both
>media at the same time. HDDs last years in use. If you have them on a USB
>drive that is only used occasionally it should last a really long time.
>Magnetism does fade though. Prices keep falling so transferring to bigger
>drives every so often would form a chain. I kept CD-R copies(some of this
>from floppies) of things I copied on to DVD to make multiple copies and
>condense the data. Now they're on HDD too. If I could store MPG2 on DV tapes
>I'd make copies that way too. I digitized audio from nearly 20 year old
>cassette tapes. Today's tape should be even better.
>
>With non copy protected DVDs you can just put all the files from the DVD in
>a folder on the HDD. If it's copy protected something like DVD Decrypter is
>needed to do it. I normally keep video in MPG2 files on data discs. Making
>player compatible DVD to give to others. I don't own a DVD player. I put the
>discs on HDD at the computer and play them with a network media player at
>the TV. Haven't been doing it long enough to say for sure their aren't
>glitches doing it this way but SFSG.
>

LOL I got a headache just reading that lot! Think I'll stick to making
Xtra DVDs ;-)

Mind you if a standalone DVD recorder can make DVD size files, why
cant we somehow just copy to a HDD instead. Is that somehow possible?

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